Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) The French Connection (1971): Dir. William Friedkin. Written by: Ernest Tidyman. Based upon the book of the same name by Robin Moore. Starring: Gene Hackman, Roy Scheider, Fernando Rey, […]
Well folks, we’re just a hair over the halfway point, and it’s only taken me a year! Time to reflect on my trek through the films of 1928—1970. As of this point my favorite film […]
Rating: 2½ stars (out of 4) A Man for All Seasons (1966): Dir. Fred Zinnemann. Written by: Robert Bolt. Based upon his play of the same name. Starring: Paul Scofield, Wendy Hiller, Leo McKern, Robert […]
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) The Sound of Music (1965): Dir. Robert Wise. Written by: Ernest Lehman. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein. Music by Richard Rodgers. Based upon the musical of the same name with […]
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) Tom Jones (1963): Dir. Tony Richardson. Written by: John Osborne. Based upon the novel The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding. Starring: Albert Finney, Susannah York, […]
Rating: 3½ stars (out of 4) Lawrence of Arabia (1962): Dir. David Lean. Written by: Robert Bolt and Michael Wilson. Based upon writings by T.E. Lawrence. Starring: Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthony Quinn, Alec Guinness, […]
Rating: 3 stars (out of 4) West Side Story (1961): Directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. Written by: Ernest Lehman. Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Music by Leonard Bernstein. Based upon the stage musical of […]
Rating: 4 stars (out of 4) The Apartment (1960): Dir. Billy Wilder. Written by: Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond. Starring: Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, and Jack Kruschen. Unrated. Running time: 125 minutes. Coming […]
Rating: 1½ stars (out of 4) Around the World in 80 Days (1956): Dir. Michael Anderson. Written by: James Poe, John Farrow, and S.J. Perelman. Based upon the novel of the same name by Jules […]
Rating: 2 stars (out of 4) The Greatest Show on Earth (1952): Dir. Cecil B. DeMille. Written by: Fredric M. Frank, Barré Lyndon, Theodore St. John, and Jack Garris, from a story by Frank, St. […]