Category Archives: Theater Midnight Matinee
Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
“My friends and I, we just had the best holiday ever!” begins Journey to the Beginning of Time (Cesta do pravěku, 1955), the startling and wonderful live-action fantasy film from Czech animator Karel Zeman. Zeman, who would go on to … Continue reading
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Tagged 50's, Czech, dinosaurs, Fantasy, Karel Zeman, prehistoric
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Black Jack (1979)
First we see the French sailor “Black Jack” (Jean Franval, Le Cercle Rouge) – no one can pronounce his true name – hanged for murder following a deadly tavern brawl, and his body is delivered to a widow who makes … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Drama, Ken Loach, Madness
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Alice in Wonderland (1933)
As a longtime Alice fan, I was always interested in seeing the 1933 Paramount Studios version. (At least, in the Leonard Maltin Movie Guide, its cast made it sound like an interesting, large-scale production.) My first (partial) viewing was completely … Continue reading
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Tagged 30's, Alice in Wonderland, Cary Grant, Fantasy, Gary Cooper, Surreal, W.C. Fields, William Cameron Menzies
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