Baby Doll , Tennessee Williams's Southern Gothic black comedy about a bankrupt businessman who has promised not to touch his young bride...

That pop-pop-popping sound you've been hearing all morning is people's heads exploding as they scroll down the page and see that the...

A great year in film history that needs no introduction—which is a good thing because I haven't written one. PICTURE (Drama) winner: Go...

The first round of voting in the Classic Hollywood directors bracket is complete. Alfred Hitchcock won an easy victory over Billy Wilder (a...

It occurred to me that if Erik Beck of the Boston Becks can come up with his list of the 100 best directors of all time and Monty of All Go...

Clark Gable, who be 110 today ... ... and John Ford, who would be 117. If I live long enough, I'll write a full biography of each of the...

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