On the set: Faye Dunaway and Elia Kazan
Showing posts with label Elia Kazan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elia Kazan. Show all posts
Thursday, 30 March 2023
Saturday, 3 November 2018
Saturday, 12 August 2017
Sunday, 15 May 2016
City For Conquest (1940)
A young man is a content truck driver, but his girl shows potential as a dancer and hopes he too can show ambition, so acquiesces and pursues boxing to please her, but the two begin to spend more time working than time together.
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
A melodrama about sexualanxieties among adolescents is well staged, but some of the performances are over the top and the topic is quite dated by modern standards.
Halliwell*: "Impressive though curiously unmemorable addition to a nostalgic young sex cycle which was already played out; production and performances well up to scratch."
Maltin***: "Sentimental sudster..."
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
A reporter pretends to be Jewish in order to cover a story on antisemitism, and personally discovers the true depths of bigotry and hatred.
Monday, 13 April 2015
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