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16. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins – Description in comments #GreatLiterature 💙📚
January 21, 2026 at 5:37 PM
16. The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins – Description in comments #GreatLiterature 💙📚
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) 🎥
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926)
One might be forgiven for thinking that the animated feature-length movie began with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. However there were earlier works. Not all of these are available anymore, but t…
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January 21, 2026 at 5:09 PM
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (1926) 🎥
Ace in the Hole (1951) 🎥
Ace in the Hole (1951)
There has always been a strong tinge of cynicism in the works of Billy Wilder. The characters in Some Like It Hot are as much governed by greed, ambition and lust as those in Double Indemnity. Howe…
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January 21, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Ace in the Hole (1951) 🎥
15. Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf – Description in comments #GreatLiterature 💙📚
January 20, 2026 at 6:34 PM
15. Three Guineas, Virginia Woolf – Description in comments #GreatLiterature 💙📚
The Abominable Snowman (1957) 🎥
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
There are some movie monsters for which we cannot help having a soft spot. This is especially true of creatures that are considered ape-like, or more importantly human-like. Hence King Kong is one …
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January 20, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The Abominable Snowman (1957) 🎥
A for Andromeda (2006) 🎥
A for Andromeda (2006)
Over the course of two years (2005-2006), the BBC used its arts channel BBC4 to create a remake of two classic 1950s teleseries, where the original show has been lost. These were The Quatermass Ex…
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January 20, 2026 at 6:12 PM
A for Andromeda (2006) 🎥
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote – Description in comments #GreatLiterature 💙📚
January 19, 2026 at 6:24 PM
In Cold Blood, Truman Capote – Description in comments #GreatLiterature 💙📚
Shooting Stars (1928) 🎥
Shooting Stars (1928)
Our first glimpse of Anthony Asquith’s 1928 thriller Shooting Stars might confuse viewers who have read a brief plot summary. We appear to be watching a romantic western in which a cowboy on horseb…
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January 19, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Shooting Stars (1928) 🎥
The Poetry of Edward Lear – Description in comments. #GreatLiterature 💙📚
January 18, 2026 at 5:33 PM
The Poetry of Edward Lear – Description in comments. #GreatLiterature 💙📚
Zulu (1964) 🎥
Zulu (1964)
It has become impossible to make the old kind of colonialist movie such as Sanders of the River or The Drum, which unashamedly took the side of the British Empire against the natives. The change be…
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January 18, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Zulu (1964) 🎥
12. Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Montgomery – Description in comments. #ClassicLiterature 💙📚
January 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
12. Anne of Green Gables, Lucy Montgomery – Description in comments. #ClassicLiterature 💙📚
Zero for Conduct (1933) 🎥
Zero for Conduct (1933)
Jean Vigo is one of the lost geniuses of French cinema. He died prematurely at the age of 29 from tuberculosis leaving behind only three hours of filmed work. These productions were made on a low b…
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January 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Zero for Conduct (1933) 🎥
Sweet Thames, Matthew Kneale – Description in comments. #Greatliterature 💙📚
January 16, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Sweet Thames, Matthew Kneale – Description in comments. #Greatliterature 💙📚
Young and Innocent (aka The Girl Was Young) 1937 🎥
Young and Innocent (aka The Girl Was Young) 1937
Young and Innocent is not one of the best-known or best-loved of the many innocent-man-on-the run thrillers made by Alfred Hitchcock. Personally I must admit to having a bit of a soft spot for this…
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January 16, 2026 at 5:18 PM
Young and Innocent (aka The Girl Was Young) 1937 🎥
10. Joseph Andrews, Henry Fielding – Summary in comments. #GreatLiterature 💙📚
January 15, 2026 at 6:14 PM
10. Joseph Andrews, Henry Fielding – Summary in comments. #GreatLiterature 💙📚
You Can’t Take It with You (1938) 🎥
You Can’t Take It with You (1938)
You Can’t Take It with You is not one of Frank Capra’s best-known films. Yet it was very successful at the time. It had the highest box office figures of any movie that year, and it is the only Cap…
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January 15, 2026 at 5:51 PM
You Can’t Take It with You (1938) 🎥
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens – Summary in comments. #GreatLiterature 💙📚
January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
David Copperfield, Charles Dickens – Summary in comments. #GreatLiterature 💙📚
Yojimbo (1961) 🎥
Yojimbo (1961)
For reasons unknown, some foreign language movies are widely known by their original titles, and not by an English translation. Yojimbo is the Japanese word for ‘Bodyguard’, but maybe it is as well…
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January 14, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Yojimbo (1961) 🎥
8. Why I Am Not a Christian, Bertrand Russell – Description in comments #ClassicLiterature 💙📚
January 13, 2026 at 6:18 PM
8. Why I Am Not a Christian, Bertrand Russell – Description in comments #ClassicLiterature 💙📚
Written on the Wind (1956) 🎥
Written on the Wind (1956)
With most movie directors, we have a feeling of certainty about their direction. They may make complex or enigmatic films, but on the whole their image does not change much over the years. Steven S…
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January 13, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Written on the Wind (1956) 🎥
7. The Master Builder, Henrik Ibsen – Description in comments. #GreatLiterature
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
7. The Master Builder, Henrik Ibsen – Description in comments. #GreatLiterature
The Wizard of Oz (1939) 🎥
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
What are the ingredients that make up a successful musical? I would suggest the following. The songs have to be memorable, and easy to sing along to. The dialogue should be full of pithy and quotab…
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January 12, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The Wizard of Oz (1939) 🎥
Felix Holt, the Radical, George Eliot – Description in comments. #Classicliterature 💙📚
January 11, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Felix Holt, the Radical, George Eliot – Description in comments. #Classicliterature 💙📚
Witchfinder General a.k.a The Conqueror Worm (1968) 🎥
Witchfinder General a.k.a The Conqueror Worm (1968)
Witchfinder General (to give the movie its original British name) is an example of how sometimes imagination can triumph over budgetary limitations. It seems astonishing to think of it, but some mo…
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January 11, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Witchfinder General a.k.a The Conqueror Worm (1968) 🎥
A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle – Full description in the comments. #LiteraryClassics 💙📚
January 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle – Full description in the comments. #LiteraryClassics 💙📚