BlogHide Reblurtsdrax in # movies • 3 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: The Informer (1935)The Irish struggle for independence has always enjoyed a great deal of sympathy in the United States. This is hardly surprising, since both...drax in # movies • 9 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: La Bandera (1935)Second Spanish Republic was short-lived and today it is mostly known for the brutal war that led to its demise and replacement with...drax in # movies • 16 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: G Men (1935)Hollywood was always willing to serve as a propaganda tool for the US government. Cooperation between those entities was sometimes mutually...drax in # movies • 22 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Aerograd (Frontier, 1935)Russia is a big country, with most of its territory made up of vast, wild, sparsely populated areas, often of great natural beauty and, as...drax in # movies • yesterday • 6 min readFilm Review: The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)Sequels are often considered worse than the original films, but there are always exceptions to this rule. Those exceptions might include...drax in # movies • yesterday • 5 min readFilm Review: The 39 Steps (1935)Filmographies of grand masters of cinema, especially in their early phases, contain films that, while being good, are more important for...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 7 min readFilm Review: Triumph of the Will (Triumph des Willens, 1935)The history of cinema is full of dark ironies. One of them can be found in the life and career of Leni Riefenstahl, the German director who...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Judge Priest (1934)Hollywood has always exploited people’s tendency to view the past, especially the more distant and less palatable aspects of it, through a...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Gold (1934)During the interwar years, Weimar Germany stood out as a powerhouse of science fiction cinema, producing a number of classic and important...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Gay Divorcee (1934)Films that are very old might have difficulties in reaching modern audiences if the important element of their plot is based on the laws...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Viva Villa! (1934)The birth of Hollywood coincided with the Mexican Revolution, allowing Californian filmmakers to draw inspiration from the events across...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Jolly Fellows (Vesyolye Rebyata/Moscow Laughs, 1934)Some of the film critics in the West, especially those with a more snobbish outlook, are prone to reducing Soviet cinema to the golden age...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Thin Man (1934)William Powell and Myrna Loy represent one of the greatest screen couples in history of Hollywood. When they first appear together in...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)Remakes are the least liked films among hardcore cinephiles, because they more often than not show lack of creativity, originality and...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Chapaev (Chapayev, 1934)The greatest icon of Soviet popular culture was a larger-than-life personality based on the real historical figure. That figure was Vasily...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Manhattan Melodrama (1934)A film can become famous for the wrong reasons. Those reasons often have nothing to do with authors’ intentions and sometimes even less to...drax in # movie • 4 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: L'Atalante (1934)History of art is full of artists who died before their time, leaving future generations to ponder what unproduced masterpieces they can’t...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Tarzan and His Mate (1934)When someone asks which Tarzan film is the best, the answers might vary depending on various criteria. In the case of the Classic Hollywood...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: It Happened One Night (1934)Frank Capra is a legendary director of Classic Hollywood whose best known and most beloved film It’s a Wonderful Life, by an ironic twist...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933)In the first half of the 20th century, Britain maintained a formidable empire, yet its cinema industry lagged behind emerging powerhouses...