drax in # movies • 3 hours ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Call Northside 777 (1948)In the post-WW2 era, Hollywood's exploration of crime dramas extended beyond the realm of film noir, as the industry sought to experiment...drax in # movies • 9 hours ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Anna Karenina (1948)When it comes to cinema, some shoes are notoriously difficult to fill, even for the most talented performers. Vivien Leigh, one of the...drax in # movies • 16 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Germany, Year Zero (Germania anno zero, 1948)Many of the celebrated cinema classics aren’t the films the average audience would enjoy watching. This is especially the case with Italian...drax in # movies • 22 hours ago • 5 min readFilm Review: The Three Musketeers (1948)Due to its efficient combination of action, melodrama and exotic history, The Three Musketeers, the 1844 novel by Alexandre Dumas, became...drax in # movies • yesterday • 5 min readFilm Review: Rope (1948)In the long history of Hollywood, there were some rare instances when major studios indulged in producing films that could be described as...drax in # movies • yesterday • 4 min readFilm Review: The Street with No Name (1948)The 1945 spy film The House on 92nd Street was one of the more interesting Hollywood films of its era. Based on a true story about the FBI...drax in # movies • yesterday • 5 min readFilm Review: Red River (1948)In Yugoslavia, the synonym for the Western—one of the most popular of all Hollywood genres—was the “cowboy film”. However, cowboys as main...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Naked City (1948)One of the brief periods when Hollywood tried to escape traditional patterns and allow some experimentation occurred immediately after the...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 6 min readFilm Review: Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette, 1948)Current trends in geopolitics and the global economy point towards the masses, at least in the West, being gradually deprived of many...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948)What happens to a film series that loses its way? Even Classic Hollywood could provide some answers to that question, at least judging by...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 6 min readFilm Review: Key Largo (1948)It is almost impossible to say why some films become classics. Old Hollywood gives some sort of answer to this question. The classics made...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 6 min readFilm Review: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)Undisputed classics of the Seventh Art are difficult to put in the same sentence with the phrase ‘exploitation movie’, but, ironically,...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Fort Apache (1948)People who like to classify films according to their quality are often reminded of a phenomenon called “guilty pleasures” — films that are...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: The Unconquered People (Živjeće ovaj narod, 1947)The complex history of 20th‑century Croatian cinema is reflected in the convoluted times that shaped the nation’s past. As a country,...drax in # movies • 3 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: The Damned (Les Maudits, 1947)The realm of submarine films, particularly those set during the Second World War, requires immense technical expertise and substantial...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Out of the Past (1947)Out of the Past, the 1947 film noir directed by Jacques Tourneur, is a quintessential representation and the ultimate textbook example of...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 6 min readFilm Review: Slavica (1947)Official truths and popular perception often run contrary to historical facts. The history of Yugoslav cinema is no exception. Slavica, the...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 6 min readFilm Review: Gentleman's Agreement (1947)Antisemitism is a word that has recently been mentioned a lot. Some would argue that it is abused in order to silence debates about some...drax in # movies • 4 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Song of the Thin Man (1947)Film series seldom end as planned, and the final instalment is more often than not the most disappointing. This could be applied to Classic...drax in # movies • 5 days ago • 5 min readFilm Review: Dark Passage (1947)If a title of film noir icon should be given to a single actor, the most suitable candidate is Humphrey Bogart, the most iconic of all...
