drax in # movies • 1 hour ago • 3 min readFilm Review: Anna Karenina (1935)The 1935 film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel Anna Karenina stands as a testament to the enduring legacy of Greta Garbo, one of...drax in # movies • 7 hours ago • 3 min readFilm Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)Austrian director Max Reinhardt was one of the most influential theatre practitioners of the 20th century, known for introducing...drax in # movies • 13 hours ago • 4 min readFilm Review: The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)In an era where Hollywood has wholeheartedly embraced the view that the source of all evil in the world is white supremacy, it is somewhat...drax in # movies • 20 hours ago • 4 min readFilm Review: Top Hat (1935)One of the most important ingredients for a successful Hollywood musical is music, but composers are seldom credited for their success....drax in # movies • yesterday • 3 min readFilm Review: Roberta (1935)Great actors can elevate the quality of otherwise mediocre films, but only to a certain degree. This includes even Fred Astaire and Ginger...drax in # movies • yesterday • 5 min readFilm Review: The Tunnel (Transatlantic Tunnel, 1935)Two films can be separated by only a few years, but, when compared, look as if they are separated by decades. One of the earliest examples...drax in # movies • 2 days ago • 4 min readFilm Review: A Night at the Opera (1935)One of the most common tropes in histories of cinema is producers and studio moguls who don’t understand True Art and whose controlling...drax in # movies • 2 days 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 • 2 days 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 • 2 days 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 • 3 days 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 • 3 days ago • 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 • 3 days ago • 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 • 4 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 • 4 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 • 4 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 • 4 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 • 5 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 • 5 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 • 5 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...
