Author Archives: festivalfordrama

Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine. W. C. Fields in My Little Chickadee I’d buy that for a dollar! Clint Eastwood in A Fistful of Dollars Somebody blows their … Continue reading →

Today, as part of our “Kazan Redux” series, we’re going to re-review director Elia Kazan’s eighth film, “Viva Zapata!” This movie has always been one of my least-favorite of Kazan’s nineteen projects, but as I re-watched it for this re-review, … Continue reading →

The popular idols of our post-modern era are tolerance, plurality, and relativism. Tolerance and plurality can be excellent guiding principles in some circumstances, but NOT when essential truth is at stake. We have only one authority, God’s Word, and only … Continue reading →

Today, as part of our “Kazan Redux” series, we’re going to re-review director Elia Kazan’s ninth film, “Man on a Tightrope.” I enjoyed re-watching the film for this re-review and appreciate it a bit more each time through. The review … Continue reading →

Today, as part of our “Kazan Redux” series, we’re going to re-review director Elia Kazan’s tenth and finest film, “On the Waterfront.” It was a pleasure, as always, to re-watch this landmark film for this redux series. The review below … Continue reading →

Today, as part of our “Kazan Redux” series, we’re going to re-review director Elia Kazan’s eleventh film, “East of Eden.” The review below was first posted on April 11, 2017 and has been slightly revised. East of Eden Directed by … Continue reading →

Today, as part of our “Kazan Redux” series, we’re going to re-review director Elia Kazan’s seventh film, “A Streetcar Named Desire.” As I re-watched “Streetcar” for this post, I thought about how viewers have been ambivalently fascinated and repulsed by … Continue reading →

Title – On the Waterfront (1954) Director – Elia Kazan (East of Eden) Cast – Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger Plot – Once a contender to be a prized fighter, dock worker Terry … Continue reading →

96 years ago today, Marlon Brando was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Unfortunately, Brando is one of those actors who, later in his life, became better known for his eccentricities than for his performances. Though Brando never stopped being a good … Continue reading →

The following is my contribution to The 2020 Classic Literature on Film Blogathon, being hosted by Paul at the blog Silver Screen Classics from Apr. 3-5, 2020. Click on the above banner, and read bloggers’ critiques of movies derived from … Continue reading →