On the Waterfront (1954) Starring Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint and Lee J. Cobb Written by Budd Schulberg Directed by Elia Kazan Terry Malloy (Brando) is a New Jersey dock worker whose brother is in the mob. That mob runs the Worker's Union, and as long as you play by the rules you get the … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: On The Waterfront (#8)
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The AFI Top 100 Films: It’s a Wonderful Life (#11)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946) Starring James Stewart, Donna Reed and Lionel Barrymore Written by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra (screenplay) and Philip Van Doren Stern (story) Directed by Frank Capra Part of what makes It's a Wonderful Life such an indelible movie is its inextricable tie to Christmas and the mood we all … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: It’s a Wonderful Life (#11)
The AFI Top 100 Films: All About Eve (#16)
All About Eve (1950) Starring Bette Davis, Anne Baxter and Celeste Holm Written and Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz There's an awful lot going on in this movie, especially considering the time in which it was made. Just a quick bit of Internet research has uncovered a multitude of perspectives detailing what All About Eve … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: All About Eve (#16)
The AFI Top 100 Films: The African Queen (#17)
The African Queen (1957) Starring Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn Written by James Agee & John Huston (screenplay) and C.S. Forester (novel) Directed by John Huston There's really nothing else quite like The African Queen. Set (and filmed!) in Africa, it tells the story of a missionary's sister Rose Sayer (Hepburn) fleeing the region after … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: The African Queen (#17)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Psycho (#18)
Psycho (1960) Starring Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles and John Gavin Written by Joseph Stefano (screenplay) and Robert Bloch (novel) Directed by Alfred Hitchcock There shouldn't be a need to tell you that this review will be discussing spoilers for the movie Psycho, but just in case you weren't expecting it -- this review … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Psycho (#18)
The AFI Top 100 Films: The Grapes of Wrath (#21)
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell and John Carradine Written by Nunnally Johnson (screenplay) and John Steinbeck (novel) Directed by John Ford One of the things that's slowly and steadily been removed from our cultural identity is a sense of place. The world has gotten smaller and borders have become a … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: The Grapes of Wrath (#21)
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 