Dorothy and the Gang. Image: The Sunday Times We just re-watched the classic twister flick, The Wizard of Oz (1939), but! We saw it on the big screen for the first time, and it was a revelation. We were struck by the Technicolor landscape of Oz, with its highlighter-yellow brick road and saturated green of…

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10.08.2024

American Mobsters vs. German Nazis | Silver Screenings

Humphrey Bogart with mysterious Kaaren Verne. Image: IMDb All Through the Night (1942) is a comedy-gangster flick about a turf war in New York City. The war is between fast-talking mobsters, who are used to getting their way in New York, and German Nazis, who are used to getting their way everywhere else. Humphrey Bogart…

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31.08.2024

Films That Should be Black & White: Black Widow (1954) | Silver Screenings

Ginger Rogers (L) offers fake sympathy to Gene Tierney. Image IMDb We're here to make a case for black and white movies. We know our position makes us sound like a Luddite, which we are, let's face it. The whole thing started when we saw Black Widow (1954), a mystery/thriller filmed in sumptuous DeLuxe Color.…

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27.09.2024

Love & Finance in “The Rage of Paris” (1938) | Silver Screenings

Helen Broderick (L) tells Danielle Darrieux to find a husband. Image: Alamy Here's a line you don't often hear in a classic movie. A man greets a friend with, "How's everything in Winnipeg?" You heard that right: Winnipeg. And why not? There was a time when Winnipeg was touted as the "Chicago of the North"…

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