If Adventure has a name… it must be Indiana Jones. This summer marks the 40th anniversary of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), the first film in the popular Indiana Jones franchise. Chicago native Harrison Ford starred as the intrepid,…
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It’s official! After nineteen months, the Pickwick Theatre Classic Film Series will return on September 15, 2021, with a 40th anniversary screening of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). This will be our Season 8 Opening Night. We will have…
I must admit that I didn’t watch The A-Team when it first aired on NBC, but two years after its last episode, I realized through re-runs just what an outstanding show it was due to its writing– particularly its use…
I saw several John Ford films when I attended the LaSalle Bank Theatre with my dad on Saturday nights, but one that I was less than enthralled with was The Wings of Eagles. I knew someone who saw it at…
I recently re-visited the 12-chapter serial The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935). It’s corking good stuff! The last couple of Mascots I saw way-back-when were of the ’31 and ’32 period and it was surprising to note how “polished”…
The Stolen Jools was quite a discovery back around 1969 or 1970 as I recall. I think someone from the Laurel & Hardy Society tracked it down and, needless to say, this became a hot item in collecting circles. Since…
I knew a film elitist once who practically bathed in the “Technicolor” hues of Any Given Sunday— a relatively forgettable football drama which he praised simply because of its color. There was just one problem. There is no Technicolor— not…
I’ve made my feelings known about the non-existent “auteur” theory and the ridiculous concept of “one vision.” The following is my response to one film elitist who claimed that Orson Welles had his “vision” of Citizen Kane all mapped out…
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) may be the Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger masterpiece. I find it astounding that it was produced in the midst of a second world war by a country totally under siege since it is…
I may be the only film programmer on this continent to have done a retrospective on director William Dieterle– and I know I’m the only one to administer a Facebook group on him. Admittedly, the majority of moviegoers, even the…