Category: 1930s
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Although it could have done with a bit more subtlety in its message, this 1931 disaster film does a splendid job of recreating a catastrophic tragedy with Silent era-inspired style.
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In this pre-code film, divergent paths of African-American success in the time of Jim Crow collide, even if the film can’t overcome the technical challenges of its time.
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As I was watching “The Lady Vanishes,” I was struck by how integral the role of thetrain is with how it regards to the female perspective. There are numerous times throughout the film where the train itself plays as a sort of extension into Iris’s mindset, especially when people are trying to gaslight her into…
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During the Russian Civil War, Vasily Chapaev organizes a ragtag band of Red Army troops in the impoverished countryside against the White Army. After forming a bond with Furmanov, a commissar from Moscow, the White Army advances against Chapaev’s forces, despite the Red Army’s proficiency with a machine gun. However, Chapaev dies in the crossfire,…
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