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isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/altfg/best-of-the-best-lists/</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alt Film Guide's &#34;Best Films of &#8230;&#34; lists, which we'll begin updating and reposting &#8212; a few years at a time &#8212; this July 4 weekend, consist of highly personal and highly eclectic suggestions of films you might want to either check out or avoid like the plague, depending on how you feel about our choices. [Scroll down for the (as-yet incomplete, non-updated) Best Films [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1941</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 18:57:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4332</guid> <description><![CDATA[Orson Welles in Citizen Kane FILM Cheers for Miss Bishop d: Tay Garnett; scr: Sheridan Gibney, Adelaide Heilbron Citizen Kane d: Orson Welles; scr: Herman J. Mankiewicz, Orson Welles The Devil and Miss Jones d: Sam Wood; scr: Norman Krasna Dumbo d: Ben Sharpsteen; scr: Joe Grant, Dick Huemer and others The Great Lie d: Edmund Goulding; scr: Lenore J. Coffee Here Comes Mr. Jordan [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1941/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1940</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1940/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1940/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:57:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4331</guid> <description><![CDATA[Henry Fonda in The Grapes of Wrath FILM The Blue Bird d: Walter Lang; scr: Ernest Pascal The Grapes of Wrath d: John Ford; scr: Nunnally Johnson Kitty Foyle d: Sam Wood; scr: Dalton Trumbo The Letter d: William Wyler; scr: Howard Koch The Mark of Zorro d: Rouben Mamoulian; scr: John Tainton Foote, Garrett Fort, Bess Meredyth Pinocchio d: Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1940/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1939</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1939/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1939/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 02:26:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11620</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Rules of the Game by Jean Renoir FILM Gone with the Wind d: Victor Fleming; scr: Sidney Howard Le Jour se lève / Daybreak d: Marcel Carné; scr: Jacques Viot, Jacques Prévert Midnight d: Mitchell Leisen; scr: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett Mr. Smith Goes to Washington d: Frank Capra; scr: Sidney Buchman Ninotchka d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1939/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1938</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1938/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1938/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:16:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11619</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You FILM The Adventures of Robin Hood d: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley; scr: Seton I. Miller, Norman Reilly Raine Bringing Up Baby d: Howard Hawks; scr: Dudley Nichols, Hagar Wilde Dramatic School d: Robert B. Sinclair; scr: Ernest Vajda, Mary McCall Jr. L'Etrange Monsieur Victor d: Jean Grémillon; scr: Albert Valentin, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1938/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1937</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 01:07:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11618</guid> <description><![CDATA[Robert Taylor, Greta Garbo in Camille FILM The Awful Truth d, scr: Leo McCarey Camille d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, James Hilton, Zoe Akins The Hurricane d: John Ford; scr: Dudley Nichols, Oliver H. P. Garrett The Last of Mrs. Cheyney d: Richard Boleslawski; scr: Leon Gordon, Samson Raphaelson, Monckton Hoffe Lost Horizon d: Frank Capra; scr: Robert Riskin Night Must Fall d: Richard [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1937/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1936</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1936/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1936/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 23:57:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11617</guid> <description><![CDATA[Sacha Guitry in The Story of a Cheat FILM Follow the Fleet d: Mark Sandrich; scr: Dwight Taylor Fury d: Fritz Lang; scr: Bartlett Cormack, Fritz Lang Libeled Lady d: Jack Conway; scr: Maurine Watkins, Howard Emmett Rogers, George Oppenheimer Mr. Deeds Goes to Town d: Frank Capra; scr: Robert Riskin My Man Godfrey d: Gregory La Cava; scr: Morrie Ryskind, Eric Hatch Le Roman [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1936/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1935</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1935/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1935/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:01:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4334</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Clark Gable in China Seas FILM Alice Adams d: George Stevens; scr: Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner China Seas d: Tay Garnett; scr: Jules Furthman, James K. McGuinness The Gay Deception d: William Wyler; scr: Stephen Avery, Don Hartman A Tale of Two Cities d: Jack Conway; scr: W. P. Lipscomb, S. N. Behrman The Whole Town's Talking d: John Ford; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1935/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1934</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1934/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1934/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:57:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4329</guid> <description><![CDATA[Norma Shearer in The Barretts of Wimpole Street FILM The Barretts of Wimpole Street d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Ernest Vajda, Claudine West, Donald Ogden Stewart The Count of Monte Cristo d: Rowland V. Lee; scr: Philip Dunne, Dan Totheroh, Rowland V. Lee The Gay Divorcee d: Mark Sandrich; scr: George Marion Jr., Dorothy Yost, Edward Kaufman Hide-out d: W. S. Van Dyke; scr: Albert Hackett, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1934/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1933</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 20:57:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4328</guid> <description><![CDATA[Greta Garbo in Queen Christina FILM Baby Face d: Alfred E. Green; scr: Gene Markey, Kathryn Scola The Barbarian d: Sam Wood; scr: Anita Loos, Elmer Harris Dinner at 8 d: George Cukor; scr: Frances Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Donald Ogden Stewart Gold Diggers of 1933 d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: Erwin Gelsey, James Seymour, David Boehm, Ben Markson I'm No Angel d: Wesley Ruggles; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1933/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1932</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1932/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1932/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:53:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4327</guid> <description><![CDATA[Boris Karloff, Gloria Stuart in The Old Dark House FILM Beauty and the Boss d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Joseph Jackson Blessed Event d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Howard J. Green Jewel Robbery d: William Dieterle; scr: Erwin S. Gelsey The Most Dangerous Game / The Hounds of Zaroff d: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel; scr: James Ashmore Creelman The Old Dark House d: James [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1932/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1931</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1931/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1931/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:51:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4325</guid> <description><![CDATA[Willi Fritsch and Lilian Harvey in Congress Dances FILM À nous la liberté / Liberty for Us d, scr: René Clair City Streets d: Rouben Mamoulian; scr: Max Marcin, Oliver H. P. Garrett, Dashiell Hammett Daybreak d: Jacques Feyder; scr: Ruth Cummings, Cyril Hume, Zelda Sears Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde d: Rouben Mamoulian; scr: Samuel Hoffenstein, Percy Heath Five Star Final d: Mervyn LeRoy; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1931/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1930</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1930/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1930/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:38:36 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4323</guid> <description><![CDATA[Made at the dawn of the sound era, All Quiet on the Western Front remains the best war film ever made. Despite some brave (and not so brave) attempts by other filmmakers ever since, no other motion picture I've seen has captured the horrors of war with the honesty and the poignancy of Lewis Milestone's rendition of Erich Maria Remarque's pacifist novel. Lew Ayres plays [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1930/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1929</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1929/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1929/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:26:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10066</guid> <description><![CDATA[Alexandra Schmidt in Mother Krause's Journey to Happiness FILM Eternal Love d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Hans Kräly; titles: H. H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker The Last of Mrs. Cheyney d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Hans Kräly, Claudine West The Love Parade d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Ernest Vajda, Guy Bolton Lucky Star d: Frank Borzage; scr: Sonya Levien; dialogue: John Hunter Booth; titles: H. H. Caldwell, Katherine Hilliker [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1929/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1928</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:56:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10056</guid> <description><![CDATA[Evelyn Brent, Emil Jannings in The Last Command FILM The Crowd d: King Vidor; scr: King Vidor, James V. A. Weaver; titles: Joseph W. Farnham The Docks of New York d: Josef von Sternberg; scr: Jules Furthman; titles: Julian Johnson The Last Command d: Josef von Sternberg; scr: John F. Goodrich; titles: Herman J. Mankiewicz Sadie Thompson d &#38; scr: Raoul Walsh; titles: C. Gardner [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1928/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1927</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1927/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1927/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:32:08 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=10047</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ramon Novarro, Norma Shearer in The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg FILM Breakfast at Sunrise d: Malcolm St. Clair; scr: Fred De Gresac, Gladys Unger The Enemy d: Fred Niblo; scr: Willis Goldbeck, Agnes Christine Johnston; titles: John Colton The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg d: Ernst Lubitsch; scr: Hans Kräly; titles: Marion Ainslee, Ruth Cummings The Unknown d: Tod Browning; scr: Waldemar Young; titles: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/classics/best-films-of-1927/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1926</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1926/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1926/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:54:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4317</guid> <description><![CDATA[Mary Pickford in Sparrows FILM Dancing Mothers d: Herbert Brenon; scr: Forrest Halsey Don Juan d: Alan Crosland; scr: Bess Meredyth; titles: Walter Anthony, Maude Fulton Kid Boots d: Frank Tuttle; scr: Luther Reed, Tom Gibson; titles: George Marion Jr. The Scarlet Letter d: Victor Sjöström (aka Victor Seastrom); scr: Frances Marion The Show d: Tod Browning; scr: Waldemar Young; titles: Joseph W. Farnham Sparrows [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1926/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 2003</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2003/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2003/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:07:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4407</guid> <description><![CDATA[A painter and his househelper-turned-subject find an unexpected spiritual and sensual bond by way of their mutual sensibility to light and color. A fictionalized account of the creation of one of Johannes Vermeer's most famous paintings, Peter Webber's Girl with a Pearl Earring perfectly evokes the 17th-century Netherlands of dark brick buildings, dirty streets, and perennially gray skies. In addition to Olivia Hetreed's literate adaptation [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2003/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 2002</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2002/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2002/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:07:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4406</guid> <description><![CDATA[A man is dead. Who among the greedy, ruthless, amoral singing-and-dancing suspects stuck in the snowbound countryside mansion has done it? 8 women is an acquired taste, bien sûr. What seems silly the first time around becomes increasingly wittier and funnier &#8212; though no less bizarre &#8212; with each repeated viewing. Beautifully shot by Jeanne Lapoirie and chock-full of bitingly sardonic lines and situations (adapted [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2002/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 2001</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2001/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2001/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:07:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4405</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; FILM Gosford Park d: Robert Altman; scr: Julian Fellowes Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India d: Ashutosh Gowariker; scr: Mulholland Dr. d, scr: David Lynch &#160; CHECK THESE OUT The Curse of the Jade Scorpion d: Woody Allen Monster's Ball) d: Marc Forster; scr: No Man's Land d: Danis Tanovic; scr: ACTOR Woody Allen (The Curse of the Jade Scorpion) Gael García Bernal [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-2001/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1991</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1991/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1991/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2005 19:07:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4399</guid> <description><![CDATA[Before he set out to make only ugly, tedious trash like G.I. Jane (1997), Gladiator (2000), and Black Hawk Down (2001), Ridley Scott directed at least three cinematic gems: Alien, probably the best monster movie ever; Blade Runner, one of the very best science-fiction films; and the character-driven Thelma &#38; Louise, which leaves most road movies biting the dust. Callie Khouri's perceptive screenplay was a [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1991/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1980</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1980/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1980/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2005 07:34:53 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4379</guid> <description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, before becoming involved in bloated mainstream Hollywood productions, Jonathan Demme directed a little gem called Melvin and Howard (as in Hughes, the oil millionaire-turned-film producer-turned-total nut that has been incarnated by Leonardo DiCaprio in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator). Bo Goldman's witty, funny, and poignant screenplay dealt with the search for the ever-elusive &#34;American dream&#34;: One dark night in the middle of [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1980/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1974</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1974/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1974/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:34:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4377</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#34;You may think you know what you're dealing with,&#34; one character admonishes sleazy private detective Jake Gittes, &#34;but believe me, you don't.&#34; Released shortly after the end of the Watergate hearings, Chinatown is Roman Polanski's masterpiece and arguably the best mystery thriller ever filmed, a ruthless amorality tale about a putrid society in which corruption, violence, and degradation lurk under a veneer of wealth and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1974/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1971</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1971/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1971/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2005 07:34:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4374</guid> <description><![CDATA[Veteran actress-screenwriter-playwright Ruth Gordon enjoyed a major film career renaissance following her Oscar-winning devilish turn in Rosemary's Baby in 1968. In Harold and Maude, the 75-year-old Gordon had her first starring role in a motion picture. Her offbeat performance as the free-spirited Maude helped turn this quirky, anti-establishment comedy into one of the major cult films of the 1970s. Bud Cort (Brewster McCloud) plays Harold, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1971/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1965</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1965/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1965/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:05:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4360</guid> <description><![CDATA[Set in the amoral Swinging London of the 1960s, Darling is a morality tale that holds up surprisingly well. Julie Christie plays a beautiful model who sleeps her way to the top of London's fashion world, while juggling along the way both Dirk Bogarde and Laurence Harvey. At the end, the young lady gets more (or less) than she bargained for. Some have accused the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1965/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1964</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1964/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1964/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:04:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4359</guid> <description><![CDATA[On paper, there is precious little that is innovative about Jacques Demy's Les Parapluies de Cherbourg / The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. It's just your usual story of a handsome boy and a beautiful girl who are madly in love, and who are eventually separated by the outside world &#8212; in this case, both the Franco-Algerian war and the girl's mama. On film, everything seems new [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1964/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1963</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1963/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1963/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:03:33 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4358</guid> <description><![CDATA[After Jack Clayton's The Innocents (1961), Robert Wise's The Haunting is the best haunted house story ever filmed. But is the house really haunted or is everything taking place inside the head of sexless, neurotic spinster Julie Harris? The stage-trained Harris (East of Eden, The Member of the Wedding) delivers a phenomenal tour de force, creating a woman in whose mind sexual repression and sexual [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1963/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1962</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1962/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1962/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:02:30 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4357</guid> <description><![CDATA[Lawrence of Arabia is generally the most admired motion picture released in 1962, while The Manchurian Candidate is the most admired strictly political film to come out that year. We, however, find the former much too long and the latter much too outlandish. We, however, much prefer Wendell Mayes's literate script (from Allen Drury's novel) about political backstabbing and blackmailing in the American Congress; the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1962/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1961</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1961/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1961/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:01:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4356</guid> <description><![CDATA[Possibly the best ghost story ever filmed, Jack Clayton's The Innocents, an adaptation of Henry James's novel The Turn of the Screw, offers spooky apparitions, demented religiosity, repressed sexuality (in an adult), emergent sexuality (in pre-teenagers), and incest in a manner that is funny, poignant, and unforgettably creepy. It is perhaps no wonder that Truman Capote (Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood) was partly responsible [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1961/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1960</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1960/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1960/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:00:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4355</guid> <description><![CDATA[Better known for his early neo-realist films Ladri di biciclette /The Bicycle Thief (1948) and Sciuscià / Shoeshine (1946), Vittorio De Sica created a harrowing portrait of the horrors of war with his filmization of Alberto Moravia's La Ciociara / Two Women. A deglamorized Sophia Loren (in a role intended for Anna Magnani) plays the loving mother of a teenage girl, both of whom flee [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1960/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1955</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1955/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1955/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:05:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4354</guid> <description><![CDATA[The guilty pleasure of all guilty pleasures. An unabashedly sentimental story about East meets West, a bland performance by leading man William Holden (Sunset Boulevard, Network), an awful (and awfully long) title. That's 20th Century Fox's Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing. Yet, the film does offer gorgeous locations (Hong Kong and surrounding areas), superb color cinematography (Leon Shamroy), a rousing, romantic score (Alfred Newman), several [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1955/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1954</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1954/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1954/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:04:20 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4353</guid> <description><![CDATA[Considered by many one of Joseph L. Mankiewicz's lesser films, The Barefoot Contessa is a classy, intelligently written, and generally well acted morality tale. Inspired by the life of Rita Hayworth (née Margarita Cansino), the film's plot revolves around the tragic fate of Maria Vargas, a great, earthy beauty who becomes a Hollywood movie star. Besides Jack Cardiff's beautiful cinematography and Mario Nascimbene's melancholy score, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1954/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1953</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1953/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1953/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:03:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4352</guid> <description><![CDATA[Jacques Tati in Mr. Hulot’s Holiday FILM The Bandwagon d: Vincente Minnelli; scr: Adolph Green, Betty Comden The Big Heat d: Fritz Lang; scr: Sidney Boehm Blowing Wild d: Hugo Fregonese; scr: Philip Yordan Calamity Jane d: David Butler; scr: James O’Hanlon Gentlemen Prefer Blondes d: Howard Hawks; scr: Charles Lederer How to Marry a Millionaire d: Jean Negulesco; scr: Nunnally Johnson I Confess d: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1953/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films – 1952</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1952/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1952/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 13:02:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4351</guid> <description><![CDATA[Georges Poujouly, Brigitte Fossey in Forbidden Games FILM El Bruto / The Brute d: Luis Buñuel; scr: Luis Buñuel, Luiz Alcoriza Carrie d: William Wyler; scr: Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz Casque d’or / Golden Marie d: Jacques Becker; scr: Jacques Companéez The Crimson Pirate d: Robert Siodmak; scr: Roland Kibbee 5 Fingers d: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; scr: Michael Wilson High Noon d: Fred Zinnemann; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1952/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1951</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1951/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1951/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:01:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4350</guid> <description><![CDATA[Vivien Leigh, Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire FILM Ace in the Hole / The Big Carnival d: Billy Wilder; scr: Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman The African Queen d: John Huston; scr: James Agee L’Auberge rouge / The Red Inn d: Claude Autant-Lara; scr: Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost The Day the Earth Stood Still d: Robert Wise; scr: Edmund H. North The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1951/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1950</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1950/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1950/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:00:37 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4349</guid> <description><![CDATA[Simone Signoret, Gérard Philipe in La Ronde FILM All About Eve d, scr: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Annie Get Your Gun d: George Sidney; scr: Sidney Sheldon Caged d: John Cromwell; scr: Virginia Kellogg, Bernard Schoenfeld Harvey d: Henry Koster; scr: Mary C. Chase, Oscar Brodney King Solomon’s Mines d: Compton Bennett, Andrew Marton; scr: Helen Deutsch Madeleine d: David Lean; scr: Stanley Haynes, Nicholas Phipps [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1950/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1949</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1949/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1949/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:09:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11624</guid> <description><![CDATA[Spencer Tracy, Judy Holliday, Katharine Hepburn in Adam's Rib FILM Adam's Rib d: George Cukor; scr: Ruth Gordon, Garson Kanin The Heiress d: William Wyler; scr: Ruth Goetz, Augustus Goetz I Was a Male War Bride d: Howard Hawks; scr: Charles Lederer, Hagar Wilde, Leonard Spiegelglass On the Town d: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly; scr: Betty Comden, Adolph Green The Passionate Friends d: David Lean; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1949/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films – 1948</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1948/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1948/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:08:27 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11623</guid> <description><![CDATA[Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan in Letter from an Unknown Woman FILM Anna Karenina d: Julien Duvivier; scr: Jean Anouilh, Guy Morgan, Julien Duvivier Cry of the City d: Robert Siodmak; scr: Richard Murphy Johnny Belinda d: Jean Negulesco; scr: Irmgard von Cube, Allen Vincent Key Largo d: John Huston; scr: Richard Brooks, John Huston Ladri di biciclette / The Bicycle Thief d: Vittorio De Sica; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1948/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films – 1946</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1946/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1946/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 12:06:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=11621</guid> <description><![CDATA[Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford in Gilda FILM Anna and the King of Siam d: John Cromwell; scr: Talbot Jennings, Sally Benson The Best Years of Our Lives d: William Wyler; scr: Robert E. Sherwood Cloak and Dagger d: Fritz Lang; scr: Albert Maltz, Ring Lardner Jr. From This Day Forward d: John Berry; scr: Hugo Butler, Garson Kanin Gilda d: Charles Vidor; scr: Marion Parsonnet [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1946/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1945</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1945/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1945/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:05:34 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4345</guid> <description><![CDATA[Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter FILM Blithe Spirit d: David Lean; scr: Noel Coward Boule de suif / Angel and Sinner d: Christian-Jaque; scr: Henri Jeanson Brief Encounter d: David Lean; scr: Noel Coward, Anthony Havelock-Allan, David Lean, Ronald Neame Dead of Night d: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer; scr: John Baines, Angus MacPhail Les Enfants du paradis / Children [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1945/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1944</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1944/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1944/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:04:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4344</guid> <description><![CDATA[John Hodiak, Tallulah Bankhead in Lifeboat FILM I Bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us d: Vittorio De Sica; scr: Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica, Cesare Giulio Viola, Adolfo Franci, Margherita Maglione, Gherardo Gherardi Crime by Night d: William Clemens; scr: Joel Malone, Richard Weil Dragon Seed d: Harold S. Bucquet, Jack Conway; scr: Jane Murfin, Marguerite Roberts Laura d: Otto Preminger; scr: [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1944/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1943</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:03:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4343</guid> <description><![CDATA[Set in a 17th-century Danish village, Carl Theodor Dreyer's masterful Vredens dag / Day of Wrath is a stark, but deeply felt indictment against religious fanaticism and intolerance. Moving performances by ingénue Lisbeth Modin and accused witch Anna Svierkier add a touch of humanity to the horrors shown on screen. It is not a coincidence that Vredens Dag was made in 1943, a time when [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1943/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1942</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1942/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1942/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:02:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4333</guid> <description><![CDATA[FILM Bambi d: David Hand; scr: Larry Morey and others The Black Swan d: Henry King; scr: Ben Hecht, Seton I. Miller Casablanca d: Michael Curtiz; scr: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, Howard Koch Johnny Eager d: Mervyn LeRoy; scr: John Lee Mahin, James Edward Grant The Magnificent Ambersons d, scr: Orson Welles The Major and the Minor d: Billy Wilder; scr: Charles Brackett, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/best-films-of/best-films-of-1942/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1925: John Gilbert, Norma Shearer, Constance Talmadge, Renée Adorée</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-norma-shearer-constance-talmadge-irene-rich/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-norma-shearer-constance-talmadge-irene-rich/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25345</guid> <description><![CDATA[Renée Adorée, John Gilbert in King Vidor's The Big Parade Best Films &#8211; 1925: Film, Cinematography BEST ACTOR John Gilbert The Big Parade &#160; Norma Shearer (sitting), Gwen Lee (left), Betty Morrissey in Monta Bell's Lady of the Night (top); Florence Vidor, Betty Bronson, Adolphe Menjou in Malcolm St. Clair's Are Parents People? (bottom). Photos: Courtesy of Derek Boothroyd. BEST ACTRESS Belle Bennett Stella Dallas [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/john-gilbert-norma-shearer-constance-talmadge-irene-rich/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1925: Fred Niblo&#039;s BEN-HUR, Ernst Lubitsch&#039;s LADY WINDERMERE&#039;S FAN</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 12:25:24 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4315</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ramon Novarro and May McAvoy in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ BEST FILM Ben-Hur d: Fred Niblo (assisted by Christy Cabanne, Alfred L. Raboch, B. Reeves Eason); scr: Carey Wilson, Bess Meredyth, June Mathis; titles: Katherine Hilliker, H. H. Caldwell The Big Parade d: King Vidor; scr: Laurence Stallings, Harry Behn; titles: Joseph W. Farnham Her Sister from Paris d: Sidney Franklin; scr: Hans [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1925/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1924: Lon Chaney, Emil Jannings, ZaSu Pitts, Conrad Veidt</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lon-chaney-emil-jannings-zasu-pitts-conrad-veidt/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lon-chaney-emil-jannings-zasu-pitts-conrad-veidt/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 11:25:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25332</guid> <description><![CDATA[Emil Jannings (right) in F. W. Murnau's The Last Laugh Best Films &#8211; 1924: Film, Cinematography BEST ACTOR Richard Barthelmess The Enchanted Cottage Lon Chaney He Who Gets Slapped George Hackathorne The Turmoil Emil Jannings The Last Laugh Percy Marmont K-The Unknown William V. Mong Thy Name Is Woman &#160; Ramon Novarro, Enid Bennett in Fred Niblo's The Red Lily BEST ACTRESS Enid Bennett The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/lon-chaney-emil-jannings-zasu-pitts-conrad-veidt/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1924: GREED, THE ENCHANTED COTTAGE, HE WHO GETS SLAPPED</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1924/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1924/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 11:24:44 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4313</guid> <description><![CDATA[ZaSu Pitts, Gibson Gowland (center) in Erich von Stroheim's Greed BEST FILM The Enchanted Cottage d: John S. Robertson; scr: Josephine Lovett; titles: Gertrude Chase Greed d, scr: Erich von Stroheim; titles: June Mathis He Who Gets Slapped d: Victor Sjöström (aka Victor Seastrom); scr: Victor Sjöström, Carey Wilson The Thief of Bagdad d: Raoul Walsh, Douglas Fairbanks; scr: Douglas Fairbanks, Lotta Woods &#160; CHECK [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1924/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1923: Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry, John Gilbert, Eleanor Boardman, Lon Chaney</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ramon-novarro-alice-terry-john-gilbert-eleanor-boardman-lon-chaney/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ramon-novarro-alice-terry-john-gilbert-eleanor-boardman-lon-chaney/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:24:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=25293</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ramon Novarro, Alice Terry in Rex Ingram's Scaramouche Best Films – 1923: Film, Cinematography BEST ACTOR John Gilbert Cameo Kirby Ramon Novarro Scaramouche &#160; BEST ACTRESS Renée Adorée The Eternal Struggle Eleanor Boardman Souls for Sale Mae Marsh The White Rose Edna Purviance A Woman of Paris Alice Terry Scaramouche &#160; Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Lon Chaney The [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/movie/ramon-novarro-alice-terry-john-gilbert-eleanor-boardman-lon-chaney/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1923: Charles Chaplin&#039;s A WOMAN OF PARIS, Rex Ingram&#039;s SCARAMOUCHE</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1923/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1923/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 10:23:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4311</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#160; Edna Purviance (left) suffers in style in Charles Chaplin's A Woman of Paris BEST FILM Cameo Kirby d: John Ford; scr: Robert N. Lee Scaramouche d: Rex Ingram; scr: Willis Goldbeck The White Rose d, scr: D.W. Griffith A Woman of Paris d, scr: Charles Chaplin &#160; CHECK THESE OUT Souls for Sale d, scr: Rupert Hughes &#160; Alla Nazimova in Salome BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1923/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Best Films &#8211; 1922: F. W. Murnau&#039;s NOSFERATU, John Gilbert, Seena Owen</title><link>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1922/</link> <comments>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1922/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 14 Aug 2004 09:22:10 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Andre Soares</dc:creator> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.altfg.com/blog/?p=4305</guid> <description><![CDATA[Ok, so Max Schreck (literally, Max Fright) was not romantic leading man material, but he did quite well for himself as the creepiest vampire of them all, Nosferatu. Those who think of director F. W. Murnau as the creator of film poetry in pictures such as Sunrise and Tabu should realize that Murnau was equally adept at creating sheer horror. No other vampire movie I've [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.altfg.com/blog/silent-films/best-films-of-1922/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
