Gunga Din (1939) movie overview: Cary Grant stars in George Stevens’ homage to British colonialism while lifting key elements from The Front Page.
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Autumn Crocus (1934) movie review: Ivor Novello stars in Basil Dean’s wistful romantic drama about middle-aged longing. Fay Compton costars.
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Song of the Fishermen (1934) movie review: Cai Chusheng’s landmark drama depicts the dehumanizing results of China’s stratified class system.
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Queen Christina (1933) movie review: Greta Garbo gives what may well be her most magnetic performance in Rouben Mamoulian’s romance classic.
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Little Caesar (1931) movie review: Edward G. Robinson is an iconic all-American gangster in Mervyn LeRoy’s landmark but creaky crime drama.
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Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934) movie review: Olive Borden stars in low-budget indie that mixes voodoo with reactionary ideas about interethnic love. Reed Howes costars.
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Make Way for Tomorrow (1937) movie review: Leo McCarey’s old-age drama focuses on the plight of the discardable elderly. Beulah Bondi stars.
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) movie review: Lewis Milestone’s Oscar-winning antiwar drama remains the greatest exemplar in the genre.
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The Merry Widow (1934) movie review: Jeanette MacDonald and Maurice Chevalier star masterful musical that may well be Ernst Lubitsch’s best effort.
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A Tale of Two Cities (1935) movie review: Ronald Colman delivers a flawless performance in Jack Conway’s first-rate version of Charles Dickens’ novel.
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Cavalcade (1933) movie review: Diana Wynyard and Clive Brook are the personification of upstair Englishness in creaky film transfer of Noël Coward’s play.
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The Song of Songs (1933) movie review: Marlene Dietrich is up to the thespian challenge in Rouben Mamoulian’s gripping romantic drama. Brian Aherne costars.
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La Habanera (1937) movie review: Zarah Leander is the impassioned heart and soul of Douglas Sirk’s German melodrama. Ferdinand Marian costars.
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A Cottage on Dartmoor with Uno Henning. A Cottage on Dartmoor (1930) movie review: Anthony Asquith’s surprisingly effective thriller Very little in a career overview of filmmaker Anthony Asquith prepares …
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The Masseurs and a Woman (1938) movie review: Hiroshi Shimizu’s affecting social drama should be better remembered.