Cinecon attractions include a squeaky-voiceless (silent) and brunette Jean Arthur in The Poor Nut and a young Alice Faye in one of her earliest musicals.
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Cinecon attractions include the sentimental 1930 Al Jolson musical Mammy and the early Bette Davis drama The Menace.
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Cinecon movies: Uncut version of the pre-Code WWI drama The Eagle and the Hawk and the gender-role-reversal silent The Home Maker.
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Notable Cinecon movies include the ‘male bonding’ 1914 silent Damon and Pythias and an entertaining crime tale with a pre-Dr. Watson Nigel Bruce.
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Pineapple Express (2008) movie review: James Franco and Seth Rogen star in David Gordon Green’s entertaining action and silliness mix.
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Cobra (1925) movie review: Rudolph Valentino’s most effective star vehicle tells a true love story - one that takes place between two male friends. Nita Naldi and Casson Ferguson costar.
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Baghdad High (2007) Movie Review: Documentary focuses on four Iraqi high-school students who use their cameras to show the world who they are.
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Humoresque (1946) movie review: Joan Crawford exudes charisma in Jean Negulesco’s stylish but ponderous melodrama. John Garfield costars.
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The Aerial (2007) Movie Review: Esteban Sapir’s black-and-white, near-silent morality fantasy is both daringly innovative and lovingly nostalgic.
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Leatherheads (2008) movie review: George Clooney sports comedy offers a mix of romance and sociopolitical commentary. Renée Zellweger costars.
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Targets (1968) movie review: Boris Karloff is fantastic in this disturbing Peter Bogdanovich thriller that shows life and art as irrevocably intertwined.
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Redbelt (2008) movie review: A memorable Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in this impressive (yet commercially unsuccessful) David Mamet morality tale. Emily Mortimer and Tim Allen costar.
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Sex and the City (2008) Movie Review: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall and pals should make fans of the series happy with the big-screen sequel.
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Stardust Memories (1980) movie review: Contemplative Woody Allen comedy is one of the most profound films ever made. Charlotte Rampling costars.
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The Misleading Lady (1932) movie review: Skilled Claudette Colbert and Edmund Lowe have palpable chemistry in inconsequential pre-Coder.
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The Poverty Row jungle flick Nabonga lacks thrills and logic, but it features curious cast members Buster Crabbe and Julie London.
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South Seas sex worker Joan Crawford proves herself a fine dramatic actress and destroyer of pious missionaries in the vastly underrated drama Rain.
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The Joan Crawford gangster drama This Woman Is Dangerous can be entertaining as long as you have low expectations. Dennis Morgan costars; Felix E. Feist directed.
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Starring Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan, Made of Honor is a fluffy cross between My Best Friend’s Wedding + Will & Grace.
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Starring gay MGM contract actor William Haines, the pre-Code comedy Western Way Out West features gay innuendoes just about everywhere you look.
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The genius of Lon Chaney and the best production values that MGM could buy make William Nigh’s ‘exotic’ Mr. Wu movie adaptation a must-see.
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In Tom Forman’s Victorian but engrossing melodrama Shadows, Lon Chaney brings dignity to his Chinese victim/savior stranded in racist England.
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Silent era veterans Erich von Stroheim and Betty Compson deliver quality performances in James Cruze’s engrossing psychological drama The Great Gabbo.
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MGM star Ramon Novarro delivers a charismatic performance in Fred Niblo’s still impressive silent era mega-blockbuster Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
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Man of a Thousand Faces Lon Chaney delivers another phenomenally creepy portrayal in Wallace Worsley’s top-notch revenge thriller The Penalty.
Baghead (2008) movie review: Jay and Mark Duplass’ clever indie comedy-thriller isn’t your usual ‘cabin in the woods’ tale. Greta Gerwig stars.
America the Beautiful (2007) movie review: Overextended documentary tackles the reasons for American women’s obsession with physical beauty.
The Valet (2006) movie review: Daniel Auteuil delivers an effective comic performance in the latest Francis Veber farce. Gad Elmaleh costars.
Teeth (2007) movie review: Mitchell Lichtenstein’s kinky horror comedy is bound to give some men sexual nightmares. Jess Weixler stars.
Leonard Kastle’s The Honeymoon Killers rivals better-known fare partly thanks to Shirley Stoler and Tony Lo Bianco’s charismatic performances.
Inspired by the Bugsy Siegel and Virginia Hill affair, Vincent Sherman’ skillful crime drama The Damned Don’t Cry is Joan Crawford’s second best Warners movie.
An homage to unconventional families mixed with social commentary, Charles Chaplin’s 1921 movie The Kid remains just as touching 9 decades after its release.