Morris Engel: Little Fugitive filmmaker. Influenced by Italian neorealism, naturalistic documentaries/docudramas, and late silent era releases like Paul Fejos’ Lonesome, Morris Engel’s no-star, no-plot, no-frills Little Fugitive remains one of…
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Anna Magnani in Rome, Open City, known in the U.S. as Open City. ‘Rome, Open City’ returns: 4K digital restoration of Roberto Rossellini masterpiece at London’s BFI Southbank A restored…
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As the title implies, BearManor Media’s The History of Independent Cinema covers the century-long development of – American – filmmaking outside the big-studio lots. Now, who were those independents? Well,…
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Malvin Wald screenplay: The Naked City 1948 with Barry Fitzgerald and Dorothy Hart. ‘The Naked City (1948) screenwriter Malvin Wald dies Screenwriter Malvin Wald, who received an Academy Award nomination…
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Front row (left to right): Herbert Biberman, attorneys Martin Popper and Robert W. Kenny, Albert Maltz, Lester Cole. Middle row: Dalton Trumbo, John Howard Lawson, Alvah Bessie, Samuel Ornitz. Back…
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will be presenting a weekend-long centennial salute to 17-time Oscar-nominated Hungarian composer Miklós Rózsa beginning on Friday, Aug. 17, at 7:30 p.m.…