Classic Film Dramas

James Cameron's Avatar arrives in theaters Dec. 18th, so it's a good time to take another look at his Oscar-winning blockbuster Titanic.

Dec 9, 2009 - Gil Mansergh

Casablanca, Michael Curtiz's celebrated (and heavily censored) WWII romantic drama starring Humphrey Bogart, and Ingrid Bergman is finally available in affordable Blu-ray

Nov 11, 2009 - Gil Mansergh

The Hugo Butler adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens' classic novella, for the silver screen is a bomb.

Nov 10, 2009 - Melissa Howard

The first three movies in Universal Studios' popular Sherlock Holmes series of the 1940s had the detective battling Nazi agents rather than Victorian villains.

Oct 31, 2009 - John K. Davis

Susan Hayward was a remarkably talented actress who specialized in portrayals of strong women who fought to overcome adversity.

Oct 18, 2009 - Kathleen Airdrie

Ophuls employs images of bars to illustrate how societal Institutions restrict women from expression and power; Madame de..., Letter, Caught and Reckless Moment analyzed.

Oct 7, 2009 - Grace Troje

The disadvantaged do not have a voice in society. Films of Max Ophuls depicted the plight of the lower classes by employing mute characters to represent the disempowered.

Oct 6, 2009 - Grace Troje

In a brief dissection of four of Ophuls' films, his attitude toward patriarchy can be discovered; Madame de..., Letter From an Unknown Woman, Caught and Reckless Moment.

Oct 6, 2009 - Grace Troje

Though Ophuls' women seem intimately linked with the ruin and death of their lovers, his deeper message lies in the condemnation of women's disempowerment.

Oct 6, 2009 - Grace Troje

Although viewed as one of the best American films ever made, The Godfather also earned infamy for its mafia ties as well as controversial castng decisions, and nepotism.

Oct 6, 2009 - Ramon Youseph

Ophuls' films demonstrate his understanding of destiny and eternal recurrence in the films; Madame de..., Letter From an Unknown Woman and Reckless Moment.

Oct 6, 2009 - Grace Troje

Ophuls films contend with the roles and hierarchy imposed on the individual by his/her society, which lie in opposition to love and freedom.

Oct 6, 2009 - Grace Troje

Roman Polanski's classic defies detective film conventions with its artistic integrity and its emotionally satisfying story

Sep 27, 2009 - Iulia Filip

The House of Fear is considered one of the best of the 1940s Sherlock Holmes film series from Universal Studios, benefiting from good acting and a taut, fast paced script

Sep 23, 2009 - John K. Davis

The Woman in Green is considered one of the best of the 1940s Sherlock Holmes film series from Universal Studios, benefiting from good acting and a fast paced script.

Sep 21, 2009 - John K. Davis

"I'll make him an offer he can't refuse." "Here's looking at you, kid." "It's alive!" These movie quotes have consistently found their way into many daily conversations.

Sep 11, 2009 - Deborah Read

The Last Time I Saw Paris is a love story about Americans living in France after World War II starring Van Johnson, Donna Reed, Elizabeth Taylor and Walter Pidgeon.

Sep 6, 2009 - Christine Nyholm

Man in the Net stars Alan Ladd and a man falsely accused of murder and Carolyn Jones as his alcoholic wife in this suspense mystery filmed in 1959.

Sep 3, 2009 - Christine Nyholm

Michael Douglas won a well deserved Oscar for his portrayal of ultra rich businessman Gordon Gekko. Charlie Sheen played an eager and money hungry trader named Bud Fox.

Sep 3, 2009 - Scott Hayden

Casablanca is a romance classic set in Morocco during the dangerous era of WWII. Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid star in suspenseful love triangle.

Sep 2, 2009 - Christine Nyholm

The Man Between is a classic thriller starring James Mason and Claire Bloom set in post war Berlin, Germany, when the city was divided between East and West.

Aug 31, 2009 - Christine Nyholm

Berlin Express is a thriller about a kidnapped doctor, filmed in 1949, in postwar Germany, with rare archival footage of the devastation of Frankfurt am Main.

Aug 25, 2009 - Christine Nyholm

Gaslight is a suspense thriller 1944 about a man who wants to drive his wife insane, starring Charles Boyer as a cruel husband and Ingrid Bergman as the tormented wife.

Aug 24, 2009 - Christine Nyholm

The Manchurian Candidate is a Cold War thriller and intense political satire with sinister plot twists starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey and Angela Lansbury.

Aug 23, 2009 - Christine Nyholm

All Fall Down is a fine drama about a ladies' man and his family with a cast including Eva Marie Saint, Karl Malden, Warren Beatty, Angela Lansbury and Brandon De Wilde.

Aug 23, 2009 - Christine Nyholm