Sublime Performances And Writing Make Sabrina An Absolute Delight

Eight years before Sabrina the Teenage Witch debuted in a 1962 issue of Archie's Madhouse, the most famous Sabrina in pop culture had to be the titular lead character of Sabrina. This feature film was quite the impressive assemblage of classic Hollywood talent, with the fact that it was Audrey Hepburn's first starring vehicle after Roman Holiday put her on the map alone being a mighty noteworthy feat. But then you pair her up with legendary leading man Humphery Bogart under the direction of Billy Wilder, a pro at delivering top-shelf witty romantic comedies and it's no surprise to see that Sabrina is such a delightful feature.

The Brilliant Satire Network Has Become Tragically All Too Relevant In 2017

"What's old is new again" as they say, and while it's not a perfectly equal comparison, it must be said that the world of America in 1976 (the year in which Sidney Lumet's Network was released) does bear a great resemblance to America in 2017. A historically catastrophic President? A recent grisly war that has not produced the sort of triumphant victories America is accustomed to in its foreign affairs? People looking for answers in their entertainment? Some variations of all those ideas always exist in human society but they're particularly potent in both 1976 and in the modern era, making Network one of those amazing movies that's both a perfect time capsule of the era in which it was released and also something that feels incredibly relevant multiple decades after its initial release.

Sunset Blvd. Review (Classic Write-Up)

One of my favorite films of all-time is Singin' In The Rain, that's just a perfect cinematic musical if I ever saw one. Sunset Blvd. doesn't share much in the way of thematic content with that Gene Kelly motion picture, but both features do focus on one interesting facet; the way the transition from silent movies to motion pictures with sound affected the actors working in Hollywood. Whereas Singin' In The Rain took place right as sound was introduced into the world of cinema, Sunset Blvd. has a plot set decades later (presumably in 1950, the year the movie was released) where a legendary silent movie actress named Norma Desmond (Gloria Swanson) lives in the shambles of a failed career.