Our Summer Games Film Festival continues with this biopic of a great Native-American athlete of the early 20th Century that doesn’t quite succeed at making any sense out of a messy human life.
Category Archives: Michael Curtiz
YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)
This “jukebox musical” of patriotic Broadway hits showcases James Cagney’s powerhouse performance, but that’s basically the only part of the movie that works for me.
CASABLANCA (1942)
Maybe the classic Old Hollywood movie, made at the height of World War II and maybe one big metaphor for the war itself.
WHITE CHRISTMAS (1954)
Great Irving Berlin songs, great performances, and a plot you shouldn’t think about too hard.
Movie Valhalla 