Francois Truffaut’s debut about his own wayward childhood still feels fresh today.
Tag Archives: 1950s Movies
BORN YESTERDAY (1950)
The only movie I’ve ever seen where the guy likes the girl more after she puts on glasses.
HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL (1959)
B-Movie Horror may have reached its zenith with this collaboration of William Castle and Vincent Price.
TOKYO STORY (1953)
A highly-acclaimed, aggressively minimalist, story about the disconnect between Japanese parents and their adult children.
ANNOUNCING OUR UPCOMING WATCH PARTY! – THE HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL
You can watch this camp horror classic with us at our first ever “Watch Party” at 6:30 EDT/9:30 PDT on October 23.
SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
The decaying remains of 1920s Hollywood entrap a hack writer and lure him to his doom.
SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
I had, um, some issues with this comedy about cross-dressing and/or dudes that want to sleep with Marilyn Monroe.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant invented the James Bond movie three years before it was a thing.
SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
This all-timer of a movie musical is completely bonkers, but still impresses through sheer strength of will (and dancing)
ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
On the Waterfront is known for Marlon Brando’s revolutionary performance, but does it still work out of its very specific context?
