Some of our favorites… Or maybe some that aren’t favorites but we just can’t leave alone…

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Reviews, Critiques, and Interpretive Essays:
Review: The Wizard of Oz (1939, directed by Victor Fleming)
This is a review of 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, directed by Victor Fleming.
by Charlotte Dovey
Review: Moby Dick (1956, Directed by John Huston)
A review of the 1956 film, directed by John Huston.
by Charlotte Dovey
Segantini: Bad Mothers and Punishing Lust
“Segantini: Bad Mothers and Punishing Lust” is a brief critique of Giovanni Segantini’s paintings, The Punishment of Lust and The Evil Mothers
by Charlotte Dovey
Film Review: Cat People & Curse of the Cat People
This is a review of Cat People (1942, directed by Jacques Tourneur) and Curse of the Cat People (1944, directed by Gunther von Fritsch and Robert Wise). I think these classic Val Lewton films are best understood taken as a single story in two parts.
by Charlotte Dovey
La Belle et La Bête
La Belle et La Bête (1946, directed by Jean Cocteau) has been one my favorite films since I first saw it when I was six years old. The beauty of the photography alone is enough to make a devotee of even the worst sort of Philistine.
by Charlotte Dovey
Review: Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources
Here, I discuss Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources (1986, Claude Berri director), films aobut transformation and healing through generations.
by Charlotte Dovey