by Joseph Eichele | Apr 20, 2020 | Criticism
Among the greatest swashbucklers of all time, the name “Zorro” will quickly enter the conversation. Numerous variations of the tale have been made, including the original iteration starring Douglas Fairbanks in 1920. Despite this, Rouben Mamoulian’s The Mark of...
by Dakota Maertz | Apr 20, 2020 | Criticism
Thanks to Warner Bros. and their star Errol Flynn, the early-1940s saw a resurgence of the swashbuckler subgenre across all of Hollywood. The United Artists production company found specific interest in the pirate stories of Captain Blood (1935) and The Sea...
by Connor Forhan | Apr 20, 2020 | Criticism
“Only after the kill does man know the true ecstasy of love.” These words from the villainous Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks) to protagonist Bob Reinsford (Joel McCrea) in the 1932 film The Most Dangerous Game imply that whichever man succeeds in killing the...
by Carissa Chin | Apr 16, 2020 | Updates
Welcome to Season Two of Hollywood: Behind the Screen with a variety of films from the 1970s to the end of the century. The films we discuss focus on B-movie auteurs, bigshot producers, paranoid writers, aspiring starlets, and even porn stars. As we enter the New...
by Connor Forhan | Apr 12, 2020 | Left, Updates
Introducing Hollywood: Behind the Screen, the podcast in which we discuss, analyze, and criticize films set in and about Hollywood. From rising stars to fallen idols, from glamour and hope to scandal and murder, this so-called Dream Factory has it all. In each...
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