Cinemas Greatest Scenes: “Because he doesn’t know how to love.” – Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 (1963).
The spellbinding Italian actress Claudia Cardinale of The Leopard, 8 1/2 and Once Upon a Time in the West, andContinue Reading
Category: Cinemas Greatest Scenes
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: De Niro vs. Stallone: “I offered you a chance to be a cop and you blew it!” (Cop Land, 1997).
This is not the first entry that sees a Sylvester Stallone film here in my series. That honour went toContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: Heretic’s Monopoly Monologue.
I don’t care what movie Hugh Grant is in, he always manages to put a smile on my face. TheContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Burning Sanitary Napkin Scene from ‘To Sir, With Love’ (1967).
Sidney Poitier was well known for choosing roles in which his characters embodied virtues of dignity and strength. Interestingly, manyContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: When Bette Davis slaps Errol Flynn in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939).
The climatic scene in question from Michael Curtiz’s The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex comes very early in theContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: It Happened One Night (1934) – ‘The Walls of Jericho’ Scene.
A greatest films list without Frank Capra is an injustice to the great director who made films like Mr. SmithContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The Pottery Scene From Ghost (1990).
Bruce Joel Rubin wrote one of the most beloved movie screenplays of all time called Ghost in 1990. But itContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: When Lisa is caught snooping in Thorwald’s apartment in Rear Window (1954).
Often simply known as the ‘Master of Suspense’ – Alfred Hitchcock stands as one of the most important and influentialContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: A Portrait of ‘Laura’.
Please note this article contains a major spoiler to the film Laura (1944). Where do I begin in my appreciationContinue Reading
Cinemas Greatest Scenes: The “Moonlight Sonata” scene from Immortal Beloved (1994).
Immortal Beloved starring Gary Oldman as Ludwig Van Beethoven is not only an engaging celebration of a man and hisContinue Reading
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