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Tod Browning’s Freaks is as Old as Your Grandfather and Twice as Scary Old Ass Movies wants to give you 70-year old nightmares. Just in time for Christmas! By Jim Rohner on December 21, 2008 | Comments |
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Find Timeless Relevance ‘When a Woman Ascends the Stairs’ One can learn a lot from a country’s old ass movies, especially if they’re as fresh and universally relevant as Mikio Naruse’s When a Woman Ascends the Stairs, one of his long overlooked works of cinematic excellence. By Loukas Tsouknidas on November 30, 2008 | Comments |
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Discover the Genius of Lon Chaney in The Hunchback of Notre Dame The film, one of Chaney’s best outings, is a transformative film that might just make you a fan of silent movies. By Cole Abaius on November 24, 2008 | Comments |
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Watch Bogie teach Bond a thing or two in ‘The Big Sleep’ In keeping with our exploration into 007 this week, Jorge Sosa digs into the dark dirt of The Big Sleep a noir that might have inspired some of the Bond myth. By J.L. Sosa on November 9, 2008 | Comments |
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Discover Mitchum, Douglas, and Film-Noir in ‘Out of the Past’ Film fans will see a striking resemblance between this classic and the storyline for A History of Violence. Just when you thought you were out - they pull you back in. Isn’t that how it always works out? By Loukas Tsouknidas on November 2, 2008 | Comments |
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Discover Old-Timey Unwanted Pregnancy in ‘The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek’ Underage drinking. Date rape. Unwanted pregnancy. If these things don’t scream ‘1940s Comedy Romp’ to you, then you haven’t been paying attention. By Cole Abaius on October 26, 2008 | Comments |
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Dig Up the Roots of Horror with ‘Nosferatu’ We already have an entry for today’s 31 Days of Horror, but we couldn’t resist profiling this classic horror film for this week’s Old Ass Movies. By Cole Abaius on October 19, 2008 | Comments |
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See the Courtroom Through the Eyes of ‘12 Angry Men’ Every week, Film School Rejects presents a film that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: 12 Angry Men. By Loukas Tsouknidas on October 12, 2008 | Comments |
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Get Scared Old School Style with Universal’s ‘Frankenstein’ If you don’t think a 77-year old movie can make you wet your pants and think about your own existence, you haven’t seen James Whale’s Frankenstein. By Cole Abaius on October 5, 2008 | Comments |
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Celebrate The Financial Meltdown with ‘The More the Merrier’ We may be homeless, but we kept our DVD player. If you can get your Netflix delivery sent to The Corner of Lincoln Park Behind the Third Bush, make a toast to the New Great Depression and watch this classic comedy. By Cole Abaius on September 29, 2008 | Comments |
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Discover Revolution with Viva Zapata! Explore the depths of the Zapata’s Mexican Revolution - or at least Elia Kazan and John Steinbeck’s version. And did we mention Marlon Brando’s involved? By Loukas Tsouknidas on September 21, 2008 | Comments |
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The Strangest Story: Truth, Humanity, and Rashomon This week, Old Ass Movies examines the subjectivity of truth and human nature in Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon. By Conrad Rothbaum on September 14, 2008 | Comments |
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“It’s a Hard World for Little Things”: A Wide-Eyed Look at The Night of the Hunter (1955) The complexities of Charles Laughton’s classic about a psychotic preacher and the nature of childhood make it a must-see. By Conrad Rothbaum on August 31, 2008 | Comments |
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Discover the Fine Art of Thievery in Bresson’s Pickpocket Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a film that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents Pickpocket. By Loukas Tsouknidas on August 24, 2008 | Comments |
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Wonderful, In A Loathesome Sort Of Way: An Appreciation Of ‘His Girl Friday’ Fast-taking, strong women, and Cary Grant being Cary Grant. His Girl Friday is a film over 70 years ahead of its time. By Conrad Rothbaum on August 17, 2008 | Comments |
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‘You Were Born In Pain’: A Dark Look At Blast Of Silence (1961) This under-appreciated titan of noir is given a spotlight in the latest installment of Old Ass Movies. Read it, see it, love it. By Conrad Rothbaum on August 10, 2008 | Comments |
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Greed and Madness in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Every week, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) By Loukas Tsouknidas on July 27, 2008 | Comments |
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The Grim Reality of ‘Los Olvidados’ Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a film that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This Week, Old Ass Movies Presents: Los Olvidados. By Loukas Tsouknidas on July 20, 2008 | Comments |
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The Batman Movie You Didn’t Know About Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents the Batman movie even you weren’t cool enough to know about. By Cole Abaius on July 13, 2008 | Comments |
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Make Time for Jimmy Stewart in ‘No Time For Comedy’ Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: No Time for Comedy (1940). By Cole Abaius on July 6, 2008 | Comments |
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Modern film geeks seem to complain a lot about remakes. Whether they are needless, obvious commercialism for commercialism’s sake, or flat out assaulting childhoods, it’s a safe bet to rail on any film that’s been done before. Would we have felt the same way in 1956 when Alfred Hitchcock redid his own film, The Man Who Knew Too Much? By Cole Abaius on June 30, 2008 | Comments |
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Fall in Love with Greta Garbo in Ninotchka 1939 is celebrated as one of the greatest single years of cinematic achievement in the history of the art. In honor of that Golden Era, I wanted to spotlight perhaps the least known Best Picture nominee of that year - Ninotchka. By Cole Abaius on June 23, 2008 | Comments |
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A Look Back at Danny Kaye in The Court Jester (1955) Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies presents: The Court Jester (1955). By Cole Abaius on June 15, 2008 | Comments |
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Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why you should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies Presents: The General (1927). By Cole Abaius on June 8, 2008 | Comments |
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Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies Presents: One Frightened Night. By Cole Abaius on June 1, 2008 | Comments |