Old Movies: Pre-code film recommendations for April
by Sarah Cook | Apr 05, 2022 | Feature, News
This week in our old movies column, we challenge you to take part in pre-code April - here's some recommendations of films to watch....
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Old Movies: The Eagle And The Hawk
by Sarah Cook | Mar 29, 2022 | Feature, News
Our old movies column returns, and we're looking at 1933 war drama The Eagle And The Hawk, a film whose title does it a disservice....
Old movies: the films of Fredric March
by Sarah Cook | Mar 15, 2022 | Feature, News
In this week's old movies column, we take a look back at the career of silent and classical film actor Fredric March. ...
Old Movies: pre-code films that inspired Batman
by Sarah Cook | Mar 08, 2022 | Feature
In this weeks' old movies column, we take a look at some silent and pre-code films that inspired the Batman stories of today....
Old Movies: the many screen adaptations of Jekyll & Hyde
by Sarah Cook | Mar 01, 2022 | Feature, News
In our old movies column, we take a look at the various adaptations, and influences, of The Strange Case Of Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde. ...
Old movies: an intro to Charlie Chaplin
by Sarah Cook | Feb 15, 2022 | Feature, News
Our old movies column returns with an introduction to one of the icons of silent cinema - the great Charlie Chaplin....
Old films: movie musicals of the Pre-Code era
by Sarah Cook | Feb 08, 2022 | Feature, News
Sarah Cook recommends some Pre-Code Hollywood musicals to add some romance to your Valentine's Day....
Old movies: a look at the original Nightmare Alley
by Sarah Cook | Jan 18, 2022 | Feature, News
As Guillermo del Toro's new take on Nightmare Alley heads to UK cinemas, we've been digging into the 1947 take on the same story....
Old movies: the films of 1932
by Sarah Cook | Jan 11, 2022 | Feature, News
We celebrate the cinema of yesteryear, by enjoying the line-up that 1932 had to offer: and, yep, there's something for everyone here....
Old cinema: party like it’s the 1930s
by Sarah Cook | Dec 21, 2021 | Feature, News
Sarah Cook returns to celebrate pre-Hays Code cinema, and she’s trying to get a party going....
Old movies: classic Christmas films from 1901 to 1951
by Sarah Cook | Dec 07, 2021 | Feature, News
In our latest old movie piece, Sarah goes through some of the finest Christmas movies from the early years of cinema....
A celebration of the very best femme fatales
by Sarah Cook | Nov 30, 2021 | Feature, News
Our latest older movies column salutes the women who made the femme fatale such an iconic part of cinema history - and here are Sarah's ten...
Old Movies: Sunset Boulevard, and the golden age of Hollywood
by Sarah Cook | Nov 09, 2021 | Feature, News
It's hard to pin down just when the Golden Age of Hollywood was - but few films demonstrate the more harder edged City Of Stars quite like Sunset...
Old movies: all about #Noirvember
by Sarah Cook | Nov 02, 2021 | Feature, News
Old movies set into the limelight with #Noirvember this month: here's our guide to film noir to set you on your way....
Dracula: the best portrayal on the big screen
by Sarah Cook | Oct 26, 2021 | Feature, News
Our look at the big screen portrayals of characters in the world of Dracula arrives at the Count himself - and we've got a favourite....
Dracula: examining the characters of the original book on screen
by Sarah Cook | Oct 12, 2021 | Feature, News
Bram Stoker's novel Dracula has found its way to the screen many times - we take a look at the finest performances to bring Stoker's characters to...
An introduction to Universal monsters
by Sarah Cook | Oct 05, 2021 | Feature, News
As October begins, we delve into the world of the Universal monster: from Dracula and Frankenstein to The Invisible Man and The Wolfman....
Old movies: a salute to 1931's Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde
by Sarah Cook | Sep 14, 2021 | Feature, News
Ahead of a special screening of the film this weekend, a few thoughts on what makes 1931's Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde such a timeless piece of work....
Celebrating Marlene Dietrich
by Sarah Cook | Jul 26, 2021 | Feature, News
Our old movies feature returns, as we celebrate the screen work of Marlene Dietrich: and you never forget your first Dietrich film....
Old movies: the wonder of Mädchen In Uniform
by Sarah Cook | Jul 19, 2021 | Feature, News
We continue our look back at older films with a trip to 1931, and the quietly impactful Madchen In Uniform....
Old movies: revisiting Merrily We Go To Hell
by Sarah Cook | Jun 14, 2021 | Feature, News
In our old movies column, Sarah looks at Dorothy Arzner's Merrily We Go To Hell, and why is very much deserves watching....
Old movies: pre-code lesbian cinema
by Sarah Cook | May 17, 2021 | Feature, News
LGBT representation in 1930s movies was not on the strong side - but as Sarah discusses, there are some films to watch out for....
Old movies: The Sign Of The Cross in focus
by Sarah Cook | Apr 12, 2021 | Feature, News
Our old movies column returns, and this time we take a look back at the pre-code era film The Sign Of The Cross from Cecil B DeMille....
Old movies: a chat about #PreCodeApril
by Sarah Cook | Mar 22, 2021 | Feature, News
In our weekly old movies column, a chat with the man trying to get us all to watch late 1920s and 1930s cinema this April....
Old movies: the 37 horrors of 1930s cinema
by Sarah Cook | Mar 15, 2021 | Feature, News
A look at some of the horror movies that came out of Hollywood between 1929 and 1934, during Hollywood's pre-code era....
10 amazing actresses of early 1930s Hollywood
by Sarah Cook | Mar 08, 2021 | Feature, News
It’s International Women’s Day and what better way to celebrate than looking at some famous female heroes of the pre-code – early 1930s - cinem...
Old movies: a salute to cinematic pioneer Dorothy Arzner
by Sarah Cook | Feb 22, 2021 | Feature, News
In our regular look at old cinema a salute to the groundbreaking work of female film director Dorothy Arzner, whose first film debuted in the 1920s....
Rams review: sheep farming because movie gold
by Sarah Cook | Feb 16, 2021 | Reviews
Sam Neil;, Michael Caton and Miranda Richardson lead the cast of Rams - and here's our review of the prize-winning sheep movie....
Old movies: the romances of 90 years ago
by Sarah Cook | Feb 15, 2021 | Feature, News
Welcome to our regular column, where we dig right back into cinema history: and we're starting with a bit of romance....
Hollywood Filth: the saucy movies of the 1930s
by Sarah Cook | Jan 19, 2021 | Feature, News
Sarah uncovers some of the sexy and sensual moments from 1930s movies, when times were on the more prudish side....
Hollywood filth: the saucy movies of the 1940s
by Sarah Cook | Oct 13, 2020 | Feature, News
Sarah Cook delves in the deep past of Hollywood in search of some fruity movies - and she finds plenty hiding away in the 1940s....
A spirited defence of The Lion King 2: Simba's Pride
by Sarah Cook | Oct 01, 2020 | Feature, News
With the news that Disney's Lion King 2 is likely to be an origin story, one writer argues that Simba's Pride deserves the proper do-over treatment...
