Filmsite

Filmsite is a film-review website established in 1996 by senior editor and film critic-historian Tim Dirks, and has been solely managed and edited by him.

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Writer/director Richard Brooks' fantastic melodrama Elmer Gantry (1960) with a superb lead performance by Best Actor-winning Burt Lancaster, told about the struggles of a female evangelist's tent ministry in the 1920s, see Filmsite's illustrated review at https://t.co/FLp8c4WaZX

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Director Arthur Penn's revisionist, serio-comic, quirky rambling adventure-western epic Little Big Man (1970) is definitely worth a 2nd look due to its tall-tale nature and anti-establishment view of the Old West; see Filmsite's illustrated review: https://t.co/zy41MVbsZO

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If you like gangster films, you must watch director Mervyn LeRoy's and Warners' early classic Little Caesar (1930) with Edward G. Robinson - it's often been called the grandfather and prototype of the modern crime film. See Filmsite's illustrated review: https://t.co/QLpFDTz1fr

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Director Michael Mann's romance epic and dramatic war-western The Last of the Mohicans (1992) was a stirring historical adventure tale set in the mid-18th century in upper NY (French and Indian War). See Filmsite's recent detailed (illustrated review) at https://t.co/9Qz5a55JU8

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Director Hal Ashby's (and Columbia Pictures') military-related, R-rated anti-authoritarian road-trip and comedic buddy film The Last Detail (1973) was a harsh coming-of-age treatise worth watching. See Filmsite's recent (illustrated) detailed review at https://t.co/ce3rUTADWd

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The offbeat and quirky love letter to the City of Angels, L.A. Story (1991), included many gags and in-jokes about LA's bizarre and unique lifestyles with a fanciful plot about romance aided by a talkative freeway sign. See Filmsite's illustrated review at https://t.co/hQd4cgKkBs

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With recent El Nino weather changes, tornadoes, and massive hurricanes, take another look at director Jan de Bont's blockbuster action-adventure disaster thriller Twister (1996) - with amazing, enhanced special effects. See Filmsite's illustrated review at https://t.co/DoCpMb6zFE

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One of the all-time best and most enjoyable of Hollywood musicals is Singin' in the Rain (1952) - with organically-integrated songs. It also cleverly satirized the transition from silents to 'talkies' in the late 1920s. See Filmsite's illustrated review: https://t.co/RN1M309gH7

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Director Alan Crosland's landmark, widely-successful and impactful The Jazz Singer (1927) was the single most influential film that drove the industry toward transitioning to sound films. See a detailed and illustrated review at https://t.co/c9AHbFGdNq

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Director Wes Craven's significant, self-reverential, tongue-in-cheek horror/slasher thriller and spoof Scream (1996) satirized some of the most over-used cliches found in many popular horror films. See Filmsite's detailed (illustrated) review: https://t.co/vxv5YuGFm0

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Director King Vidor's (and producer David O. Selznick's) over-wrought epic American western Duel in the Sun (1946) had a little bit of everything: murder, rape, attempted fratricide, sexual abuse, racism, etc. See Filmsite's detailed (illustrated) review: https://t.co/WMFiI1iTMC

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Writer/director M. Night Shyamalan's (and Hollywood Pictures') haunting, twist-ending signature film The Sixth Sense (1999) deserves a second in-depth look. See Filmsite's detailed synopsis (with illustrations) for more insights into the supernatural, at https://t.co/TW1A3nVTSK

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Director George Roy Hill's old fashioned crime/comedy caper and buddy film The Sting (1973) (with Newman and Redford as two grifters) was playfully full of clever schemes and cons. See Filmsite's detailed (illustrated) review: https://t.co/tsCbaY8q2h

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Director David Lean's (and MGM's) dramatic and lengthy historical epic Doctor Zhivago (1965) was a tale of an intense romance and an historical overview of major social upheavals in Russia. See Filmsite's detailed illustrated review: https://t.co/Id0gMyHuLz

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The first (and best) theatrical feature film that starred Charles M. Schultz's famed Peanuts comic-strip character Charlie Brown was A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) - with important life's lessons told in a simple & charming way. Filmsite's review is at https://t.co/TtCFa7JSK5

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Director David Lean's adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations (1946) has been acclaimed as one of the finest British films of all-time. A visual treat with Oscar-winning B/W cinematography. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/rohR5qNWpi

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Charlie Chaplin's controversial political (anti-war) black comedy The Great Dictator (1940), his first all-talking feature film, satirized world conditions and fascism at the start of World War II. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/Dh2mKfSj9K

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Take a few moments to revisit one of the most popular films of the late 70s - Grease (1978) - a romantic comedy and quintessential pop musical with a 50s score. See Filmsite's extensive (illustrated) review at https://t.co/XvcuBPlA5t

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French director Jean Renoir's Nazi-banned, anti-war dramatic masterpiece Grand Illusion (1937) was the first foreign language film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture; see Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://t.co/fEHYUSz9LH

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94 years ago, this was the Best Picture winner - MGM's star-studded Grand Hotel (1932), with stars of the day: Garbo, Barrymore (two), Beery, and Crawford, etc. - it's a great way to get a glimpse into the bygone past; see Filmsite's illustrated review at https://t.co/ZHtfacUZzl