R. S. Martin

Max Ophüls ’ 1953 film The Earrings of Madame de… is an exquisitely made romantic tragedy. In Belle Époque France, the spendthrift high-soc...

The Band Wagon , directed by Vincente Minnelli, with song and dance numbers staged by Michael Kidd, is a delightful, grandly produced mix of...

The high point of cartoon animation may be the seven-minute Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts produced by Warner Bros. between the l...

This review was originally published on Pol Culture . Over the last few decades, the 1953 Japanese film Tokyo Story , directed by Yasujiro...