1940s, 2.5/4, Best Picture Winner, John Ford, Review

How Green was My Valley: A Second Look

Well, technically a third. I'd seen it before. The only John Ford film that won Best Picture still ends up feeling like lower-tier John Ford work. Of course, that I still think How Green was My Valley is okay is just a testament to how strong Ford's body of work is. A lot of the… Continue reading How Green was My Valley: A Second Look

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1940s, 3/4, Drama, John Ford, Review

The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail

#17 in my ranking of Akira Kurosawa’s filmography. This is one of those films that has a really interesting historical footnote. It was in the middle of filming that Emperor Hirohito announced the surrender of Imperial Japan to the US Forces in the Pacific, also meaning that this was being filmed when two atomic bombs were… Continue reading The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail