

FP032: “It’s a Good Day to Die!"
A powerful film from one of the hot new directors of the late 1960’s, Arthur Penn. One of the few films that successfully manages to...
Little Big Man (1970)
Mar 30, 2007


FP031: “Have You Ever Heard of—KONG?”
What can we say? This is it—the original article. The one and only real, genuine, accept-no-substitutes KING KONG, in glorious, luminous...
King Kong (1933)
Mar 23, 2007


FP030: “What a Super Man!"
Richard Donner’s magnificent, half-finished epic has become the iconic embodiment of The Man of Steel, regardless of the machinations of...
Superman: The Movie (1978)
Mar 16, 2007


FP029: “Death is Not an Adventure…"
Lewis Milestone’s ground-breaking sound film epic treats WWI not as an allegory, as many of its predecessors had, but as a painfully...
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Mar 9, 2007


FP028: “It Ain’t a Fit Night Out for Man or Beast!"
It is thought that these shorts were made so that the executives at Paramount could see just how good or bad W.C. Fields was on the...
The Fatal Glass of Beer & The Dentist
Mar 2, 2007


FP027: “That Shaft Is One Bad Mother—”
Gordon Parks’ breakthrough detective film resonates with as much or more power than it did when it exploded on the scene back in 1971....
Shaft (1971)
Feb 23, 2007


FP026: “Keep Your Eyes On The Prize, Oh Lord.”
Henry Hampton’s fourteen hour journey through the American Civil Rights Movement should be required viewing for all, especially those...
Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Feb 16, 2007


FP025: “What do you call that hairstyle?” “Arthur.”
“Are you a mod or a rocker?” “I’m a mocker.” Ringo’s exchange sets the tone for Richard Lester’s wild, free and groundbreaking little...
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Feb 9, 2007
