I'm certainly not a proponent of cinematic censorship, but one can't help but have some small measure of admiration for the Hays code when examining the manner in which it inspired the creative mind of Alfred Hitchcock. Few filmmakers were as skilled at

Notorious, Hitchcock's film about an American agent and a Nazi, is now available on Blu-ray. Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman star in Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious. While it is not one of my favorite Hitchcock films, it does have some great acting and an int

The producer is the legendary David O. Selznick, the director is Alfred Hitchcock, the writer is Ben Hecht, the score is by Miklos Rozsa, Salvador Dali designed the film’s key sequence, and the stars are Ingrid Bergman and Gregory Peck. To say this was t

The Naples Players presents “Moonlight and Magnolias,” a good production of a pretty good play, which adds up to an entertaining evening, especially for a fan of old movies. “Moonlight and Magnolias” has a clever concept. It is 1939, and David O. Selznic

When’s the last time you heard the word “sex” being said in a black and white movie? Think about it for a minute or two. You’re probably thinking Billy Wilder, or a naturalist British film, but you’re not sure, right? The answer in fact, could be that yo

Brevity is a severely undervalued trait in film — and in film comedy in particular. Witness the succinct hilarity in William Wellman’s 1937 screwball feature Nothing Sacred. Clocking in at a perfectly pitched 73 minutes, the film features a tight-as-a-dr