For Mother’s Day, a myriad of movie reviewers rank the top ten mothers in movie with Joan Crawford from Mommy Dearest and Sarah Conner from The Terminator making the lists. Given the holiday is meant to celebrate the best qualities of motherhood, I thought perhaps an idealistic look a bit further backward might be a …
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Treasures of the Silver Screen
Treasures of the Silver Screen: Frank Capra – Purveyer of Optimism
Monday, July 12, 2010 I apologize in advance to movie fans who read Cinema Siren in hopes of discovering little gems of movies few have seen or heard of…this time around i’m embracing the obvious, the celebrated, but the best of the best. I just returned from my first visit to the Norman Rockwell …
Treasures of the Silver Screen: Carole Lombard, Patriotic Queen of Screwball Comedy
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 As memorial day weekend approaches, and the mammoth summer blockbusters are lined up, tarted up, and beaconing us, (reviews of which will be forthcoming in next week’s paper) Cinema Siren thought it would be good to approach the holiday from a unique angle. Instead of reviewing the colossus-son-of-last-year’s-hit, i’ll be …