At this late date, one must prioritize one's Christmas movies. Read More
A holiday delight that resonates from a Preston Sturges screenplay, Remember the Night assays familiar moral territory inconspicuously. Read More
A s we reconnect with family, friends and traditions at Christmas time, it seems many of us also like to reconnect with Christmases past and wax nostalgic for times gone by. Read More
This three-disc set ($38.99, E-1 Entertainment) is a fascinating curiosity. Read More
Four years before they would make noir history teaming up to commit a sordid murder-for-profit in Billy Wilder's " Double Indemnity ," in the first of their four cinematic pairings, Fred MacMurray and Barbara Stanwyck would find true love courtesy of genius screenwriter Preston Sturges in "Remember the Night," a Christmas-themed romance by way of road comedy with just a dash of social statement. Read More
On Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. in NHTI's Sweeney Auditorium, the Friday Night Film Series presents the holiday classic "Christmas in Connecticut." Read More
Christmas in Connecticut (1945), despite the presence of Barbara Stanwyck and Sydney Greenstreet (above), is one of those Christmas movies that make me long for the good old days of Saturnalia and other pagan rituals, but the little-known Beyond Tomorrow (1940), boasting a cast that includes scene-stealers Harry Carey , C. Aubrey Smith , and Maria Ouspenskaya in the leading roles, sounds like it could be interesting. Read More
A digitally restored version of Remember the Night , the 1940 classic written by Preston Sturges , directed by Mitchell Leisen , and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray , is one of Turner Classic Movies ' Christmas presentations this December. Read More
When movie roles started drying up for Barbara Stanwyck, she turned to television and had a successful career in that medium for the last quarter-century of her career. Read More
"Christmas in New England," Circle Theater, lower level of Central Presbyterian Church, 726 S. 55th St., Friday through Dec. 20. Read More