Kirk Douglas at 100: Tough Guys Never Die
Before Bruce Campbell, before Jay Leno, Kirk Douglas wielded the most famous chin in show business. He can also safel...
Defrosting Cinematic Turkeys of Multiple Varieties
As the ZekeFilm contributors turn their attention to notorious cinematic turkeys, I write in defense of bad ...
Unanimously Overturning Fraud at the Box Office
The greatest boon to American political films came, oh, some four score and eight years ago, when movie studios...
Studio-Era Hollywood's Still-Beguiling Screen Sphinx
“There just aren't any faces like that any more. Well, maybe one – Garbo.”
From evocative titles for sile...
Connery, Sean Connery.
How else to begin a round-up of the famed Irish/Scotsman's films on this, the month of his birth? Perhaps it's what's expected, and fo...
The Visual Storyteller Finds Truth in the Lies... at 24 Frames per Second.
Controversial from his moment of relevance, filmmaker Brian De Palma's infamy is wel...
Once Upon A Time, In A Far Away Land…
An apology upfront for that oh so predictable opening line. Some might even so far as to call it “tired”. But really, I'm...
Hollywood's Last Great Glamor Girl
As a four-year-old, the first movie my mom remembered seeing in a theater was Audrey Hepburn's first Hollywood-starring role...
When You Wish Upon a (Neglected) Star...
An exercise in futility for cinephiles the world over is recalling the first movie you, the obsessive movie fan, e...
Staring Down Our Unseen McQueen Titles
Steve McQueen. For men of a certain age, and plenty of women too, there is no substitute. Revving onto the Hollywood s...