Tagged: set in the 1930s

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Annie (1982)

Annie is a musical that has become a fan favorite for those who grew up watching it, though film critics in general have remained rather tepid toward it, citing that it is overblown and clunky. ...

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The Grandmaster (2013)

The unfortunate story behind The Grandmaster is how much of a labor of love it had been for its director/co-writer and acclaimed auteur Wong Kar-Wai (My Blueberry Nights), who spent the good part of a decade...

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Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Foreign Correspondent is a very loose adaptation of actual wartime reporter Vincent Sheean’s memoirs, “Personal History”, produced by Walter Wanger (Stagecoach, Invasion of the Body Snatchers) and directed by Alfred Hitchcock (Jamaica Inn, The Lady Vanishes),...

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The Sting (1973)

The duo of Robert Redford (The Candidate, Three Days of the Condor) and Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke, Torn Curtain) reunite for another classic, directed by George Roy Hill (Slap Shot, Funny Farm), who had worked with...

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A Good Woman (2004)

A loose interpretation of the Oscar Wilde play, “Lady Windermere’s Fan”, A Good Woman changes the time period to the 1930s and the setting to the Amalfi coast of Italy, as well as incorporating quotes from...

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Sweet and Lowdown (1999)

Another light, slight delight from filmmaker Woody Allen, who pens this fictional story about jazz guitarist Emmet Ray (Penn), a genius of an artist, second only to Django Reinhardt in his prowess on the...

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The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

Slowly but surely, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro has been crafting a nice little career for himself as a director of atmospheric horror, and El Espinazo del Diablo (or The Devil’s Backbone, as it’s known in the English-language...