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A Tree Grows In Brooklyn

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945) is director Elia Kazan's first film. It's an incredibly well crafted raw and emotional family drama and coming of age story.

Film

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn – Elia Kazan – 1945

  • 1945
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
  • Dorothy McGuire
  • Drama
  • Elia Kazan
  • English
  • Film
  • James Dunn
  • Joan Blondell
  • Peggy Ann Garner
  • Review
by Bas van Stratum
Published August 7, 2015
Golden Age

Is your watchlist in dire need of some beautiful Golden Age films? Look no further. A compilation of the best films by those still among us.

Film

Golden Agers Still Going Strong – Second Wave

  • Danielle Darrieux
  • Eva Marie Saint
  • Film
  • Golden Age
  • Jeanne Moreau
  • Kim Novak
  • Machiko Kyô
  • Peggy Cummins
  • Setsuko Hara
  • Sidney Poitier
  • Tatsuya Nakadai
  • Vera Miles
by Bas van Stratum
Published August 1, 2015

The Naked City is the city of New York. In it live 8 million people. This film tells the story of a few of those people. Ordinary people like you and I.

Film

The Naked City – Jules Dassin – 1948

  • 1948
  • Barry Fitzgerald
  • Crime
  • Don Taylor
  • English
  • Film
  • Film Noir
  • Howard Duff
  • Jules Dassin
  • Review
  • The Naked City
by Bas van Stratum
Published July 25, 2015
Chikamatsu Monogatari

Chikamatsu Monogatari is director Kenji Mizoguchi's third film from 1954. It's about a man and woman wrongfully accused of adultery, which is punishable by death.

Film

Chikamatsu Monogatari – Kenji Mizoguchi – 1954

  • 1954
  • Chikamatsu Monogatari
  • Drama
  • Film
  • Japanese
  • Kenji Mizoguchi
  • Kyôko Kagawa
  • Review
  • Romance
  • The Crucified Lovers
by Bas van Stratum
Published July 18, 2015
The Golden Dream

The Golden Dream tells the story of three kids setting out on a journey to reach the US. Underway they have to deal with loneliness, hunger and criminals.

Film

The Golden Dream – Diego Quemada-Díez – 2013

  • 2013
  • Diego Quemada-Díez
  • Drama
  • Film
  • Review
  • Spanish
  • The Golden Dream
by Bas van Stratum
Published July 13, 2015
They Drive By Night

They Drive By Night is a film in two parts, about truck driving brothers Joe and Paul and some sweet noir dames, Cassie and Lana. Sweet early film noir.

Film

They Drive By Night – Raoul Walsh – 1940

  • 1940
  • Ann Sheridan
  • Drama
  • English
  • Film
  • Film Noir
  • George Raft
  • Humphrey Bogart
  • Ida Lupino
  • Raoul Walsh
  • Review
  • They Drive By Night
by Bas van Stratum
Published July 6, 2015
Three Colours: Red

About each entry of Kieslowski's Three Colours trilogy: Blue, White and Red. Some of the best films in one of the best ever trilogies.

Film

Three Colours – Krzysztof Kieslowski – 1993, 1994

  • 1993
  • 1994
  • Blanc
  • Blue
  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • Film
  • French
  • Irène Jacob
  • Jean-Louis Trintignant
  • Julie Delpy
  • Juliette Binoche
  • Krzysztof Kieslowski
  • Music
  • Mystery
  • Red
  • Review
  • Romance
  • Rouge
  • Three Colours
  • Trois Couleurs
  • White
  • Zbigniew Zamachowski
by Bas van Stratum
Published July 3, 2015
Murder, My Sweet

Murder, My Sweet is the first Philip Marlowe detective film to hit the screens, before The Big Sleep and others. It's got witty lines, great atmosphere and some very fine acting.

Film

Murder, My Sweet – Edward Dmytryk – 1944

  • 1944
  • Anne Shirley
  • Claire Trevor
  • Dick Powell
  • Edward Dmytryk
  • English
  • Film
  • Film Noir
  • Murder My Sweet
  • Mystery
  • Philip Marlowe
  • Review
by Bas van Stratum
Published June 28, 2015

When Marnie Was There is the story of young Anna who is sent to live in a small town for health reasons. There she meets Marnie, but who is she?

Film

When Marnie Was There – Hiromasa Yonebayashi – 2014

  • 2014
  • Animation
  • Anime
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Film
  • Hiromasa Yonebayashi
  • Japanese
  • Review
  • When Marnie Was There
by Bas van Stratum
Published June 17, 2015

Fury is a chilling film noir about a man wrongfully accused of murder. A mob sets his prison on fire. Presumed dead, he takes revenge on the mob.

Film

Fury – Fritz Lang – 1936

  • 1936
  • Courtroom Drama
  • Crime
  • English
  • Film
  • Film Noir
  • Fritz Lang
  • Fury
  • Review
  • Spencer Tracy
  • Sylvia Sidney
by Bas van Stratum
Published June 13, 2015
Unit Testing Abstract Classes

Unit Testing Abstract Classes - how to do this? Looking at the options, examples and eventually mocking as a possible solution.

Coding

Unit Testing Abstract Classes

  • Abstract Class
  • Coding
  • EJBs
  • Java
  • JEE
  • JUnit
  • Mocking
  • Mockito
  • Testing
by Bas van Stratum
Published June 11, 2015
The Day the Earth Caught Fire – Val Guest – 1961

The Day the Earth Caught Fire is a British sci-fi love drama about our dear planet hurling towards the sun. Can we save it in time, or is mankind doomed?

Film

The Day the Earth Caught Fire – Val Guest – …

  • 1961
  • Drama
  • English
  • Film
  • Janet Munro
  • Leo McKern
  • Review
  • Romance
  • Sci-Fi
  • The Day the Earth Caught Fire
  • Val Guest
by Bas van Stratum
Published June 10, 2015

Say what?

Joe: Do you believe in love at first sight?
Cassie: It saves a lot of time.

— Joe & Cassie, They Drive By Night (1940)

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