Tag Archives: Seven Samurai

By Robert J. Avrech | April 11, 2013

Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1950s: Vertigo

Tweet We continue our survey of the twenty greatest movies of the 1950s. For the Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1940s, click here. For a listing of the greatest movies of the 20s and 30s click here. 18. Vertigo, 1958 In 1962, Sight & Sound magazine, a British publication, launched a ten-yearly poll to evaluate [...]

Posted in Alfred Hitchcock, Great Movies, Greatest Movies of the 1950s, Vertigo | Also tagged Body Double, Brian De Palma, Jimmy Stewart, Kim Novak, Sight & Sound | 26 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | February 21, 2013

Twenty Greatest Movies of the 1950s: Rear Window, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Seven Samurai

Tweet We continue our survey of the twenty greatest movies of the 1950s. For a complete listing of the greatest movies of the 20, 30s and 40s, click here. 10. Rear Window, 1954 Photographer L.B. “Jeff” Jefferies (James Stewart) breaks his legs while photographing a car racing accident. Now, he is confined in his Greenwich [...]

Posted in Alfred Hitchcock, Great Movies, Greatest Movies of the 1950s, Hollywood, Movies | Also tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alfred Hitchcock, Grace Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, Michael Kidd, Rear Window, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Stanley Donen | 27 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | December 24, 2012

How I Married Karen, The EBook

Tweet At last, How I Married Karen, the story of my perfect imperfection, has been published as an ebook. I fell hopelessly and helplessly in love with Karen when we were fourth-grade classmates in the Yeshivah of Flatbush. In this true life story, an unorthodox Orthodox memoir, I detail an all-consuming love that struck at age [...]

Posted in How I Married Karen | Also tagged Hollywood Memoir, How I Married Karen, Jewish Love Story, Karen Singer Avrech, Love Story, Robert J. Avrech, Yeshivah of Flatbush | 4 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 13, 2012

Ten Greatest War Movies of All Time

Tweet Last week, Seraphic Secret picked the Ten Greatest Movies of all time. Our ruthlessly reductive list eliminated dozens of great movies that we love. Ultimately, we decided on movies that we return to over and over again because there is always something new to see and because they never fail to entertain and astonish. [...]

Posted in Great Movies, Ten Greatest War Movies, War Movies | Also tagged Akira Kurosawa, Come and See, David Lean, Duck, Duck You Sucker, Ennio Morricone, George C. Scott, Gettysburg, James Coburn, Jeff Daniels, Lawrence of Arabia, Malik Zulu Shabazz, Michael Caine, Myrna Loy, Patton, Rod Steiger, Sergio Leone, The Lighthorsemen, Winter War | 27 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | September 6, 2012

Ten Greatest Movies Ever Made

Tweet Every ten years, Sight & Sound magazine, a British publication devoted to the — cue cultured BBC accent — Art of Cinema, surveys some 1,000 critics, directors and know-it-all yentas, most of whom I’ve never heard, asking them to list the ten greatest movies in the known universe. Here’s the survey. For the past [...]

Posted in Great Movies, Ten Greatest Movies | Also tagged Citizen Kane, Double Indemnity, Gun Crazy, His Girl Friday, Rear Window, Show People, Sight & Sound, The Awful Truth, The Freshman, The Lady Eve, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vertigo | 55 Responses

By Robert J. Avrech | July 3, 2011

Four Movies for the Fourth of July

Tweet Family, friends, backyard barbecue. You’re going to load up on burgers, hot dogs and french fries. Naturally, you will be exhausted from celebrating Independence Day. Time to heave your starch-laden body into a club chair and enjoy some rousing entertainment. Here are Seraphic Secret’s suggestions: four spectacular movies that are uniquely appropriate for this [...]