Craig – Foote & Friends on Film https://footeandfriendsonfilm.com Any film you haven't seen -- is a new experience! Sun, 09 May 2021 13:17:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.2 /wp-content/uploads/2018/09/cropped-FF-1-32x32.png Craig – Foote & Friends on Film https://footeandfriendsonfilm.com 32 32 JOHN HUGHES AND THE CELEBRATION OF TEEN ANGST ON FILM /2021/05/08/john-hughes-and-the-celebration-of-teen-angst-on-film/ /2021/05/08/john-hughes-and-the-celebration-of-teen-angst-on-film/#respond Sat, 08 May 2021 16:12:11 +0000 /?p=17390 By Craig Leask In the early 1980’s a rash of new films were released focusing on the teenage demographic in hopes of establishing a new market. The success of Porky’s (1981), which earned $7.6 million on its opening weekend on its $2.5 million budget, launched a rash of teen sex comedies including The Last American Virgin…

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]]> /2021/05/08/john-hughes-and-the-celebration-of-teen-angst-on-film/feed/ 0 REVISITING THE PARALLAX VIEW (1974) /2021/04/22/revisiting-the-parallax-view-1974/ /2021/04/22/revisiting-the-parallax-view-1974/#respond Thu, 22 Apr 2021 16:29:28 +0000 /?p=17282 By Craig Leask By the 1970’s, the American public had survived the shocking 1963 assassination of JFK with the implausible Warren Committee conclusion of a lone gunman having committed the deed – a simpleton by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald. Add to this: the murder of Oswald (televised live) by Jack Ruby (who perished…

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]]> /2021/04/22/revisiting-the-parallax-view-1974/feed/ 0 AGATHA CHRISTIE’S AND THEN THERE WERE NONE /2021/03/29/agatha-christies-and-then-there-were-none/ /2021/03/29/agatha-christies-and-then-there-were-none/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2021 17:34:51 +0000 /?p=17045 By Craig Leask Note: The racial terms used in this article are included solely as reference to their use in book titles and poem lyrics as they were used in Christie’s book in 1939. The name Alfred Hitchcock became synonymous as the “Master of Suspense”, a well-earned title obtained through his direction of over 50…

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]]> /2021/03/29/agatha-christies-and-then-there-were-none/feed/ 1 DAME MARGARET RUTHERFORD AS THE INCOMPARABLE MISS MARPLE /2021/02/12/dame-margaret-rutherford-as-the-incomparable-miss-marple/ /2021/02/12/dame-margaret-rutherford-as-the-incomparable-miss-marple/#respond Fri, 12 Feb 2021 12:47:47 +0000 /?p=16606 By Craig Leask While there have been many, MANY movie and television adaptations of Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple Mysteries with multiple women playing the lead character (Angela Lansbury, Helen Hayes, Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan, and Julia McKenzie), I must admit my favorite by far playing the role is Margaret Rutherford as she brings her own…

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]]> /2021/02/12/dame-margaret-rutherford-as-the-incomparable-miss-marple/feed/ 0 REVISITING A CHRISTMAS CLASSIC: IT HAPPENED ON 5TH AVENUE (1947) /2020/12/22/revisiting-the-christmas-classic-it-happened-on-5th-avenue-1947/ /2020/12/22/revisiting-the-christmas-classic-it-happened-on-5th-avenue-1947/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2020 02:08:54 +0000 /?p=16178 By Craig Leask It Happened on 5th Avenue is one of those little gems that reappeared after having slipped into obscurity for several decades due to a series of unfortunate events, finally falling out of copyright in 1976. On Nov 11, 2008, Warner Home Video released the film on DVD, and in 2009 Turner Classic…

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]]> /2020/12/22/revisiting-the-christmas-classic-it-happened-on-5th-avenue-1947/feed/ 2 REVISITING THE GHOST AND MR. CHICKEN (1966) /2020/10/30/revisiting-the-ghost-and-mr-chicken-1966/ /2020/10/30/revisiting-the-ghost-and-mr-chicken-1966/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2020 23:55:19 +0000 /?p=15458 By Craig Leask What better way to celebrate Halloween than to sit back and watch a good old haunted house movie and, as soon as I hear composer Vic Mizzy’s scarily comical organ score, I know I’m in for a seasonally haunting treat. The fact that The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is more comedy than…

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]]> /2020/10/30/revisiting-the-ghost-and-mr-chicken-1966/feed/ 1 FINALLY: GAYS, MOVIES AND GETTING IT RIGHT /2020/10/19/finally-gays-movies-and-getting-it-right/ /2020/10/19/finally-gays-movies-and-getting-it-right/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2020 14:49:06 +0000 /?p=15322 By Craig Leask In 2016 the film Carol which starred Cate Blanchett as a bored housewife who falls in love with an aspiring female photographer (Rooney Mara)  earned six Oscar nominations. The following year Moonlight, a film ultimately about a gay black youth struggling to find acceptance and his identity in a world filled with…

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]]> /2020/10/19/finally-gays-movies-and-getting-it-right/feed/ 2 DISASTER MOVIES OF THE 1970’s /2020/09/04/disaster-movies-of-the-1970s/ /2020/09/04/disaster-movies-of-the-1970s/#respond Fri, 04 Sep 2020 13:18:13 +0000 /?p=14907 By Craig Leask What was it about the 1970’s – that decade full of contradiction and change? The Vietnam War (1955–1975) was in full swing and escalating with no sign of resolution and the oil crisis was ravaging the economy. These factors led to a restless population and, for the first time, a public who…

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