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Revisiting Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’ 80 years after it won best picture
In 1940, Alfred Hitchcock released his first American film which later won him his only Best Picture. Now, 80 years later and a few weeks from the Academy Awards, KSL Movie Classics takes a look back at that movie and some of the reasons it’s still relevant today.
Why ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ is still relevant after 50 years
It’s been 50 years since the premiere of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” and the movie is just as relevant as ever.
Why the 1915 racist movie ‘The Birth of a Nation’ is still relevant today
Somewhere after 1905 unveiled 5-cent Nickelodeons and before 1929 introduced the world to its first official Academy Awards, movie director D.W. Griffith had an idea. What would happen, he likely wondered, if you were to take a controversial novel, an...
7 more essential movies for film buffs streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime
We recently covered the seven essential movies for film buffs before 1940, and now we’re back with seven essential movies for film buffs currently streaming on Netflix, Amazon Prime that are from 1941 to 1979.
7 movies you missed in film class streaming now on Amazon and Netflix
Here are seven essential movies for film-buffs that are currently streaming on Netflix or Amazon Prime.
Why I no longer write for KSL
To get right to the point, and to save everyone any additional reading for the day, I left KSL.com because my editor told me I couldn’t report on a movie at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. That is the short and direct answer. If you’d like to keep reading you can....
Wellsville’s ‘Sham Battle’ is as bad as Gehrke says –with pictures
A few years back, my little family and I lived in Wellsville, UT. It is a beautiful, miniature town with olde timey shoppes and calendar-worthy views to fit the seasons. The crime-rate is low, the people pleasant, and on the off chance some minor discrepancy demands...
5 things Disney owns after the $52.4B deal with Fox
Did you know Disney now owns the rights to the television classic “Buffy the Vampire Slayer?” That’s just the beginning. Here is a list of five interesting things Disney now owns after its $52.4 billion deal with Fox.
What is the perfect movie order to enjoy a ‘Star Wars’ marathon
Oh sure, it seems like an easy question. But if you were to introduce someone to “Star Wars” series for their first time, would you really start with prequels? Check out our take on the perfect order, and let us know yours in the comments.
Directors who’ve made at least 3 good movies in a row
We all know of directors who have made two great movies back-to-back. But how many directors have made three consecutive critical or commercial successes? Here’s a list of five of our favorites.