film history – Stream On Demand

Oscar-winning Hollywood love letter ‘The Artist’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award, Blu-ray, Cannes winner, Comedy, drama, DVD, film history, Film Independent Spirit Awards, HBO Max, International Cinema, Romance, silent film, Streaming Movies, SVOD 01/29/2023 Sean Axmaker

This valentine to silent movies is a sweet romantic comedy, a celebration of the dreams and fantasies, and magic of the movies of every age.

Leaving soon: Black Film History Pioneers – ‘The Flying Ace’ on Criterion Channel

!Featured, adventure, African-American cinema, American Independent Cinema, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, DVD, film history, National Film Registry, silent film 01/22/2023 Sean Axmaker

This silent adventure is a rare classic featuring an African-American war hero and aviator as the romantic lead of his own adventure.

‘Singin’ in the Rain’ – Gene Kelly’s gotta dance on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Comedy, DVD, Essential Viewing, family friendly, feel good movies, film history, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, movies about movies, Musical, National Film Registry, Sight & Sound 100 Greatest Films of All Time, SVOD 12/29/2022 Sean Axmaker

Debbie Reynolds and Donald O’Connor costar in the Technicolor classic that has been hailed as the greatest American musical ever made. It placed in the number 10 spot in the 2022 Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time poll.

The ‘Alexandria’ Trilogy – Youseff Chahine’s autobiographical epic on Netflix

!Featured, art and artists, biographical, DVD, film history, International Classics, movies about movies, Netflix 11/28/2022 Sean Axmaker

Whether or not Youseff Chahine’s autobiographical ‘Alexandria’ trilogy are the greatest films of his career, they are in many ways his crowning achievement: his love letter to the cinema he loved so much.

‘Two in the Wave’ – Godard/Truffaut free on Kanopy

!Featured, art and artists, Documentary, DVD, film history, Free, International Cinema, Kanopy, SVOD 09/13/2022 Sean Axmaker

Emmanuel Laurent’s unconventional documentary is centered on the friendship between Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard, which in many ways became the foundation of the Nouvelle Vague.

Sterling Hayden and Sam Jaffe star in the film noir from John Huston

‘The Asphalt Jungle’ – the original heist classic on Criterion Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Action, based on a novel, Blu-ray, caper, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, DVD, film history, film noir, Hollywood Classic, literary adaptation, National Film Registry, SVOD, Venice winner 07/24/2022 Sean Axmaker

John Huston essentially created the heist film with this classic tale of a crew that undertakes a meticulously planned out jewelry robbery.

Asa Butterfield and Chloë Grace Moretz star in Martin Scorsese's love letter to the movies and his first PG movie

Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’ on HBO Max

!Featured, Academy Award, adventure, art and artists, based on a novel, Blu-ray, DVD, family friendly, film history, HBO Max, historical, Kid Stuff, movies about movies, silent film, Streaming Movies, SVOD 04/30/2022 Sean Axmaker

Martin Scorsese pays tribute to film history and the magic of cinema in this family adventure set in 1920s Paris.

‘Not Quite Hollywood’ – The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation on Amazon Prime

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Cult Movies, Documentary, DVD, film history, Have You Seen...?, movies about movies, SVOD 08/12/2021 Sean Axmaker

Mark Hartley’s survey of Australian exploitation cinema is one of the most entertaining and affectionate documentaries about cinema that you’ll ever see.

‘Millennium Actress’ – Satoshi Kon’s celebration of cinema free on Hoopla

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Animation, Blu-ray, Cult Movies, drama, DVD, film history, Have You Seen...?, historical, International Cinema, movies about movies, SVOD 03/17/2021 Sean Axmaker

As loving and perceptive a tribute to the power and legacy of movies as I’ve ever seen, Satoshi Kon’s animated drama Millennium Actress (Japan, 2001) deftly weaves history and film and memory into an imaginative meditation on way the movies become a part of our lives. It’s Not exactly the first thing you’d expect from […]

‘Dawson City: Frozen Time’ – Film/history on Criterion Channel and free on Kanopy

!Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Documentary, DVD, film history, Free, Kanopy, silent film, SVOD 12/28/2020 Sean Axmaker

Bill Morrison’s films straddle film history and avant-garde expressionism, mining the wealth of silent film history and exploring the abstract beauty of decaying nitrate film, a particularly volatile medium that breaks down over time. Dawson City: Frozen Time (2016) celebrates the “Dawson Film Find” of 1978, thousands of reels of film buried in the permafrost, […]