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Farran Smith Nehme

Home Movies: Pool of London

By Farran Smith Nehme
May 8, 2020
Basil Dearden, UK, 1951; Kino Lorber, DVD & Blu-Ray

Rep Diary: Roman Hollywood

By Farran Smith Nehme
December 11, 2017
By all means, Rome: the eternal city is celebrated in Film Forum’s expansive series about studio films set there

The Last Man on Earth (1924) & It’s Great to Be Alive (1933)

By Farran Smith Nehme
July 12, 2017
Single women run the world in a silent film fantasy and its musical remake

Short Take: The Beguiled

By Farran Smith Nehme
July 3, 2017
(Sofia Coppola, USA, Focus Features, Opened June 23)

The Stranger (1967)

By Farran Smith Nehme
June 2, 2017
Staring at the sea: Luchino Visconti’s rarely screened adaptation of Camus can’t outpace the charisma of its star

Tonka of the Gallows (1930)

By Farran Smith Nehme
April 19, 2017
Heart of gold: a not-quite silent Czech film explores the fall (and fall) of a country girl gone bad

Beat the Devil (1953)

By Farran Smith Nehme
February 24, 2017
John Huston plays himself: the new restoration of the auteur's Italian-set caper polishes its shambolic charm to a shine

Michèle Morgan

By Farran Smith Nehme
February 3, 2017
French missing in the USA: on the unique charms of the Port of Shadows actress who never landed (or recovered from) her American crossover

The Lion in Winter Roars Back

By Farran Smith Nehme
December 22, 2016
Dynasty: the wintry power struggles in Anthony Harvey’s award-winning drama still enthrall

Festivals: To Save and Project 2016

By Farran Smith Nehme
November 4, 2016
Sex, explosions, and nitrate: this boisterous edition of MoMA's annual restoration series would make the Hays Office blush

All Hail King of Jazz!

By Farran Smith Nehme
October 19, 2016
Dance revolution: a new book by James Layton and David Pierce delves into a rediscovered Technicolor musical revue

TCM Diary: Bernard Robinson, Hammer Horror Designer

By Farran Smith Nehme
October 14, 2016
Behind the candelabra: an appreciation of the man who made The Curse of Frankenstein and The Horror of Dracula go for baroque

Sudden Fear (1952)

By Farran Smith Nehme
August 11, 2016
Haute face: Joan Crawford's Oscar-nominated turn as a spurned heiress-playwright offers a new gold standard for 50s melodrama

TCM Diary: Tim Holt

By Farran Smith Nehme
August 1, 2016
High in the saddle: the Western stalwart left his mark on The Magnificent Ambersons, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Fifth Avenue Girl, but kept coming back home

TCM Diary: Hedda Hopper, Character Actor

By Farran Smith Nehme
July 6, 2016
Bigmouth strikes again: the short-lived film career of Hollywood's first lady of gossip

The High Times and Hard Fall of Carl Laemmle Jr.

By Farran Smith Nehme
May 27, 2016
Justice for junior: on the privileged and piteous life of the father of Universal horror

Too Late for Tears (1949) + Woman on the Run (1950)

By Farran Smith Nehme
May 6, 2016
Can't help it: two rescued and refurbished noirs that showcase femme fatales Lizabeth Scott and Ann Sheridan

Private Property (1960)

By Farran Smith Nehme
April 22, 2016
Plastic houses for plastic people: rediscovering Leslie Stevens's long-lost film of sexual repression, class, and murderous intent in the 'burbs

Her Man (1930)

By Farran Smith Nehme
April 7, 2016
Frankie and Johnny in Havana: Tay Garnett's nearly forgotten masterwork returns with a roiling sense of life and heart

The Face of Bette Davis

By Farran Smith Nehme
March 16, 2016
Ignore the dirty looks: the eternal appeal of one of Hollywood's most distinctive visages