What Classics Did You See Last Week (February 1–February 7)
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spiderwort — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 06:56 PM)
Rufus, I couldn't agree more with you about
Train Dreams
. I thought it was a truly beautiful film. It was among my nominees for the DGA Awards, but in the end it didn't get a nomination. It did, however, receive four Oscar nominations – for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Song and Best Cinematography. I'm so glad about that, although I know it isn't going to win. -
PygmyLion — 1 month ago(February 08, 2026 11:06 PM)
Tension at Table Rock
1956 Richard Egan, Dorothy Malone, Cameron Mitchell. Solid Western fair. - **1/2
Alexander Nevsky
1938 - Russian. Story of Russian Prince who defeated to Teutonic Knights in 1242 to save the Rus. **1/2
Storm in a Teacup
1937 Vivian Lee, Rex Harrison. ***
Forty Thousand Horseman
1940 Grant Taylor, Chips Rafferty, Betty Bryant. Australian. Story of Australian Light Horse in Palestine at the end of WWI, including the big charge of Beersheba. ***
Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Fay Bainter - An elderly couple (Moore and Bondi) run out of money and have to go stay with their children and are split up. ***
The Buccaneer
1938 Frederick March, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tameroff, Walter Brennan. Dir: Cecille B. Demilla. Jean Lafitte (March) helps defend New Orleans from the British in 1815. *** -
spiderwort — 1 month ago(February 09, 2026 01:47 AM)
PL, of your titles the only one I've seen is
Alexander Nevsky
, ages ago, and I recall it being a bit of a struggle to get through. Not at all my favorite Eisenstein film.
And I've been meaning to see
Make Way for Tomorrow
for such a long time, but haven't done it yet. It's been highly praised to me by several people over the years, but I've always held off because it seemed like it might be too difficult for me emotionally. One of these days I will see it though. Great cast, and I'm a big Leo McCarey fan. -
PygmyLion — 1 month ago(February 10, 2026 12:20 AM)
I also found
Alexander Nevsky
a bit of a struggle to get through. I didn't feel the depiction of medieval combat was that great either.
Make Way for Tomorrow
is worth seeing. I think it is a bit over-rated, 8.1 on IMDB right now, but still fairly good.
Storm in a Teacup
might be a movie you would like. A bit of a screwball comedy taking place in Scotland. Rex Harrison plays an English reporter assigned to a small town in Scotland. He writes a story against the town Provost, who is running for higher office, about how the Provost has taken a dog away from a poor woman, who can't afford the dog license fee. Of course, the girl Harrison likes turns out to be the Provost's daughter (Vivian Leigh). Not great but watchable. -
sheetsadam1 — 1 month ago(February 09, 2026 01:49 AM)
Not much this week. I intended to watch
My Cousin Rachel
(1952) after finishing the novel, but didn't get around to it. Maybe this week.
"Praise be to Allah." - President Donald J. Trump, Easter Sunday 04/05/2026 -
CoriSCapnSkip — 1 month ago(February 09, 2026 06:09 PM)
Little Men
(1935) on February 1
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
(1938) on February 3
Huckleberry Finn
(1920) on February 4
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(1985) on February 5
Alice in Wonderland
(1903) on February 6
Hamnet
(2025) on February 7 -
spiderwort — 1 month ago(February 10, 2026 01:56 AM)
I've seen
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
, a very long time ago, but I remember liking it.
I also saw and really loved
Hamnet
. I know that Jessie Buckley is going to win the Oscar for her performance, and I'm hoping that Chloé Zhao will win for her directing.
And I'm really intrigued by the fact that you saw the 1903 version of
Alice in Wonderland
and the 1920 version of
Huckleberry Finn
. I wish I had time to watch all the films I want to see, especially those from the silent era, but alas, I don't.