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movie review

  • The Red Shoes is a 1948 film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The British drama is based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen and is considered the greatest of dance films and one of the best movies of the 20th century. David Hast and WGVU's Scott Vander Werf talk about The Red Shoes on this episode of Have You Seen...?
  • David Lean is a British film director known for big epics like Lawrence Of Arabia and The Bridge Over River Kwai but as David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf talk about in this episode, his two Charles Dickens movies, Great Expectations and Oliver Twist are two of his greatest
  • David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about the film Wildlife, directed by actor Paul Dano, and about other actors who became directors
  • David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about the film debut of Peter Bogdanovich; Targets. Targets was produced by low-budget producer Roger Corman and stars Boris Karloff
  • David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander look at two movies from Peter Bogdanonvich; What’s Up, Doc? and Paper Moon
  • Yasojiro Ozu is one of the greatest Japanese directors from the silent era until his death in 1963. Tokyo Story is masterpiece, made in 1953. David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about Tokyo Story and more from Ozu’s filmography
  • David Hast and WGVU’s Scott Vander Werf look at an unusual movie, Peter Ibbetson, starring Gary Cooper and Ann Harding. It presents a dreamlike love story that uses alternate realities and philosophical ideas unlike most classic Hollywood movies. SPOILERS AHEAD!
  • Scott Vander Werf and David Hast discuss the films of Barbara Stanwyck, including Stella Dallas, The Lady Eve, Ball of Fire, Double Indemnity and The Furies
  • David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about Hollywood director Michael Curtiz, a very prolific filmmaker known for Casablanca, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mildred Pierce, White Christmas, Angels with Dirty Faces and the Adventures of Robin Hood
  • David Hast and Scott Vander Werf talk about ‘On the Waterfront,’ the 1954 film starring Marlon Brando and Eva Marie Saint, directed by the controversial director Elia Kazan. Kazan had named names before the House Unamerican Activities Committee in Congress. On the Waterfront is a film that grapples with labor issues and organized crime