REEL 13 CLASSIC | MEET JOHN DOE This week’s classic is the 1941 romantic drama Meet John Doe starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck, directed by Frank Capra. In Meet John Doe, Barbara Stanwyck plays Ann Mitchell, a nervy columnist faced with losing her job when her newspaper “The Bulletin” is taken ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | HOLLOW TRIUMPH This week’s classic is Hollow Triumph, the 1948 film noir directed by Steve Sekely. After his back to back successes in 1942 with Now, Voyager and Casablanca, Austrian-born actor Paul ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | JANE EYRE This week’s classic is Jane Eyre, the 1943 adaptation of the beloved novel by Charlotte Bronte directed by Robert Stevenson. Upon the release of his own adaptation of Jane Eyre ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | A SOLDIER’S STORY This week’s is A Soldier’s Story, the 1984 screen adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Charles Fuller, directed by Norman Jewison. It’s hot and humid night, and Sergeant ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON This week’s classic is Moscow on the Hudson, the 1984 romantic comedy-drama directed by Paul Mazursky. Looking to make the transition from small-screen TV stardom to the movies, ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | PLACES IN THE HEART This week’s classic is Places in the Heart, the depression-era drama from 1984 written and directed by Robert Benton. It’s 1935 in Waxahachie, Texas, and even though it’s ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | THE ELEPHANT MAN This week’s classic is The Elephant Man, the 1980 biographical drama on the life of John Merrick, directed by David Lynch. Just as the story of John Merrick had ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND This week’s classic is Close Encounters of the Third Kind, written and directed by Steven Spielberg. Released in 1977, the same year as George Lucas’ ...
Your weekly peek into what’s coming up next on REEL 13, written by host Richard Peña. REEL 13 CLASSIC | JULIE & JULIA This week’s classic is Julie & Julia, from 2009, written and directed by Nora Ephron. The film follows two women through two different decades in two different countries. Meryl ...
