REEL 13 CLASSIC | BEST IN SHOW This week’s classic is Best in Show, the tongue-in-cheek “mockumentary” comedy from 2000, directed by Christopher Guest. Best in Show remains one of the most memorable examples of the “mockumentary” genre, providing an unflinchingly faux cinema verité look into the ruthless, high stakes world of ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | AVALON This week’s classic is Avalon, the 1990 family drama written and directed by Barry Levinson. A Jewish-American immigration saga that is both epic and intimate, Avalon is the third entry of an autobiographically inspired four-film cycle, chronicling the history of writer-director Barry Levinson’s extended family in Baltimore. ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | ARTHUR Tonight’s classic is Arthur, the 1981 romantic comedy written and directed by Steve Gordon. In the defining role of his movie career, Dudley Moore stars as Arthur Bach, the heir to an enormous family fortune who spends his empty days in besotted bliss, roving around New York ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | YOURS, MINE AND OURS This week’s classic is Yours, Mine and Ours, the 1968 family comedy directed by Melville Shavelson. Based on Helen Beardsley’s 1965 autobiographical book Who Gets the Drumstick?, Yours, Mine and Ours stars Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda as the cinematic embodiment of Helen and ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | THE APARTMENT This week’s classic is The Apartment, the 1960 romantic comedy-drama directed by Billy Wilder. Co-written by Wilder and his longtime collaborator I.A.L. Diamond, The Apartment stars Jack Lemmon in one of the great defining roles of his early career. Lemmon plays C.C. Baxter, mostly known as ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | RISKY BUSINESS Tonight’s classic—and a great personal favorite—is Risky Business, made in 1983, and written and directed by Paul Brickman. A 19-year-old Tom Cruise incarnates Joel Goodsen, a high school senior in suburban Chicago dreaming of his future. Joel’s parents head out of town for a week, trusting their ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | PLEASANTVILLE Tonight’s classic is Pleasantville, the 1998 fantasy comedy-drama written and directed by Gary Ross. Tobey Maguire stars as David, a nerdy high school student who enjoys taking refuge from his modern world with the programming on “TV Time,” a cable channel dedicated to retro TV shows. In ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI Welcome to Reel 13. I’m Richard Peña, Professor of Film Studies at Columbia University. Tonight’s classic is the 1957 wartime adventure drama The Bridge on The River Kwai starring Alec Guinness and William Holden, directed by David Lean. Like quite a few ...
REEL 13 CLASSIC | IN COLD BLOOD Tonight’s classic is In Cold Blood, the 1967 crime drama written and directed by Richard Brooks. A groundbreaking film of the “true crime” genre, In Cold Blood riveted audiences of the day with its documentary-like approach to Truman Capote’s best-selling nonfiction account of the shocking murders ...
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