Category: Film & TV

The Morality of Director Billy Wilder’s 1960’s ‘The Apartment’ 

Today, not just in regard to the Supreme Court, Americans seem sharply divided about morality. Is it an absolute standard we measure our actions and policies against? Or is it a menu from which we select arguments to achieve the outcomes we desire? Should we always follow our conscience, or is it alright sometimes to…


Charlie Chaplin’s ‘One AM’ (1916)

“One A.M.” was a unique Charlie Chaplin silent film created for Mutual Films in 1916. It was the first film he starred in alone, except for a brief scene of Albert Austin playing a cab driver. Chaplin plays the role of a wealthy man coming home late, after too much drink. He only wants to…


Charlie Chaplin’s ‘The Immigrant’ (1917)

Charlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” Follow EpochTV on…


Rewind, Review and Re-Rate: ‘Yellow Sky’: Director William A. Wellman’s Outstanding Western Romp 

 Not Rated | 1h 38min | Crime, Western | 1948 I’ve seen a number of outstanding Westerns starring Gregory Peck, with “The Gunfighter (1950),” and “The Big Country (1958)” being counted among my personal favorites. However, a lesser-known film titled “Yellow Sky” (1948) is perhaps the most unconventional: a hodgepodge of seemingly incongruous elements that,…


Popeye: Gopher Spinach (1954)

Popeye tries to rid his garden of a gopher. In the end, the gopher saves Popeye from a bull. Credit: Public Domain Movies * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My List.” – Feature Films: Cinema collection: http://epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: http://epochoriginal.com Feature Films: https://www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on social…


Superman: Electric Earthquake (1942)

A mad scientist attempts to blow up Manhattan. Lois Lane investigates and Superman saves the day. Animation by Steve Muffati and Arnold Gillespie Story by Seymour Kneitel and Isadore Sparber Music by Sammy Timberg Produced in 1942 Electric Earthquake is the seventh of the 17 animated Technicolor short films based on the DC Comics character…


Rewind, Review, and Re-Rate: ‘CHIPS’: Lowbrow but Quite Funny

R | 1h 40m |Action, Comedy, Crime | March 23, 2017 Dax Shepard is a Hollywood “triple-threat” actor, that is, an actor who acts, writes, and directs (the New York triple-threat version acts, sings, and dances in Broadway musicals). Shepard also races and stunt rides top-end Ducati motorcycles. So who better to make a movie version of the…


‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ from 1935: Classical Arts Come to Hollywood

In the early 1930s, to draw Depression era audiences, Hollywood studios tried to distinguish themselves from the others. They used shock value, outdoing each other with risqué content, violence, and other previously taboo subject matter. This “race to the bottom” created a daring genre of films made during the Pre-Code Era. The downslide came to…


Charlie Chaplin: Charlie Shanghaied

A ship owner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner’s daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve…


Epoch Watchlist: What to Watch for July 8–14

This week, we look at an excellent documentary about a singer-songwriter’s life, as well as an ’80s drama about the U.S. space program. New Release ‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Song’ This documentary focuses on the incredible life journey of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, mainly through the lens of his international hit, the hymn “Hallelujah.”…