Cinema 100
Welcome to “Cinema 100,” where we embark on a captivating cinematic journey through time, exploring the finest films from 1927 to the present day, in chronological order.
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Cinema 100 - DOUBLE FEATURE: "You Can't Take It With You" & "The Adventures of Robin Hood (opens the original)
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Ep 73 "You Can't Take It With You" Release Date: September 1, 1938 Directed By: Frank Capra "The Adventures of Robin Hood" Release Date: May 14th, 1938 Directed By: Michael Curtiz What do Robin Hood and a family of eccentric dreamers have in common? On the surface, absolutely nothing. One is swinging swords, stealing from the rich, and fighting for England; the other is refusing to pay taxes because they’d rather spend their lives doing whatever makes them happy. But 1938 gave us both—and someho
Cinema 100 - DOUBLE FEATURE: "Boys Town" & "Angels w/ Dirty Faces" (opens the original)
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Ep 72 Boys Town Directed By: Norman Taurog Release Date: September 9th, 1938 Angels with Dirty Faces Directed By: Michael Curtiz Release Date: November 26th, 1938 In 1938, Hollywood had a strange obsession with one particular kind of kid: the kid who was already headed for trouble. But these two movies couldn’t disagree more about what happens next. Boys Town takes a real-life priest, a group of delinquent boys, and an unconventional experiment—and turns it into a story about whether society can
Cinema 100 - DOUBLE FEATURE: "Jezebel" & "Pygmalion" (opens the original)
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Ep 71 "Pygmalion" Release Date: October 6th, 1938 Directed By: Anthony Asquith & Leslie Howard "Jezebel" Release Date: March 26th, 1938 Directed By: William Wyler Pretty Woman and Gone Girl have almost nothing in common… except Hollywood was making versions of both stories way back in 1938. In Pygmalion , a man takes a working-class woman and decides he can transform her into someone society will accept—a premise that would eventually become My Fair Lady and echo through countless modern romanti
Cinema 100 - DOUBLE FEATURE: "Bringing Up Baby" & "Holiday" (opens the original)
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Ep 70 "Bringing Up Baby" Directed By: Howard Hawks Release Date: February 18, 1938 "Holiday" Directed By: George Cukor Release Date: June 15, 1938 What if I told you that the same two actors made one of the smartest romantic comedies ever written... and one of the craziest? In 1938, Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn teamed up for not one, but two unforgettable films. Holiday asks a surprisingly modern question: Is success really worth it if it costs you your happiness? Just a few months later, Br
Cinema 100 - Christopher Nolan Films Ranked *MINI EPISODE* (opens the original)
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*MINI EPISODE* Ep 69 Will and Robert transport forward 88 years to present day 2026 for a brief moment of conversation on what films of Christopher Nolans are the best. Given Nolan is one our favorite Directors it was hard not to have a mini episode sharing our takes. Check it out! Then it's back to 1938.
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