Has anyone else noticed? With every couple shown, the man and the woman resemble each other. One of the couples I saw in an ad this morning could easily have been taken for brother and sister. To me, this takes the notion of compatability maybe one step too far. The people at SNL noticed: they did ...

the Democrats, who didn't see anything wrong with regulating movies in the same way they were taking steps to regulate business. In all the reading and research I've done, in no fan magazine, no internal memo, no sealed file did anyone ever link the two, so there really is nothing there. At first, ...

It was known here in America as The Bicycle Thief , but it's original title was Bicycle Thieves . The title makes a big difference in our understanding of the film and it's characters, but I won't ruin the story for those who might not have seen it. Thanks for that tidbit, Mr. A. I only knew it by ...

Actually, I think it's called The Bicycle Thief , and it's considered by many to be one of the films that first got U.S. audiences interested in foreign films. As far as the code goes, I think it had begun to erode in the late 50's, due to sly and sneaky films like Some Like It Hot and The Apartment...

Hello Mr. LaSalle: My question concerns a theory I have regarding the repeal of Prohibition in December 1933 and the installation of the movie code in July 1934. Do you think there's any connection? Do you think the idea of a Code had more traction because of the perceived threat of loosened moralit...