There seems to be little that Robert Montgomery couldn’t do. From stage to screen, behind the camera and in front of it, delivering quick one-liners or dark dramatic performances, Montgomery’s rise to stardom was one of breakneck speed.
Dive In! Iconic Underwater Scenes
Dive into the deep end and enjoy these spectacular otherworldly sequences.
Essential Umbrellas of the Movies
In German, it’s Das Regenschirm. In Britain, it’s known familiarly as a brolly. A shade, or a ghost, is an umbra in Latin. However you say it, the umbrella carries with it a host of hidden meanings. A relatively recent invention—at least in the timeline of human history—it used to signal gauche manners. In modern…
Spotlight on the Dick Van Dyke Show
Even with its mod 1960s sensibility, its comedy is timeless. The Petrie family remains relatable six decades later. This immutability is due largely to its creator Carl Reiner.
The Benign Indifference of the World: Absurdism in Film
“Absurdism is a philosophical perspective which holds that the efforts of humanity to find meaning or rational explanation in the universe ultimately fail because no such meaning exists…. Absurdism implies a tragic tone and feelings of frustration that arise out of the contradiction between the human quest for the meaning of life and its inaccessibility.”…