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7th Heaven 1927
7th Heaven is another great melodrama from Frank Borzage set in Paris before the outbreak of the Great War with stellar performances by the two romantic leads, Jean Gaynor and Charles Farrell. Borzage understands what the audience wants to see and knows how to draw out their desires in order to make the audience complicit in the sentimentalism on screen. This is why the charming Farrell and the vulnerable Gaynor linger before they embrace or why Bozage always cuts to…
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Miller's Crossing 1990
Beautiful cinematography, expertly written, a captivating cast and outstanding set design - Miller's Crossing is akin to a game of chess set in the visiciously brutal world of probition era gangsters. This is the closest films get to being flawless so watch it right now.