12 Films of Christmas: It's a Wonderful Life
You didn't honestly think we were going to feature 12 films from Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas without talking about this one, did you?Clarence (Henry Travers)…
12 Films of Christmas: Six Weeks
Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas includes the best of the worst of holiday cinema, and this one certainly fits the bill:While on the campaign trail, politician…
12 Films of Christmas: Desk Set
This vintage Hollywood rom-com, listed as a holiday favorite in Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, features one of American film's most legendary couples:When…
Ali MacGraw on Just Tell Me What You Want, Oprah's 'Nonsense' and the Drug of Celebrity
Ali MacGraw has lived the sort of life that usually seems confined to airport novels -- a Wellesley grad who spent the '60s doing grunt work for legendary Vogue editor…
12 Films of Christmas: Gremlins
This selection from Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas gives us a horror hit that forever changed portrayals of Christmas -- not to mention the MPAA:On a trip to New…
DVD: Ten Thousand Points of Light Brightens Up the Holiday Documentary Season
One of the unique facets of Christmas, American-style, is that every neighborhood has at least one house where the people do the holiday up big, hanging up thousands of…
12 Films of Christmas: Lassie (2005)
This holiday favorite from Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas shows us a new spin on a classic story:In England on the eve of World War II, an impoverished Yorkshire…
12 Films of Christmas: The Silent Partner
Who says a Christmas movie can't also be a twisty crime caper? Certainly not this excerpt from Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas:Bank teller Miles (Elliott Gould)…
12 Films of Christmas: Unaccompanied Minors
A recent family film that went mostly unnoticed by both critics and audiences gets a little love in this excerpt from Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas:Winter…
DVD: In Praise of Head
So the Criterion Collection has released the extraordinary collection America Lost and Found: The BBS Story, which includes such iconic American indies as The Last…
12 Films of Christmas: Eyes Wide Shut
Yes, believe it or not, this one's a Christmas movie. This excerpt from Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas explains why:At a Christmas party, Manhattan physician…
12 Films of Christmas: Some Girls
This little-seen selection, featured in Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas, stars Jennifer Connelly (back when she was curvaceous) and Patrick Dempsey (before he was…
DVD: How Hard-Boiled Helped Create a New Brand of American Movie Nerd
John Woo's action classic Hard Boiled makes its Blu-Ray debut this week (in a two-disc "Ultimate Edition" from Dragon Dynasty), and if you weren't around in 1992, it's…
12 Films of Christmas: The Shop Around the Corner
This excerpt from Alonso Duralde's book Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas takes us to a charming Hungarian boutique where almost everyone seems to speak with an…
12 Films of Christmas: Christmas Evil
This holiday favorite from Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas takes Santa Claus to some dark places:On Christmas Eve 1947, young Harry sees Mommy do more than just…