Directed by Fritz Lang The main character of Fury, at least for the first half of the film, is Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy), a man almost unbearably wholesome. He's a blue collar worker struggling to make enough money to marry the love of his life, Katherine (Silvia Sydney) and who chastises his brother for his illegal … Continue reading Fury (1936)
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Quiz Show (1994)
Directed by Robert Redford Robert Redford's Quiz Show is an exhilarating drama about the fraud involved in a 1950s reality television program that pits two contestants against each other, answering trivia questions for a cash prize. Like with so many current reality tv programs, "reality" is actually quite constructed, and the film details the investigation into … Continue reading Quiz Show (1994)
Ordinary People (1980)
Directed by Robert Redford Robert Redford's first film as a director is a doozy. Ordinary People chronicles the struggle of a family to relate to each other and to themselves following the death of a teenaged son. The people left reeling in his wake are parents Beth and Calvin (Mary Tyler Moore, Donald Sutherland) and young … Continue reading Ordinary People (1980)