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Classic Movie Review: Gigi

Sarah Jett Rayburn November 4, 2020 November 18, 2020 Oscars / Review

Best Picture: #31Original Release Date: June 25, 1958Rating: GRuntine: 1 hour, 55 minutesDirector: Vincente Minnelli Quick Impressions:I can’t help thinking that the idea of restoring one’s joy in life by cavorting around with young women in the first bloom of youth is somewhat distastefully vampiric. (Then again, I hang around …

Classic Movie Review: An American in Paris

Sarah Jett Rayburn September 18, 2020 September 18, 2020 Oscars / Review

Best Picture: #24Original Release Date: November 11, 1951Rating: PassedRuntime: 1 hour, 54 minutesDirector: Vincente Minnelli Quick Impressions:I’d never seen An American in Paris before. My mother’s not a huge fan, and now that we’ve seen it, my daughter isn’t either. For her, Gene Kelly’s character’s particular style of being a …