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Home » Filmstruck

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‘The Lubitsch touch’ on FilmStruck this week

by Patrick Friel September 12, 2018August 18, 2021

Master of the romantic comedy Ernst Lubitsch is FilmStuck’s “director of the week.”

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Lana Turner shines as FilmStruck’s Star of the Week

by Patrick Friel August 22, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck’s “star of the week” Lana Turner shines in these five films.

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The scrappy pre-Code years of William A. Wellman — FilmStruck’s director of the week

by Patrick Friel August 14, 2018August 18, 2021

Hollywood stalwart William A. Wellman had a long, diverse career, but his 1930s pre-Code films remain his most vital.

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Jean-Pierre Melville’s brooding cinema surveyed on FilmStruck

by Patrick Friel July 31, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck presents the films of influential French filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville.

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FilmStruck spotlights the sophisticated cinema of George Cukor

by Patrick Friel July 18, 2018August 18, 2021

George Cukor, the great Hollywood auteur hiding in plain sight, gets the “director of the week” treatment form FilmStruck.

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James Cagney is more than just a tough-guy as FilmStruck’s Star of the Week

by Patrick Friel July 3, 2018August 18, 2021

James Cagney dances past his gangster persona in several of FilmStruck’s “Star of the Week” selections.

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Queer filmmaker Derek Jarman gets a Pride Month retrospective at FilmStruck

by Patrick Friel June 20, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck celebrates Pride Month with a retrospective on queer British filmmaker Derek Jarman.

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John Huston, FilmStruck’s Director of the Week, had a way with actors

by Patrick Friel May 23, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck “Director of the Week” John Huston always got great performances, from Humphrey Bogart in the 1940s to his daughter Anjelica Huston in the ’80s,

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David Lean, FilmStruck’s Director of the Week, has more to offer than just Lawrence of Arabia

by Patrick Friel May 8, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck spotlights director David Lean, whose early Dickens adaptations and later epics shouldn’t obscure his more intimate dramas from the 1950s.

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FilmStruck’s ‘Early Hitchcock’ shows the master of suspense mastering suspense

by Patrick Friel April 24, 2018August 18, 2021

The streaming-video channel FilmStruck collects early films by the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

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Undercover cops infiltrate FilmStruck this week

by Patrick Friel April 10, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck showcases undercover cop films this week, with movies by Anthony Mann and Quentin Tarantino.

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Nautical thrillers and mysteries set sail on FilmStruck this week

by Patrick Friel March 27, 2018August 18, 2021

The streaming-cinema channel presents features by Antonioni, Arthur Penn, and Rene Clement.

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This week on FilmStruck: Deep in the heart of Texas

by Patrick Friel March 16, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck finds more than western films deep in the heart of Texas.

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This Week on FilmStruck: Bette Davis

by Patrick Friel March 2, 2018August 18, 2021

FilmStruck celebrates the great Bette Davis.

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This Week on Filmstruck: Jacques Demy

by Patrick Friel February 16, 2018August 18, 2021

Filmstruck presents the musical films of French master Jacques Demy.

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