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Blog Entries by John Farr from 12/2008

The Best Depression-Era Comedies by Farr

| Posted 12.08.2008

A savvy Hollywood responded to challenging times by recognizing what a transformed public would want to see and leveraging the full might of the studio system to provide it.

For The Holidays, The Best Family-Friendly Movies By Farr-Part 1

| Posted 12.12.2008

Regardless of one's faith, at its core the holidays involve gatherings of extended family spanning all life-stages, so it makes sense to lay in a store of films that all generations can watch and enjoy together.

They Belong In Every Home: The Best Holiday Movies By Farr

| Posted 12.17.2008

As we see the rampant consumerism of recent years yield to the fundamentals of the holiday, these films best capture the essence of Christmas, year in and year out.

The Best Bogart Movies By Farr

| Posted 12.29.2008

What follows are my favorite under-exposed Bogie picks. I'm consciously omitting what are arguably his most famous "landmark" films.