Don Siegel

Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) is a sci-fi horror film that has been remade or adapted more than once but it provides evidence that even 'fantasies' don't owe only to the imagination but are prompted by historical... ... Full Article

It's a bit of a monster bash this weekend as the American Cinematheque presents the Attack of the Giant Screen festival at the Aero Theatre. ... Full Article

Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers reflects the social paranoia of 1950s America, particularly that of the film community. The film presents the pods from outer space as a representation of McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee. ... Full Article

The Cricket wrote his first movie review, for the original "Star Wars," for his eighth-grade journalism class in the fall of 1977. That was the same year the legendary film critic Manny Farber retired from the writing game to be... ... Full Article

Farber, who began reviewing movies for the New Republic during World War II and wrote for all manner of smallish magazines thereafter, was a legendary figure-more connoisseur than critic, less a pedant than a hipster. ... Full Article

Don Siegel was the outstanding American action director of his generation, a worthy successor to Raoul Walsh and Howard Hawks . His finest work is to be found in a series of male-oriented pictures-tough and tight thrills, Westerns, war movies,... ... Full Article