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The first (and best) theatrical feature film that starred Charles M. Schultz's famed Peanuts comic-strip character Charlie Brown was A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) - with some important life's lessons told in a simple and charming way. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://lnkd.in/gYUzT7uQ

Director David Lean's adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations (1946) has been acclaimed as the definitive British drama and one of the finest British films of all-time. A coming of age tale - a tremendously visual treat with Oscar-winning B/W cinematography. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://lnkd.in/giDgt_kM

Charlie Chaplin's controversial political (anti-war) black comedy The Great Dictator (1940), his first all-talking feature film, satirized world conditions and fascism at the start of World War II - very prescient for today. See Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://lnkd.in/gV3PUdHi

Take a few moments to revisit one of the most popular films of the late 70s - Grease (1978), starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John - a lively romantic comedy and quintessential pop musical with a 50s score. Is it really "THE WORD" and everything you remember it to be? See Filmsite's extensive (illustrated) review at https://lnkd.in/gKeNWjEn

French director Jean Renoir's Nazi-banned, anti-war dramatic masterpiece Grand Illusion (1937) was the first foreign language film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture - the only nomination that it received; see Filmsite's (illustrated) review: https://lnkd.in/g8ZC_M4H

94 years ago, this was the Best Picture winner - MGM's star-studded Grand Hotel (1932), with the headliners of the day: Garbo, Barrymore (two), Beery, and Crawford, etc. The varied cast at a luxury Berlin hotel was noted as "People coming, going. Nothing ever happens" - it's a great way to get a glimpse into the bygone past; see Filmsite's illustrated review: https://lnkd.in/gCnyqePy

FILMSITE is celebrating its 30th Birthday!! Wow!! Think about how long ago that was. On May 30, 1996, filmsite.org was registered as a domain, and created as a small non-profit website by one film enthusiast, Tim Dirks. Please visit https://www.filmsite.org/ to see more about Filmsite's beginnings. Dedication and hard work, long hours at the computer and movie screen, and attention to detail has made the site one of the top-level web destinations for film. I am exceedingly grateful for many helpful and productive comments of web visitors.

Take a look at Filmsite's ROBOTS IN FILMS: History - an extensive compilation with hundreds of examples of significant robots, androids, and cyborgs in the movies, with screenshots, film synopses, and detailed descriptions of the robotic characters. See https://lnkd.in/gkNXniSC

Filmsite's current featured article is "The Greatest Film Characters of All-Time" - an illustrated listing of hundreds of the best award-winning, enduring, multi-dimensional and memorable characterizations in the movies. See: https://lnkd.in/gaF5BR5w

Filmsite features one of the largest, most comprehensive and detailed collections of historical information about the Academy Awards (commonly known as the Oscars) on the Web, from the beginning of the awards in 1929 to the present day. See a thorough analysis of the Academy Awards (Oscars) for this year's crop of 2025 films at https://lnkd.in/gXQgTCe8