Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinematic Melodrama: ‘Victims of Sin’
In Emilio Fernández’s Victims of Sin, a galaxy of important Mexican film and music artists collaborate on a tale of mambo music, martyred mothers, and melodrama.
Melodrama
‘A Special Day’ in Fascist Italy
Despite the tumultuous times, the characters in A Special Day can’t escape the clichés of a standard melodramatic story.
Criterion Puts Charlie Chaplin in a Different ‘Limelight’
Criterion's official release of Limelight should finally give Charlie Chaplin the proper recognition he deserves for his sound films.