STEAMY STREAMING: HBO MAX CLASSICS
8 1/2, Citizen Kane, Casablanca +
Toward the end of May, HBO Max launched with an impressive catalog featuring Warner Bros. properties. That included likely the most extensive collection of classic films since the Criterion Collection. Here are films you can check out on the streaming service now:
8 ½
Federico Fellini‘s work always takes an autobiographical approach — and 8 ½ is a prime example. The Italian film follows a director who can’t relax after his latest hit. The people he worked with flood his every thought. With Marcello Mastroianni in the lead role, you will love this black-and-white feature.
NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Cary Grant stars in this Alfred Hitchcock spy thriller. Grant is Roger Thornhill, a man framed for murder. This Hitchcock film is regarded as one of the best of all time, so watch it ASAP.
CASABLANCA
Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman make quite the pair in Casablanca. It takes place in the later stages of World War II in a cafe where former lovers almost rekindle their relationship. The romance film won three Oscars, including Best Picture.
GONE WITH THE WIND
Vivien Leigh, Clark Gable, Olivia de Havilland and Hattie McDaniel lead the all-star cast in Gone with the Wind. McDaniel was the first black actor to win an Oscar, but because of segregation, she had to accept her statue away from the ceremony. In total, the film picked up eight wins.
2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Stanley Kubrick is a mastermind having directed A Clockwork Orange and Eyes Wide Shut. But his true masterpiece is the sci-fi epic 2001: A Space Odyssey. The film served as inspiration for some of the biggest directors working today, including superfan Christopher Nolan.
REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE
James Dean and Natalie Wood are an iconic duo in Rebel Without A Cause. With his slicked-back, greased-up hair, a young James Dean will still make you swoon.
CITIZEN KANE
This Orson Welles masterpiece follows a journalist trying to uncover the meaning behind the word “Rosebud.” Why, you ask? Well, it’s the last word a publishing tycoon uttered. The mystery reels you in.
