Welcome to this Fall's CMBA Blogathon with the captivating theme of the afterlife in film. A realm where past and present are woven together and the echoes of lost souls connect us. But this exploration can also extend well beyond the supernatural. It invites us to reflect on the haunting nature of being tormented by the memories of trauma, abandonment, or unattainable love, the relentless pursuit of a dream just out of reach, or the depths of obsessions that linger like a shadow. Films dealing with the afterlife and hauntings are not all gloom and darkness. Some are quite funny and charming or have a unique beauty or performances that are haunting in themselves. These interwoven tropes reveal how we’re often haunted by people and events that shape our lives. In this coming season, which pays tribute to these inextricable experiences, let us celebrate! From phantoms to preoccupations… from the ethereal to the deeply personal.
- Poppity Talks Classic Film: Fantasy in the Highlands: Brigadoon (1954)
- Once upon a screen...: Topper (1937)
- Watching Forever: Somewhere in Time 1980
- Crítica Retrô: Blithe Spirit (1945)
- Taking Up Room: Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- The Last Drive In: The Uninvited (1944)
- Another Old Movie Blog: Possessed (1947)
- Silver Screenings: The Canterville Ghost (1944)
- Classic Film Observations & Obsessions: Two cinematic tellings of the Orpheus myth from Jean Cocteau
- In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood: The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
- Nitrate Glow: Kuroneko (1968)
- Hamlette's Soliloquy: Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
- Box Office Poisons: All That Jazz 1979
- The Classic Movie Muse: Rebecca 1940
- Hometowns to Hollywood: The Cat and the Canary (1939)
- A Vintage Nerd: Classic Cinema Spotlight: Between Two Worlds (1944)
- Silver Screen Classics: Here Comes Mr. Jordan1941
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