"Ikiru" is a film rooted in the most universal of truths, the one that cuts across all cultural barriers, all concepts of love, success, God: the fact of mortality.

A review of Charles Vidor's "A Farewell to Arms"

A review of David Lean's "The Bridge on the River Kwai"

Part two of an anti-cinema screed from 1943

An anti-cinema screed from 1943

The New Republic's 1942 review of "Bambi"

A New Republic film critic wades through the instant classic, in two parts.