"Adapted from the beloved novel by Walter Farley, this 1979 family classic was hailed by no less than hard-to-please critic Pauline Kael, who wrote that "it may be the greatest children's movie ever made." A visual feast from start to finish, the timeless tale of The Black Stallion plays out on almost mythic terms. A young boy survives a shipwreck and is stranded on a deserted island with a graceful black stallion, with whom the boy deve ..."
"Riding their bicycles through the streets of their Massachusetts hometown, the elderly Norman Rockwell and wife appear to be living the idealized life depicted in his famous illustrations. Indeed, Rockwell's voiceover in this 1972 biography describes an idyllic childhood, extreme neighborliness ("There's almost nobody in town I haven't painted."), and the desire for a happy life ("I painted the way I would like life to be."). This ..."