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FEMINA RIDENS
While watching a bunch of Italian Giallo-themed trailers there was one that stuck out as particularly promising. It had interesting compositions and impressive set designs, including a deliriously...
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“The Man with the Immoral Face”
Tomorrow evening, TCM offers five films starring Robert Mitchum: Cape Fear, River of No Return, Night of the Hunter, Rampage, and Going Home. The films represent about a twenty-year span, from 1954 to...
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Look Homeward, Stanwyck: No Man Of Her Own (1950)
Onscreen, Barbara Stanwyck was rarely the nurturing type. She became an icon because of her persona of fearsome independence, her justifiably shameless arrogance next to godliness. So it’s jolting to...
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Developing the Character, Action-Style
The old saying, “action speaks louder than words,” is a truism (and I’m sorry but I just couldn’t give that name to the post). What can be described at length with language can usually be communicated...
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The Children Are Watching
The term ‘auteur’ is rarely associated with Jack Clayton. When critics and film scholars refer to the British director by name they usually describe him as being a “talented craftsman” or “skilled...
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100 % Weird: Cult Kings & ‘Zine Fiends pick the Strangest Movies Ever Made!
Paul Gaita stands in for me once again, shaking out his Rolodex to bring you the weird and wonderful from his private collection of varied and sundry. -RHS The pursuit and study of cult and outré...
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Remaking Ichikawa
Agatha Christie aficionados and detective fiction fans take note: Behind the deceptively bland title The Inugami Family lies a superb pulp mystery of the highest order–a cinematic classic that won...
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The Great Ones, Part 2: More On & Off the Set Photographs
Johnny Weissmuller strikes a Vanity Fair-like pose in this second series of candid on-the-set snapshots, oddball publicity stills and off-the-set photographs. The winner of five Olympic gold...
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Enter Carl Reiner
Last month, Carl Reiner turned 90 years old. A show business veteran, to say the least, Reiner began on stage in the late 1940s, became an Emmy-nominated member of Sid Caesar’s TV sketch series Your...
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Cinematically speaking, who are you? (a response)
After reading fellow Morlock Greg’s article last month I’m William Holden. Who are you? I was about to “Leave a Reply” – especially since I had the chance to be the first to post one – when I stopped...
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Biopics of the Stars: When Does the Look Matter?
Recently on my stunningly exciting Twitter feed, I engaged in a conversation about actors in biopics with my previously mentioned friend Bill Ryan as well as with fellow blogger/film critic Farran...
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10 of the World’s Most Unique Movie Theaters
I recently read a news story shared by Devin Faraci at Badass Digest about an incredible floating movie theater in Thailand. I was so fascinated by the concept that I started researching international...
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Vampire’s Peak, or It’s Been Downhill Ever Since
The other day my 4 year-old son slapped a square of blue felt onto the top of his head and angled one corner down in line with the bridge of his nose. “Dad, look… I’m a vampire!” He had, of course,...
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Remaking Metropolis
Last year I had the privilege of participating in the Blu-Ray restoration of the restored version of Metropolis (the UK Blu-Ray edition at least, from Masters of Cinema), recording an audio commentary...
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Cabin Fever
Jerry Aronson, one of my weekly poker game buddies, gave me a last-minute invitation to a sneak-preview. Jerry’s a retired film instructor, and the movie in question was by one of his former students...
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A Pop Quiz on Film Noir
Next weekend, I am attending the TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood, and I am more than excited. I am going as a movie fan, not as a TCM blogger, and I can’t wait to see the films, the stars, and...
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Edward L. Cahn’s You Have To Run Fast (1961)
Edward L. Cahn directed 11 films in 1961, and You Have to Run Fast was one of them. MGM recently released it on their DVD burn-on-demand service in a crisp transfer, making it easy to appreciate the...
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I Half-Heartedly Recommend This Movie
A little over two years ago I wrote up John Carpenter’s Christine for Halloween after seeing it again for the first time in years. I liked it, kind of. Well, sort of. I was actually surprised at...
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A Tale of Two Films: The Picasso Summer (1969)
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” - Pablo Picasso Few films come with a pedigree as spotted as THE PICASSO SUMMER. Some names that were directly or indirectly associated with...
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Now I belong to the ages
The third TCM Classic Film Festival (aka The Turner Classic Movies Classic Film Festival Classic) got under way last night in Hollywood with gala festivities and some initial screenings (oi, THE WOLF...
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