Rita Hayworth is the Lady from Shanghai
The Lady from Shanghai 🟊Directed by Orson Welles🟊🟊Written by Sherwood King, Orson Welles🟊 The review: Orson Welles does an Irish accent and takes the noir film to a bunch of sunny locals for an [...]
Don’t Avoid Edgar G. Ulmer’s Detour
Detour 🟊Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer🟊🟊Written by Martin Goldsmith🟊 The review: There are three reasons to watch this film and the least of the reasons is that it’s 68 minutes, so it won’t take much [...]
A Bunch of Men Talk about Laura in Laura
Laura 🟊Directed by Otto Preminger🟊🟊Written by Jay Dratler, Samuel Hoffenstein, and Elizabeth Renhardt🟊 The review: Dana Andrews* is our hard-boiled detective investigating the murder of Laura [...]
This Gun for Hire Has A Lot of Elements.
This Gun for Hire 🟊Directed by Frank Tuttle🟊🟊Written by Albert Maltz, W.R. Burnett🟊 The review: Well this is a delightful mishmash of oddities.* Alan Ladd plays it tough as Raven, who has no room [...]
Special Film Noir Delivery: The Letter
The Letter 🟊Directed by William Wyler🟊🟊Written by Howard Koch🟊 The review: From the first dramatic scene to the last, this movie is plenty of fun.* Bette Davis is both flip and overwhelmed as a [...]
Rebecca 1940: Tune in for the Atmosphere
Rebecca (1940) Directed by Alfred HitchcockWritten by Robert E. Sherwood and Joan Harrison The review: Rebecca has the usual problems one runs into with a film older than my [...]
Best films by decade watched in 2018
Top movies watched in 2018 from individual decades I like some structure to my movie watching. But only some. I’ve got a scratch-off movie poster* that had me chasing some old classics in [...]
On the Town: Good Dancing, Great Costumes
The review: Since they don’t make movies like Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly’s On the Town anymore, this movie gets a pass on a lot of things.* But it does have great musical numbers*** and [...]
