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Silver Screen Standards: The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Despite the icy cold shade of Rita Hayworth’s hair, The Lady from Shanghai (1947) plays like a fever dream, confusing and sweat-soaked, long before it reaches its famous funhouse climax. It’s a favorite among classic noir fans even though read more

Orson Welles pursues Rita Hayworth in “The Lady from Shanghai” The Lady from Shanghai (1947) is a film noir directed by Orson Welles and starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, and Everett Sloane. Initially snubbed by the critics upon its initial release, the film has garnered a reput read more

It’s immaterial to the film overall but I want to talk about how Welles compensates for projection composites looking like projection composites. He changes up his focus, sometimes focusing on the person in the foreground, sometimes not. Is it intentional? Is he really trying to compensate? Well, read more

It’s immaterial to the film overall but I want to talk about how Welles compensates for projection composites looking like projection composites. He changes up his focus, sometimes focusing on the person in the foreground, sometimes not. Is it intentional? Is he really trying to compensate? Well, read more

It’s immaterial to the film overall but I want to talk about how Welles compensates for projection composites looking like projection composites. He changes up his focus, sometimes focusing on the person in the foreground, sometimes not. Is it intentional? Is he really trying to compensate? Well, read more

It’s immaterial to the film overall but I want to talk about how Welles compensates for projection composites looking like projection composites. He changes up his focus, sometimes focusing on the person in the foreground, sometimes not. Is it intentional? Is he really trying to compensate? Well, read more

Before I knew the word “auteur” I think subconsciously I began to realize Orson Welles was gifted with this kind of innate artistic force that cemented all his pictures together. It’s part of what made him such a terror to work with and simultaneously a genius of such mammoth acco read more

  Originally published in May of 2012 It always surprises me when I discover films I’ve missed out on; case in point, I’ve officially seen The Lady from Shanghai!  Yes, a seminal classic not just in the world of film noir but in director Orson Welles’ oeuvre!  As with all film read more

A Dama de Xangai / The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Era a noite de Natal de 2009. A única fonte de luz na sala escura era a tela da televisão. Foi então que eu vi um filme que me marcou profundamente, cujos diálogos e imagens continuam vivos, perfeitos, em minha mente, mesmo eu nunca mais tendo read more

A Dama de Xangai / The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Era a noite de Natal de 2009. A única fonte de luz na sala escura era a tela da televisão. Foi então que eu vi um filme que me marcou profundamente, cujos diálogos e imagens continuam vivos, perfeitos, em minha mente, mesmo eu nunca mais tendo read more

The final day of the TCM Classic Film Festival was by far the lightest in terms of screenings, but I also found it to be among the most enjoyable. One of the wonderful things about this festival, speaking for those of us who write about classic film, is that there is never any shortage of communit read more

Starring Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, the film is narrated by an Irish sailor (Welles) who meets a beautiful but unhappily married woman (Hayworth). Michael is given a job on the yacht of the wealthy lawyer Arthur Bannister and he is near the alluring Elsa once again. While he is aboard the yacht read more

Starring Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth, the film is narrated by an Irish sailor (Welles) who meets a beautiful but unhappily married woman (Hayworth). Michael is given a job on the yacht of the wealthy lawyer Arthur Bannister and he is near the alluring Elsa once again. While he is aboard the yacht read more

It always surprises me when I discover films I’ve missed out on; case in point, I’ve officially seen The Lady from Shanghai!  Yes, a seminal classic not just in the world of film noir but in director Orson Welles‘ oeuvre!  As with all film noirs, it’s hard to explain just read more

A Dama de Xangai (1947) / The Lady from Shanghai (1947) Era a noite de Natal de 2009. A única fonte de luz na sala escura era a tela da televisão. Foi então que eu vi um filme que me marcou profundamente, cujos diálogos e imagens continuam vivos, perfeitos, em minha mente, mesmo eu nunca read more