Category Archives: Films

Silver Screen Standards: Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Silver Screen Standards: Heaven Can Wait (1943) While you might expect a movie about the balance of a man’s life being judged at the gates of Hell to be heavy existential stuff, Ernst Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait (1943) serves it … Continue reading

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Western RoundUp: Joe Kidd

Western RoundUp: Joe Kidd It may be hard to believe, given my love for Westerns, but up to this point the only Clint Eastwood Western I’d seen was his early film Ambush at Cimarron Pass (1958), which I reviewed here close to two years … Continue reading

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Silver Screen Standards: The Pirate (1948)

Silver Screen Standards: The Pirate (1948) I always say that a splashy Technicolor musical is the best remedy for the dreary days of winter, and The Pirate (1948) certainly makes waves with its lively comedy and energetic dance numbers, even … Continue reading

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Noir Nook: Ripped From the Headlines – While the City Sleeps (1956)

Ripped From the Headlines – While the City Sleeps (1956) Most classic movie fans are well acquainted with the Barrymore acting clan, which began with Maurice Barrymore and Georgiana Drew, and continued down the line to Drew Barrymore. Sandwiched somewhere … Continue reading

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Silver Screen Standards: Storms and Silence in The Spiral Staircase (1946)

Silver Screen Standards: Storms and Silence in The Spiral Staircase (1946) Gothic atmosphere churns tempestuously in Robert Siodmak’s 1946 mystery, The Spiral Staircase, with a terrific storm in the natural world that mirrors the psychological turbulence experienced by both heroine … Continue reading

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Western RoundUp: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957) This month it’s back to Tombstone with a look at Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957). Gunfight at the O.K. Corral was a first-time watch for me, part of my ongoing series of reviews of Wyatt Earp … Continue reading

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Silver Screen Standards: The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) Set in its own modern day in the wake of World War II, The House on Telegraph Hill (1951) merges elements of the female Gothic and film noir to present a gripping story about … Continue reading

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Noir Nook: Shadows in the Victorian Age

Noir Nook: Shadows in the Victorian Age Western noir. British noir. Sci-fi noir. Neo-noir. So many types of noir these days. And there’s a new one – new to me, at least: Gaslight noir. I recently discovered this category of … Continue reading

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Silver Screen Standards: Jane Eyre (1943)

Silver Screen Standards: Jane Eyre (1943) I’ve spent the fall of 2023 swimming in the wake of Jane Eyre, both the original 1847 novel by Charlotte Brontë and the 1943 adaptation starring Joan Fontaine and Orson Welles. I’ve been teaching … Continue reading

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Western RoundUp: Showdown (1963)

Western RoundUp: Showdown (1963) Showdown (1963) is part of the new Audie Murphy Collection III from Kino Lorber Studio Classics. I shared news of this summer’s Murphy Blu-ray releases here in July, and a few weeks ago I followed up with a … Continue reading

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