Roots (1955)

Roots (1955) was a Drama - Black-and-white Film directed by Benito Alazraki and produced by Manuel Barbachano Ponce.

The French Roots of Noir: Two Films by Marcel Carn? with Jean Gabin

By The Lady Eve on Aug 24, 2019 From Lady Eve's Reel Life

In 1946 four relatively recent American films inspired Italian-born French film critic Nino Frank to pen an article for the August 1946 issue of the newly launched film periodical L’?cran fran?aise (The French Screen). Titled “A New Kind of Police Drama: the Criminal Adventure,” th... Read full article

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Bushwhacked by the Nightmare Native: The Western Roots of Firefly's Reavers

By Jennifer Garlen on Dec 8, 2011 From Virtual Virago

In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay,... Read full article

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Bushwhacked by the Nightmare Native: The Western Roots of Firefly's Reavers

By Jennifer Garlen on Dec 8, 2011 From Virtual Virago

In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay,... Read full article

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Bushwhacked by the Nightmare Native: The Western Roots of Firefly's Reavers

By Jennifer Garlen on Dec 8, 2011 From Virtual Virago

In Finding Serenity, Lawrence Watt-Evans likens Firefly's Reavers to the legendary sixteenth-century cannibal, Sawney Beane, thus linking Joss Whedon's space-roaming savages to a rich tradition of bogeymen and monsters who symbolize the dangers of the uncontrolled id. At the conclusion of his essay,... Read full article

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Asphalt (1929) and the Roots of Film Noir

By Angela on Feb 17, 2011 From Hollywood Revue

When you talk about film noir, people tend to primarily think of movies from the 1940s and 1950s. Considering that those decades gave us movies like Double Indemnity, Kiss Me Deadly, and The Postman Always Rings Twice, it’s easy to see why that is. But even though the style of film noir has ... Read full article

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