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This post is part of the Build-Your-Own-Blogathon hosted by the Classic Film and TV Cafe. It follows Caftan Woman's discussion of T-Men (1947), which shares its director, Anthony Mann, with Bend of the River (1952). Visit the Classic Film and TV Cafe for a complete list of the blogs participating in read more

This post is part of the Build-Your-Own-Blogathon hosted by the Classic Film and TV Cafe. It follows Caftan Woman's discussion of T-Men (1947), which shares its director, Anthony Mann, with Bend of the River (1952). Visit the Classic Film and TV Cafe for a complete list of the blogs participating in read more

Ventriloquist's Dummies, Bad Dolls onThe Twilight Zone Part Three This is the third and final part of a series. Talks about the episodes: Living Doll Stopover in a Quiet Town Caesar and Me 1947, 1949 Puppets on TV milestones ~* Living Doll *~ November 1, 1963 : Season Five  Annabel read more

Owing to a long day of movies yesterday plus a 2 AM blog post, followed by a 4 AM wake up call by my yowling cat and my actual alarm at 7, suffice it to say that I went into today’s movies feeling massively sleep-deprived. Fueled only by my enthusiasm (and several cups of coffee from the pre read more

We all have films that we love. And we all have films that we think are terrible. But sometimes, something wonderful happens and those two worlds combine, and we discover a film that is so terrible that we can’t help but adore it. Because, cinematically, some films might be dreadful. The acting sho read more

US / 118 minutes / bw / MGM Dir: Vincente Minnelli Pr: John Houseman Scr: Charles Schnee Story: “Memorial to a Bad Man” (1951; Ladies’ Home Journal) by George Bradshaw Cine: Robert Surtees Cast: Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame, read more

Last year I posted few times about music but I felt that it might not be the right place to do so here on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. But the nice blogger, Chris over at Movies 365, is doing half and half movie reviews and music/album reviews. This grew in my mind and I’ve decided to take this fe read more

Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach as the title characters, this is a memorable Spaghetti western. Angel Eyes (Cleef) is on the prowl for a man who stole some gold. Meanwhile Tuco (Wallach) is on the run until three bounty hunters confront him. However, Blondie (Eastwood) is the read more

Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach as the title characters, this is a memorable Spaghetti western. Angel Eyes (Cleef) is on the prowl for a man who stole some gold. Meanwhile Tuco (Wallach) is on the run until three bounty hunters confront him. However, Blondie (Eastwood) is the read more

Spoiler alert! This essay discusses the ending of the film at length. Viewers who want to be surprised by the ending should not read this post until after they have seen the movie for themselves. Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1955 French thriller, Les Diaboliques (also known as Diabolique), is read more

Spoiler alert! This essay discusses the ending of the film at length. Viewers who want to be surprised by the ending should not read this post until after they have seen the movie for themselves. Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1955 French thriller, Les Diaboliques (also known as Diabolique), is read more

Note: this a new series of reviews I'm installing on Le Mot du Cinephiliaque. Since I was born and raised in the Province of Québec I've decided to present and review some of the films that populate my culture and that represents the Cinema of here. The feature will be called after our license plate read more

The Gay, the Bad and the Ugly: desvios de sexualidade e de comportamento no cinema dos anos 50 A censura ainda existia e a ameça comunista virava histeria. Neste contexto se desenvolveu o cinema dos anos 1950, em que por várias vezes os homossexuais foram retratados como vilões ou ao menos read more

From 1930, sit back and enjoy the ... emphatic song-and-dance stylings of Miss Zelma O'Neal, putting across her big number, "I Want to be Bad" from the Paramount Technicolor spectacular Follow Thru.I just think she's adorable, and I'm mad for the flaming trumpets. But I would b read more

The Good, the Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage by Eli Wallach Mariner Books 320 pages/9 hours, 42 minutes May 2006 My current enthusiasm for all things audiobooks has me seeking out every classic film related recording on Audible I can find. But that wasn’t enough. After listening to Dick Van D read more

The Gay, the Bad and the Ugly: desvios de sexualidade e de comportamento no cinema dos anos 50 A censura ainda existia e a ameça comunista virava histeria. Neste contexto se desenvolveu o cinema dos anos 1950, em que por várias vezes os homossexuais foram retratados como vilões ou ao menos read more

The Good, the Bad, and Me: In My Anecdotage by Eli Wallach Mariner Books 320 pages/9 hours, 42 minutes May 2006 My current enthusiasm for all things audiobooks has me seeking out every classic film related recording on Audible I can find. But that wasn’t enough. After listening to Dick Van D read more