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About the fundraiser, from the Siren herself: This year, we are raising funds for the National Film Preservation Foundation's project, The White Shadow, directed by Graham Cutts and written, assistant-directed, and just generally meddled with in a number of different ways by the one and only Alfred read more

As I always say, better late than really, really late. (Well, I don’t always say that. Actually, what I usually say is, “HURRY UP! We’re going to be LATE!” But I digress.)  I’d intended to share my TCM film noir pick of the month long before now, but with the Seven Shadows series a couple read more

This is a film that was referred to me by a Twitter friend of mine, @rurugby who also suggested the See the Movie then Read the Book post to me. This is a very short but also very funny film wherein you get probably the funniest and least annoying in screening reaction you’ve witnessed. Provid read more

  What a beautiful Friday morning it’s shaping up to be! It’s sunny and mild, and I hope you’re not reading this because you’re out in it, or you’re at the Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid classic film weekend hosted by the Toronto Film Society at the Carlton! But read more

  What a beautiful Friday morning it’s shaping up to be! It’s sunny and mild, and I hope you’re not reading this because you’re out in it, or you’re at the Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid classic film weekend hosted by the Toronto Film Society at the Carlton! But read more

We recently asked classic horror film fans on Twitter and over on Facebook on the Classic Horror Campaign page and in the We Belong Dead group the following question : Here is a selection of comments we received from classic horror film fans over on Facebook : Darrell Buxton said : “As the Squ read more

It’s been an excellent few months for fans of the film noir genre. Several noir films were screened at the 3rd Annual TCM Classic Film Festival in Hollywood back in April. There’s the new Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics III DVD collection filled with hidden gems. Also the Noir City read more

by Angela Petteys My earliest movie memory isn’t of going to a movie theater, but of watching a movie at home. One night when I was about three years old, my mom and dad decided to rent a movie and order pizza for dinner and the movie they decided to rent was E.T. (1982). I remember asking my mom read more

Updates, updates, get your updates! Two posts in one day!  Get used to it because once the summer hits I’m going to be a posting fiend so if you’re not subscribed to the Facebook, the Twitter (www.twitter.com/Journeys_Film), or through the various other ways to follow the blog then pleas read more

Hey Cats and Kittens, with Mother’s Day coming up I thought I’d honor one of Tinseltown’s very best with one of our patented poster galleries. So here is Joan Crawford in all of her noir and noir-ish glory. All images hi-res, cleaned-up, and ready for downloading. And take note: no read more

On September 11, 2011, on a now-defunct personal blog, I published this FR (S) review of Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et al Bete.  The film recently screened at a theater about 3,000 miles away from where I live (he lamented), so I thought I’d revisit the film and repost my review of it here read more

As soon as I saw the opening image of Ghild I thought to myself “Wow, that looks great, I really hope there’s a live action component to this film.” Seeing as how it easily coud’ve been stop-motion or some other animated form based on the opening image, I thought that was not read more

  I’m going to call this week’s Film Friday – Weekly Roundup: The Super-sized Edition. I mean just look at all those links! I am obviously inspired by the interwebs this week, and obviously NOT just avoiding doing other, boring work. Obviously. And never you mind that it̵ read more

  I’m going to call this week’s Film Friday – Weekly Roundup: The Super-sized Edition. I mean just look at all those links! I am obviously inspired by the interwebs this week, and obviously NOT just avoiding doing other, boring work. Obviously. And never you mind that it̵ read more

Now, I cannot for a second claim that my viewing of all of Brazil’s significant films in the history of the nation’s cinema is complete. However, making a watch list for myself is just one motivation for writing this piece. The others are: one, there are likely many coming across this pi read more

One of the most incredible aspects of the TCM Classic Film Festival is how personalized an experience we all had when we were there.  There were so many options on the schedule that every account from attendees seems to be different.  Some focused on the early films of the 1920s...some on read more

Asterix and the Vikings (M6 Films) Whenever possible I always like to address what the grain of salt is that my reader should keep in mind when reading a piece. In this scenario the grain of salt is: I like reading but I don’t as much as I should, and it’s likely impossible for me to rea read more

Fans of classic horror films will love the next London Film Memorabilia Convention with its mix of dealers from all over the world specialising in vintage and modern film and television memorabilia – film stills, monster magazines, rare dvds, movie posters, autographs and more! There will also read more

  For the past 45 years, the Toronto Film Society has hosted a May film weekend in northern Ontario, and now for the first time ever, the May film weekend will play out right here in Toronto. The “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” Weekend will run from Friday, May 11 through Sunday May 13 at Toronto’ read more

Starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird, Cregar and Alan Ladd. Directed by Frank Tuttle. Running time: 80 minutes. Release date: May 13, 1942 Excellent film noir classic about a hitman named Raven (Ladd's break-through film) who after taking out a blackmailer and his girlfriend in San read more