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The Fabulous Forties #27: Sundown (dir by Henry Hathaway)
You may remember how, back in April, I started on a mission to review all 50 of the films included in Mill Creek’s Fabulous Forties box set. I actually got off to a pretty good start and, by the end...
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Horror Film Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray (dir by Albert Lewin)
Hello and welcome to the start of TSL’s annual October horrorthon! All through the month of October, our focus will be on horror. We will be sharing reviews and thoughts on some of the best (and...
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Horror on the Lens: The Lodger (dir by John Brahm)
Today’s horror on the lens is 1944’s The Lodger, a remake of Hitchcock’s silent classic. This creepy little story of paranoia and murder in the London fog features an excellent performance from Laird...
View ArticleGothic Art: Alfred Hitchcock’s REBECCA (United Artists 1940)
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: REBECCA is unquestionably a cinematic masterpiece. I remember watching it for the first time in a high school film class, enthralled as much by its technical...
View ArticleWindmills of Your Mind: Alfred Hitchcock’s FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT (United...
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: (When Maddy Loves Her Classic Films invited me to join in on the Alfred Hitchcock Blogathon, I jumped at the chance! I’ve just completed the Ball State/TCM 50...
View ArticleCleaning Out the DVR #17: Film Noir Festival 3
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: To take my mind off the sciatic nerve pain I was suffering last week, I immersed myself on the dark world of film noir. The following quartet of films...
View ArticleLisa Reviews An Oscar Nominee: Ivanhoe (dir by Richard Thorpe)
Welcome to England in the 12th century! That’s the setting of the 1952 best picture nominee, Ivanhoe. It’s a green and healthy land, full of chivalrous knights and corrupt royalty and outlaws who...
View ArticleCleaning Out the DVR Pt. 23: Spring Cleaning Edition
Originally posted on cracked rear viewer: Continuing my quest to watch all these movies sitting in my DVR (so I can record more movies!), here are six more capsule reviews for you Dear Readers: FIFTH...
View Article18 Days of Paranoia #10: The Quiller Memorandum (dir by Michael Anderson)
The 1966 film, The Quiller Memorandum, is a diabolically clever little spy thriller. The film opens with a British secret agent getting gunned down while trying to make a call from a phone booth in...
View ArticleCone of Silence (1960, directed by Charles Frend)
Cone of Silence is a very British film about aviation. George Sanders plays an investigator who is looking into a crash of a “Phoenix” jetliner. The crash has been blamed on the pilot, Captain George...
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