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The Night of the Hunter (1955)

by Bill on May 20, 2010

Directed by Charles Laughton I think it’s fair to say 1955′s The Night of the Hunter is one of the oddest films to ever come out of Hollywood. According to many, it’s also one of the greatest. This may be true; I’m not sure. But it’s definitely worth seeing a time or two to decide for [...]

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Five Card Stud (1968)

by Bill on June 14, 2009

Directed by Henry Hathaway One of the things you discover watching older movies, especially Hollywood movies, is that some of the tricks and strategies we see now are not so new. They’ve been used many times before. For example, 1968′s Five Card Stud could almost be a contemporary film in that it attempts to be [...]

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Marilyn Monroe: the River and the Itch

by Bill on May 24, 2009

Some decisions don’t work as well as you would like. In fact, they can work against your intentions. For a variety of reasons I’ve had difficulty lately getting back into my movie watching routine which used to be almost a movie a night. The reviews I’ve written account for only a small number of the [...]

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River of No Return (1954)

by Bill on May 24, 2009

Directed by Otto Preminger This is by no means a great movie but, for some reason, I like it. For one thing, I love the song. It’s horribly corny, but … well, I like it. Go figure. I think I’d call River of No Return a comfort movie. Like another movie I get the same [...]

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The Big Heat (1953)

by Bill on February 8, 2003

Directed by Fritz Lang Now this is what a noir film should be. Good guys, bad guys, and a lot of dubious ground between them. (Mind you, it’s not a noir film in the strictest sense.) Perspective is everything, I suppose, and perhaps that is why (for me) noir works best in black and white. [...]

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