I've already written about disability in and compared the two versions of A Woman's Face, the original Swedish film starring a young, talented Ingrid Bergman (Gustaf Molander, 1938) and the George Cukor remake starring Joan Crawford (1941). But when Charlene's (Mostly) Classic... Continue Reading →
May is Laird Cregar Month at @BNoirDetour. For those new to this blog, let me explain that it began as a place to introduce weekly livetweets of mostly B noir films. A film livetweet involves a host selecting a movie... Continue Reading →
Who knew there was a "Classic Movie Day"? I sure didn't, but I'm sure willing to participate in Classic Film and TV Cafe's Five Stars Blogathon today. My mission is to list my five favorite movie stars and explain why... Continue Reading →
When I came across a reference to the 1946 German film The Murderers are Among Us (orig. title Die Mörder sind unter uns), it was for a Region 2 Blu-ray giveaway. As a student of both film noir and the Holocaust, I... Continue Reading →
I confess it: I'm a cryer. Not every sad film -- not even most -- can bring the wet stuff out of me, but if something hits me in hard in the feels: when it rains, it pours. The videos most... Continue Reading →
Students of Hollywood know the origin of the Academy Awards was in part to allow a small group of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to give each other accolades at a gala affair within (or at the edges of) a culture... Continue Reading →
Rather than a review of Jean Renoir's La Grande Illusion (1937) -- examples of which you can read all over the internet and in books on Renoir, French film, war films, and the like -- I want to write a bit... Continue Reading →
I'm making a point of watching more Joseph Losey films, and I stumbled across this 1956 noir, filmed in England and starring both British and American actors. Losey is the director, though since he was blacklisted, he wasn't credited when... Continue Reading →
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