Apocalypse Now has always been preceded by the legendary stories of its troubled production, one of those cursed film enterprises (The Exorcist is another) whose backstories are almost as entertaining as the final product itself : in this case, weathering…
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Six Pix presents a sextet of movie posters representing a particular actor/director/genre. You pick the one you feel is visually the most artistic or best sums up the film. Hallelujah! It’s about time Six Pix put preachers on a pedestal….
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There’s Christopher Walken with a bad toupee, sitting like a zombie on the sofa in his comfy suburban house. His perky, bespectacled wife Mia Farrow sits next to him. They both watch an episode of Seinfeld, gazing at the TV…
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Don’t be wary of Jerry… OK. I understand that Jerry Lewis is a bit like horseradish. He’s an acquired taste. In other words, he takes some getting used to. But those of us with a tolerant palate know full well…
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One actor. Two film roles. You tell us which portrayal was the best. The most memorable. Or iconic. Or simply your favorite. But before you pass judgment, a few words defending the “character” of each… The case for Rose Sayer…
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If you enjoyed our two prior surveys of marquee matchups between near-identical film projects (which can be found here and here), we’ve got a further foray of films that went fist city for your entertainment dollar. Tombstone (1993) / Wyatt…
Read more →July 22, 1934: After seeing MGM’s Manhattan Melodrama at Chicago’s Biograph Theater, gangster John Dillinger is gunned down outside by G-men. July 23, 1947: The subject of anti-Semitism is dramatized in RKO’s Crossfire and, in November, by 20th Century Fox’s…
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Sorry, Wrong Number. USA 1948, 89 minutes, black & white, Paramount Pictures. Director: Anatole Litvak. Written by Lucille Fletcher. Based on the radio play “Sorry, Wrong Number” by Fletcher. Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Harold Vermilyea, Ed…
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Criterion Corner: Two long-in-the-works American cult faves hit the shelves from Criterion in both DVD and Blu-ray. Eating Raoul (1982) is the late Paul Bartel’s outrageous black comedy in which a married couple (Bartel and Mary Woronov) discover that killing…
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