For this week’s Create-A-Caption, we are setting the wayback machine to 1955 to look at the suspense classic The Night of the Hunter. Charles Laughton’s only directorial effort, this harrowing film concerns two children on the run from their psychotic…
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Love Fights Hate in “The Night of the Hunter”
In addition to a gallery of memorable performances, actor Charles Laughton’s cinematic legacy includes one fling with directing — but oh what a fling it is! The Night of the Hunter is a haunting, poetic film that explores themes ranging…
Read more →Taking a Look at Out of the Past Now
A private eye hired to track down a shady businessman’s fugitive mistress makes the potentially fatal mistake of falling for her. Guest writer Barry P. takes a look at Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 film noir gem Out of the Past, with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas.
Read more →Robert Mitchum in The Yakuza: The Strange Stranger
“When an American cracks up, he opens a window and shoots up a bunch of strangers. When a Japanese cracks up, he closes the window and kills himself.” – Richard Jordan in The Yakuza The Yakuza (1974) has a pretty…
Read more →Out of the Past (1947): A Film Noir Masterpiece
Guest blogger Sarkoffagus writes: Jeff Bailey (Robert Mitchum) is living a quiet life, running a gas station in a small town. But then a stranger drives his car into town, and everything changes. It seems that someone from Jeff’s past…
Read more →First Time Watch: The Night Of The Hunter
People often say, “Beware of false prophets.” It’s an important life lesson, and Charles Laughton’s The Night Of The Hunter (his only credited directorial effort) perfectly exemplifies this warning. Another invaluable rule for folks to heed is, “Beware of false…
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