Little Caesar movie review: Along with Archie Mayo’s The Doorway to Hell and William A. Wellman’s The Public Enemy, Mervyn LeRoy’s 1931 crime drama starring Edward G. Robinson helped to…
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Mildred Pierce 1945 movie: Her two-decade Hollywood career in the doldrums, Joan Crawford made a triumphant comeback in Warners’ expertly made film noir – or is it a melodrama? –…
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Monster’s Ball 2001 with Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton. This brief piece is an amalgam of two comments posted in response to Alt Film Guide’s Monster’s Ball review written by…
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Blade Runner movie review: A box office disappointment upon its 1982 release, Ridley Scott’s dystopian “noir” sci-fier has become one of the most revered – and most re-edited – big-screen…
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Casablanca movie (1942) review: A Best Picture Oscar winner and an iconic motion picture, Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca is also considered – by some – one of the greatest cinematic productions…
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Fanny and Alexander movie review: Released in 1982 as a feature film and in 1983 as a TV miniseries, Ingmar Bergman’s period family drama – about the travails of the…
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The Departed with Leonardo DiCaprio. Best Picture Academy Award winner The Departed boasts a respectable pedigree: the cop thriller was directed by Martin Scorsese; edited by Thelma Schoonmaker; shot by…
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Red movie review: A morality tale featuring metaphysical plot elements and a couple of actors – Irène Jacob, veteran Jean-Louis Trintignant – in top form, Krzysztof Kieslowski’s third and final…
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Blow-Up movie review: Directed and co-written by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring David Hemmings as a “Swinging London” mod photographer, this 1966 classic turned out to be the filmmaker’s biggest box…
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Sorrell and Son 1927 with H.B. Warner and Alice Joyce. Sorrell and Son movie (1928) review: First-rate performances and complex adult themes in Academy Award-nominated father-son drama. Long-thought-lost Sorrell and…
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The Letter movie with Jeanne Eagels and Herbert Marshall. The Letter movie (1929) review: Creaky yet a must-see as murderess + adulteress Jeanne Eagels’ sole extant talkie Having watched William…
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The Little Foxes (1941) movie review: Bette Davis heads a flawless cast in William Wyler’s masterful adaptation of Lillian Hellman’s stage classic. The Hands That Bilked America: To not choose…
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Au Revoir les Enfants movie review: Set at a Catholic school for boys in Vichy France, Louis Malle’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama is one of the most affecting releases about the…
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The Letter 1940, with Bette Davis. The Letter (1940) movie review: One of Bette Davis’ greatest showcases, William Wyler’s flawlessly acted, splendidly produced adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s play remains…
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Downfall movie review: As Nazi Germany’s increasingly off-kilter Führer, veteran Bruno Ganz delivers an engrossing performance – pathetic, tragic, unhinged – in Oliver Hirschbiegel’s intriguing but frantic depiction of Adolf…