
That Forsyte Woman
That Forsyte Woman is neither good nor bad, and in many ways it is terribly typical of its time. Were it not for the fact…
Read MoreThat Forsyte Woman is neither good nor bad, and in many ways it is terribly typical of its time. Were it not for the fact…
Read MoreThe Best Years of Our Lives may well be one of the greatest war films of all time. Perhaps surprisingly, the movie presents us…
Read MoreThe Red Shoes tells two tales; that of a rising dancer who falls in love with a young composer, and another of the man who…
Read MoreBefore I tell you of my own thoughts, I thought I’d first share a quote with you from the late great James Agee. Upon…
Read MoreI have heard so much great praise for Letter from an Unknown Woman so a few nights ago I decided finally to give this one…
Read MoreAt it surface (and, indeed, from the opening scenes of the film) the viewer can very easily discern the usual hallmarks of film noir:…
Read MorePious. In today’s vernacular, the term has come to describe those with a platitudinous zeal for religion, usually with more than a twinge of…
Read MoreTo celebrate the 90th anniversary of Warner Brothers, I thought I would write about Mildred Pierce 1945. An exhilarating blend of noir and woman’s…
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