Thursday, October 27, 2022

Grifter Aims to Separate a Widow from her Fortune

›
John Garfield,  Geraldine Fitzgerald and Walter Brennan  in 'Nobody Lives Forever' (1946). By Paul Parcellin As conmen go , Nick Bla...
Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Hazy Memories of Hollywood

›
Brad Pitt and Mike Moh, 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.' Ever since it hit the screen in 2019 there’s been a lot of talk about Quen...
Wednesday, September 21, 2022

‘L.A. Confidential’: Wounded Cops Take On the System

›
From left, Det. Ed Exly (Guy Pearce), Det.  Bud White (Russell Crowe) and Det. Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey). "L.A. Confidential" ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Noir Directors and their Eyepatches

›
An eyepatch can make a director look like a badass and that's a good thing in the famously brutal movie biz. Sure, a lot of them are sca...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

Driving a Stake through Swinging London’s Heart

›
Turner (Mick Jagger), left, keeps watch over Chas (James Fox) in 'Performance' (1970). Just another a drug-induced, decadent, rock ’...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Hey, College Boy, Wanna Rob a Casino?

›
Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno casino and  pull off the perfect crime.  ‘Five Against the...
Tuesday, August 9, 2022

What, Another Insurance Man is Out to Beat the System?

›
Charles McGraw holds a gun on worrying Peter Brocco in 'Roadblock.' O n the face of it, “Roadblock” (1951) is a tall tale filled wit...