Journalism Needs Another Robert Redford
Robert Redford inspired a generation of journalists to take up the pen. How far mainstream journalism has fallen since. Continue reading Journalism Needs Another Robert Redford
Robert Redford inspired a generation of journalists to take up the pen. How far mainstream journalism has fallen since. Continue reading Journalism Needs Another Robert Redford
Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman go Nazi hunting in Brazil. Also starring Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, and Madame Konstantin. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Ben Hecht. Continue reading Notorious (1946)
Welcome back my friend to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Mirror Image
A veteran goes Nazi hunting in this film noir starring Dick Powell and Walter Slezak. Produced by Adrian Scott. Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Screenplay by John Paxton. Continue reading Cornered (1945)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Lonely Days
Sinclair Lewis meets Donald Trump. Continue reading Ashli Babbittry 3.0
The Crescent City goes to the movies. Pass the popcorn. Continue reading The Sunday Dozen: Movies Set In New Orleans
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Deal
John Wayne as Genghis Khan? What were they thinking? Also starring Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendariz, Agnes Moorehead, Thomas Gomez, John Hoyt, and William Conrad. Produced by Howard Hughes. Directed by Dick Powell. Screenplay by Oscar Millard. Continue reading The Conqueror (1956)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Inca Roads
Cheers to Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd. Continue reading Knock On Wood
Starring Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, and Mike Lane. Directed by Mark Robson. Screenplay by Philip Yordan. Based on the novel by Budd Schulberg. Continue reading The Harder They Fall (1956)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Apostrophe
Pat O’Brien plays a shamus on the skids with a chance at a big score. Also starring Walter Slezak, Anne Jeffreys, Percy Kilbride, and Jerome Cowan. Directed by Ted Tetzlaff. Screenplay by Martin Rackin. Continue reading Snark Noir: Riff-Raff (1947)
Songs of deceit and mendacity. Continue reading The Liar Song Dozen
Feeling forgetful? So is Pat O’Brien in this 1946 film noir. The movie also stars Claire Trevor, Herbert Marshall, Ray Collins, and Wallace Ford. Directed by Irving Reis. Continue reading Crack-Up (1946)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Yellow Moon
Starring Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes, John Maxwell, and Katherine Warren. Directed by Joseph Losey. Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo. Continue reading The Prowler (1951)
Starring Viveca Lindfors, Kent Smith, Janis Paige, and Robert Douglas. Directed by Richard Bare. Continue reading This Side Of The Law (1950)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Walk This Road
Starring Robert Montgomery, Audrey Totter, Lloyd Nolan, Tom Tully, and Leon Ames. Directed by Robert Montgomery. Based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Continue reading Lady In The Lake (1947)
John Wayne meets Andrew Cuomo and Donald Trump. Continue reading Assholery Is Not Strength 2.0
The life and times of Brian Wilson. Continue reading Vintage First Draft: Love & Mercy
Starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Patricia Collinge, Henry Travers, Wallace Ford, and Hume Cronyn. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Screenplay by Thornton Wilder, Sally Benson, and Alma Raville. Continue reading Shadow Of A Doubt (1943)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Slow Ride
A gangster biopic starring David Janssen, Dianne Foster, Jack Carson, Diana Dors, Keenan Wynn, and Mickey Rooney. Directed by Joseph M. Newman. Screenplay by Jo Swerling. Continue reading King Of The Roaring 20’s: The Story Of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Hand Of Fate
Cheers to Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer. Continue reading Blues In The Night
Starring Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, and George Tobias. Directed by Robert Wise. Screenplay by Art Cohn. Cinematography by Milton Krasner. Continue reading The Set-Up (1949)
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Ooh La La