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Category: Pulp Fiction

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The Bat (1959)

November 8, 2026November 8, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: When it flies, someone dies. Starring Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, and Gavin Gordon. Written and directed by Crane Wilbur. Cinematography by Joseph Biroc. Continue reading The Bat (1959)

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X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (1963)

October 25, 2026October 25, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: He stripped souls as bare as bodies. Starring Ray Milland, Diana van der Vlis, Harold J Stone, John Hoyt, and Don Rickles. Produced and directed by Roger Corman. Continue reading X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (1963)

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The Haunted Palace (1963)

October 18, 2026October 18, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A Gothic horror film based on a Poe poem and a Lovecraft story. Starring Vincent Price, Debra Paget, and Lon Chaney. Produced and directed by Roger Corman. Screenplay by Charles Beaumont. Continue reading The Haunted Palace (1963)

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The Nanny (1965)

October 11, 2026October 12, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: Would you trust the Nanny or the boy? Starring Bette Davis, Wendy Craig, Jill Bennett, James Villiers, and William Dix. Directed by Seth Holt. Produced and written by Jimmy Sangster. Continue reading The Nanny (1965)

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Marathon Man (1976)

October 4, 2026October 4, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A movie that poses the question: Is it safe? Starring Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider, William Devane, and Marthe Keller. Directed by John Schlesinger. Screenplay by William Goldman based on his novel. Continue reading Marathon Man (1976)

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The Boys From Brazil (1978)

September 27, 2026September 27, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Gregory Peck plays a Nazi villain, the mythic Dr. Josef Mengele. Also starring Laurence Olivier, James Mason, and Lilli Palmer. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. Based on the novel by Ira Levin. Continue reading The Boys From Brazil (1978)

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Jeopardy (1953)

September 20, 2026September 20, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Barry Sullivan as the dude in distress. Barbara Stanwyck as his bad ass wife. Lee Aaker as their spunky kid. Ralph Meeker as the leering villain. Directed by John Sturges. Continue reading Jeopardy (1953)

Adrastos, Film, Fog Of History, Pulp Fiction

Man Hunt (1941)

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Fritz Lang’s anti-Nazi film noir classic. Starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine, and Roddy McDowell. Directed by Fritz Lang. Screenplay by Dudley Nichols.

Continue reading Man Hunt (1941)

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Compulsion (1959)

August 23, 2026August 23, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Ripped from the 1920s headlines: A fictionalized take on the Leopold and Loeb case. Starring Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman, EG Marshall, and Martin Milner. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Continue reading Compulsion (1959)

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Scarlet Street (1945)

August 9, 2026August 9, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Edward G. Robinson can’t kick his femme fatale habit. Also starring Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea. Produced and directed by Fritz Lang. Screenplay by Dudley Nichols. Continue reading Scarlet Street (1945)

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The Breaking Point (1950)

August 2, 2026August 2, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A 1950 film noir based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway. Starring John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, and Wallace Ford. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Screenplay by Ranald MacDougal. Continue reading The Breaking Point (1950)

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Night Moves (1975)

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A neo-noir classic starring Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Melanie Griffith, and Harris Yulin. Directed by Arthur Penn. Screenplay by Alan Sharp. Cinematography by Bruce Surtees.

Continue reading Night Moves (1975)

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Angel Face (1952)

July 12, 2026July 12, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: The men she loved, she destroyed. Continue reading Angel Face (1952)

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Intruder In The Dust (1949)

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Adapted from the novel by William Faulkner. Starring David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr, Juano Hernandez, and Elizabeth Patterson. Produced and directed by Clarence Brown. Screenplay by Ben Maddox. Cinematography by Robert Surtees. Continue reading Intruder In The Dust (1949)

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New York Confidential (1955)

June 14, 2026June 14, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: The lowdown on the big town. Starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft, and J Carol Naish. Directed by Russell Rouse. Screenplay by Rouse and Clarence Greene.

Continue reading New York Confidential (1955)

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House Of Numbers (1957)

June 7, 2026June 7, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A prison break-in movie starring Jack Palance as identical twins. Continue reading House Of Numbers (1957)

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Strangers On A Train (1951)

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

All aboard for one of the master of suspense’s finest films. Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, and Pat Hitchcock. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cinematography by Robert Burks. Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith.

Continue reading Strangers On A Train (1951)

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Brainstorm (1965)

May 17, 2026May 17, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A neo-noir psychological thriller starring Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, and Viveca Lindfors. Screenplay by Mann Rubin. Produced and directed by William Conrad. Continue reading Brainstorm (1965)

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The Trip (1967)

April 26, 2026April 26, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A flashback in psychedelic color starring Peter Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Dennis Hopper, and Bruce Dern. Produced and directed by Roger Corman. Screenplay by Jack Nicholson.
Continue reading The Trip (1967)

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In This Our Life (1942)

April 12, 2026April 12, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

An intimate epic starring Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Dennis Morgan, Charles Coburn, Frank Craven, Billie Burke, Hattie McDaniel, and Ernest Anderson. Screenplay by Howard Koch. Directed by John Huston and Raoul Walsh. Continue reading In This Our Life (1942)

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The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

March 29, 2026March 29, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A courtroom drama starring George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess, William Lundigan, and George Tobias. Directed by Vincent Sherman. Continue reading The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

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Macao (1952)

March 22, 2026March 22, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, William Bendix, Thomas Gomez, Gloria Grahame, and Brad Dexter. Directed by Josef von Sternberg. Continue reading Macao (1952)

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Moby Dick (1956)

March 8, 2026March 8, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A whale of a tale starring Gregory Peck, Richard Basehart, and Leo Genn. Directed by John Huston. Screenplay by Ray Bradbury and John Huston. Cinematography by Oswald Morris. Continue reading Moby Dick (1956)

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The Tarnished Angels (1957)

March 1, 2026March 1, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Take a trip to Sirkland. Starring Rock Hudson, Robert Stack, Dorothy Malone, and Jack Carson. Directed by Douglas Sirk. Based on the novel Pylon by William Faulkner. Continue reading The Tarnished Angels (1957)

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Shield For Murder (1954)

February 1, 2026February 1, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: Dame-Hungry Killer-Cop Runs Berserk. Continue reading Shield For Murder (1954)

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The Talk Of The Town (1942)

January 25, 2026January 25, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, and Edgar Buchanan. Directed by George Stevens. Screenplay by Irwin Shaw and Sidney Buchman. Continue reading The Talk Of The Town (1942)

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Crime Of Passion (1957)

January 18, 2026January 18, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden, Raymond Burr, Fay Wray, Virginia Grey, and Royal Dano. Screenplay by Jo Eisinger. Directed by Gerd Oswald.

Continue reading Crime Of Passion (1957)

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Cry Of The City (1948)

January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Starring Victor Mature, Richard Conte, Fred Clark, Shelley Winters, Betty Garde, Berry Kroeger, and Hope Emerson. Directed by Robert Siodmak. Screenplay by Richard Murphy. Continue reading Cry Of The City (1948)

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Berlin Express (1948)

November 9, 2025November 9, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A film noir set amidst the rubble of post-World War II Germany. Starring Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, and Paul Lukas. Directed by Jacques Tourneur. Continue reading Berlin Express (1948)

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The Tingler (1959)

November 2, 2025November 2, 2025 Peter Adrastos Athas

A campy horror classic starring Vincent Price, Judith Evelyn, Darryl Hickman, Patricia Cutts, Pamela Lincoln, and Philip Coolidge. Produced and Directed by William Castle. Continue reading The Tingler (1959)

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