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Review of Hangmen Also Die! (1943)

By Art S (1,002) on 30 Jun 2011

Absorbing (and unpredictable) tale that examines the aftermath of the assassination of the head of the Nazi occupation (the Hangman) in Czechoslovakia…

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Review of The Scarlet Claw (1944)

By Art S (1,002) on 30 Jun 2011

I have fond memories of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as Holmes and Watson (respectively)…

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Review of The Big Heat (1953)

By Art S (1,002) on 27 Jun 2011

Fritz Lang is one of the masterful auteurs of the Golden Age of Hollywood, and this is the best of his American films…

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Review of The Howling (1981)

By Art S (1,002) on 14 Jun 2011

How much mileage you get out of this werewolf tale depends on your tolerance/enjoyment of yucky special effects -- because they make up basically…

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Review of Way Out West (1937)

By Art S (1,002) on 09 Jun 2011

If only for 'The trail of the lonesome pine…

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Review of The American (2010)

By Art S (1,002) on 07 Jun 2011

This might be the most boring movie I have ever seen…

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Review of Platform (2001)

By Art S (1,002) on 03 Jun 2011

Spanning from 1979 to 1990, Jia's film tackles the sociocultural changes in China that followed the Open Door policy of the 1980s by tracing…

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Review of A Trick of the Light (1995)

By Art S (1,002) on 02 Jun 2011

Saw this on DVD, which I suspect doesn't really do it justice, - much more of an event film…

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Review of Freaks (1932)

By Art S (1,002) on 29 May 2011

Real sideshow circus performers took roles in this fiction film which treads a fine line between exploitation and destigmatization (if you…

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Review of Forbidden Planet (1956)

By Art S (1,002) on 27 May 2011

I thought I had seen this before, but apparently not since my memories were in black and white and this is in amazing color (lots of contrasting…

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Review of I'm Still Here (2010)

By Art S (1,002) on 26 May 2011

While I appreciate the perfectly induced ambiguity surrounding the media prank by Joaquin Phoenix at the heart of this movie, really the whole…

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Review of Cat People (1942)

By Art S (1,002) on 22 May 2011

Cat People begins at the Central Park Zoo where a mysterious young fashion artist Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon) is drawing on her pad of paper…

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Review of X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes (1963)

By Art S (1,002) on 21 May 2011

Ray Milland in a Roger Corman low-budget flick focused on a mad scientist who develops some eye-drops that allow him to see through things…

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Review of Gilda (1946)

By Art S (1,002) on 21 May 2011

Of course, Rita Hayworth is radiant here in Gilda, but vulnerable, desperate, wounded, reckless and the target of much nastiness from Glenn…

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Review of Fitzcarraldo (1982)

By Art S (1,002) on 12 May 2011

I finally watched this again with Herzog's commentary track on and although I'd heard all the stories before (except for the fact that he says…

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Review of Chinatown (1974)

By Art S (1,002) on 12 May 2011

Chinatown is a movie I continue to get pleasure out of from repeat viewings, despite knowing the ins and outs of the complicated plot surrounding…

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Review of Performance (1970)

By Art S (1,002) on 10 May 2011

Not so sure about this…

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Review of The Traveler (1974)

By Art S (1,002) on 10 May 2011

Kiarostami is the living proof of my theory that Great Directors are essentially great photographers…

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Review of The Girl Hunters (1963)

By Art S (1,002) on 09 May 2011

Pretty tepid outing for Mickey Spiallane's classic P.I…

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Review of Blood and Black Lace (1964)

By Art S (1,002) on 01 May 2011

This early giallo from Mario Bava is, as advertised, full of stunning set-pieces with candy-colored lighting, creative sets and camerawork…

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