Noirish Posted by John Grant on June 22, 2016

vt Psychout for Murder Italy, Argentina / 88 minutes / color / Chiara, Banco, Glori Dir & Story: Edward Ross (i.e., Rossano Brazzi) Pr & Idea: Oscar Brazzi Scr: Biagio Proietti, Diana Crispo Cine: Luciano Trasatti Cast: Adrienne La Russa, Nino Castelnuovo, Alberto de Mendoza, Idelma Carlo, R   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 2, 2016

Astrid Lindgren's little freckled face imp, Pippi Longstocking, made an immediate impression on her readers when she appeared in "Pippi Långstrump" ( 1945 ), the first in a series of children's story books. Pippi is the embodiment of the mischievous elf hidden within every child. Parents are always   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on June 2, 2016

Astrid Lindgren's little freckled face imp, Pippi Longstocking, made an immediate impression on her readers when she appeared in "Pippi Långstrump" ( 1945 ), the first in a series of children's story books. Pippi is the embodiment of the mischievous elf hidden within every child. Parents are always   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on May 9, 2016

Twilight Time, long the company providing beautiful Blu-ray transfers of oft-neglected titles, enters the giallo business with La Bambola di Satana or The Doll of Satan. Unlike the giallo work of luminaries like Mario Bava, The Doll of Satan is helmed by first (and last) time director Ferruccio Casa   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 7, 2016

I love the forum that is created in international cinema where all things can be debated and discussed without fear of what the audience will say. Hollywood caters to the audience and that more often than not means that thrills are given greater weight than substance. Eric Rohmer worked at Cahiers...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on May 7, 2016

I love the forum that is created in international cinema where all things can be debated and discussed without fear of what the audience will say. Hollywood caters to the audience and that more often than not means that thrills are given greater weight than substance. Eric Rohmer worked at Cahiers...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on April 10, 2016

I don’t know if I wish Godzilla’s Revenge were better or if I just liked it more. Because I wanted to like it more–I wanted it to be as wacky as the concept would allow. The concept–a little boy (Yazaki Tomonori) gets valuable life lessons involving working parents, bank rob   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 8, 2016

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the créme de la créme" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 8, 2016

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the créme de la créme" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's...   read more

Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers Posted by The Metzinger Sisters on April 8, 2016

"I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all of my girls are the créme de la créme" Miss Jean Brodie ( Maggie Smith ) has dedicated her life, the prime of her life, to her gairls, a class of impressionable students at Marcia Blain's...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on March 30, 2016

An unwitting franchise of sorts, the Support Your Local… series acts as simultaneous send-up and loving tribute to the dying Western. Released just three months before Sam Peckinpah shot the Western in the face with The Wild Bunch, Support Your Local Sheriff lampoons the genre’s tropes a   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on March 30, 2016

An unwitting franchise of sorts, the Support Your Local… series acts as simultaneous send-up and loving tribute to the dying Western. Released just three months before Sam Peckinpah shot the Western in the face with The Wild Bunch, Support Your Local Sheriff lampoons the genre’s tropes a   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 3, 2016

There’s a lot of good stuff in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, some of it really good. Director Hunt and editor John Glen have a great time with the fight scenes. The film opens with a hurried, though a playful introduction to George Lazenby in the title role, then moves...   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on January 3, 2016

There’s a lot of good stuff in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, some of it really good. Director Hunt and editor John Glen have a great time with the fight scenes. The film opens with a hurried, though a playful introduction to George Lazenby in the title role, then moves...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on December 3, 2015

There are times while I’m researching these posts that I am completely caught off guard by something that will turn up. That’s what happened while I was looking for information for today’s post on Dan Rowan and Dick Martin’s Laugh-In. As a matter of fact, it happened twice. L   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on November 4, 2015

The first person to cross the finish line wins, a rule that Hollywood endorses no matter what. When revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara died in 1967 Hollywood scrambled to present his life on film. Two years later Che! (complete with exclamation point) was created, a movie that resulted   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on October 14, 2015

Eye of the Cat is what happens when you have a screenplay entirely concerned with being a thriller (by Joseph Stefano) and a director, Rich, who is completely incapable of directing thrills. There’s nothing else to the script, so the actors don’t have anything to do, and pretty San Fran   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on July 30, 2015

Share This! “My purpose is madness.  It’s the only way you can really tell what happens in war.  By lying, you can open the door a little crack on the truth.”—— Private Benjamin (Al Freeman, Jr.) If you happen to wander into Castle Keep by accident, or by some ill-fated...   read more

Classic Film Freak Posted by Greg Orypeck on July 30, 2015

Share This! “My purpose is madness.  It’s the only way you can really tell what happens in war.  By lying, you can open the door a little crack on the truth.”—— Private Benjamin (Al Freeman, Jr.) If you happen to wander into Castle Keep by accident, or by some ill-fated...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on July 19, 2015

Director Francois Truffaut will always be associated with iconic works like The 400 Blows (1959) and Jules and Jim (1962). And yet the man directed 27 films outside of those two. Twilight Time recently released one underseen work in Truffaut’s canon, 1969’s Mississippi Mermaid. (For the   read more