Caftan Woman Posted by on February 8, 2021

Jeb Rand (Robert Mitchum) is pursued by vague memories of his youth and a life plagued with doubts and nightmares. He is also pursued by Grant Callum (Dean Jagger) who, for reasons of his own, wants to kill "the last of the Rands."Mrs. Callum (Judith Anderson) is "Mother Callum" to...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on July 21, 2020

Several months ago, on Twitter, I asked for recommendations for westerns – it’s a genre I never really cared much about (like horror films and musicals), but that I wanted to explore (unlike horror films and musicals). I received dozens of suggested titles – unfortunately, I was only able to...   read more

Classic Movies Posted by KC on July 15, 2020

The moody, fatalistic feel of Blood on the Moon (1948) is unusual for a western, if not unheard of in the genre. Its noirish story of double-crosses and turf battles could be transported to rain-slicked city streets with little change, the plot points as well-suited to urban organized crime as...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on January 13, 2020

This is admittedly nitpicky, but the title cards of Blood on the Moon are a bit jarring as the white-lettered names all but disappear into the sliver of light stretching across the otherwise black canvas of the screen. Thus, I missed out on about a fourth of the names in...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Reel West: Blood on the Moonby Alan K. RodeUniversity of New Mexico PressPaperback ISBN: 9780826364692March 2023136 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble — Larry Edmunds — Powell's“The film transplanted the dark urban environs of the city into the West’s iconography.... Akin t   read more