Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on October 29, 2020

In 2011, I announced I was trying to see every film released in 1939. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. As we start out this blog feature, this section may become more concrete as I search for a common thread that runs throughout each film...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 18, 2017

US / 62 minutes / bw / Monarch Dir: Phil Rosen Pr: Paul Malvern Scr: Joseph West Story: Ralph Bettinson Based on: characters created by Hugh Wiley in 12 stories published 1934–38 in Collier’s Magazine Cine: Fred Jackman Jr Cast: Keye Luke, Lotus Long, Grant Withers, Charles Miller, Huntley Gordon,...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 9, 2016

“Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown” The more you watch movies like Chinatown, the more you realize how much you’re still learning. I saw it the first time and I naively thought I knew everything about it. After all, it seemed fairly cut and dry. But the beauty of this film...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 9, 2016

“Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown” The more you watch movies like Chinatown, the more you realize how much you’re still learning. I saw it the first time and I naively thought I knew everything about it. After all, it seemed fairly cut and dry. But the beauty of this film...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 9, 2016

“Forget it Jake, it’s Chinatown” The more you watch movies like Chinatown, the more you realize how much you’re still learning. I saw it the first time and I naively thought I knew everything about it. After all, it seemed fairly cut and dry. But the beauty of this film...   read more

Phantom Empires Posted by Clayton on January 1, 2016

Chinatown...a bit of a revelation!  (Addendum: The Two Jakes) 1/1/2016 2 Comments I have to say that I don't like to review, generally speaking, films that have this much fame attached to them. I figure that they'   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 28, 2013

Starring Jack Nicholson with Faye Dunaway and John Huston, this skillfully written neo-noir is a nod to the work of Chandler and Hammet. J.J. “Jake” Gittes is a P.I. in the L.A. area during the 30s who specializes in marital cases. When a woman calling herself Mrs. Mulwray asks Gittes...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 28, 2013

Starring Jack Nicholson with Faye Dunaway and John Huston, this skillfully written neo-noir is a nod to the work of Chandler and Hammet. J.J. “Jake” Gittes is a P.I. in the L.A. area during the 30s who specializes in marital cases. When a woman calling herself Mrs. Mulwray asks Gittes...   read more

GlamAmor Posted by on February 7, 2012

Roman Polanski's 1974 masterpiece Chinatown will be shown at this year's TCM Classic Film Festival--Style in the Movies--as part of the 100th anniversary of Paramount Studios and Robert Evans' Paramount Renaissance. I consider Chinatown one of the ten best movies of all time, so I am absolutely thr   read more

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

I know I know, it's the wrong decade for me. I usually avoid the 70s like the plague. But the film takes place in 1937 and it's as historically accurate as it could be, so I'm letting that slide. Me? A Film Buff? More like a Film Bluff if you...   read more