The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day, Jr. on July 6, 2023

After I first saw INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, I wondered if the movie needed to be made in the first place. When INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY was first announced, I wondered the same thing....but a company like Disney isn't going to buy...   read more

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on March 12, 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

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on January 27, 2020

Barry Newman in Vanishing Point. Rural car chase movies were a staple at drive-in theaters in the 1970s, where you could view Grand Theft Auto, Eat My Dust, and Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. The most famous of these films is arguably Vanishing Point, which was released in 1971. Unlike the...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on August 27, 2019

It’s almost instantly reasonable to clump this cinematic adaptation of Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights with other contemporary pictures swirling with gothic menace like Rebecca, Suspicion, and Jane Eyre. The latter film, of course, is based off the novel of another of the Bronte Sisters   read more

Backlots Posted by Lara on January 30, 2018

Dear readers, if you’ve been following my Twitter feed over the past few days, you know that I’ve been attending the 16th annual Noir City festival–a weeklong smorgasbord of film noir favorites and rarities, on the big screen at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco. It’s been   read more

The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog Posted by Dan Day Jr. on September 12, 2016

In 1921, director Fritz Lang, based in Germany, started on a run of films for the rest of the decade that would be hard to match. They are among the most renowned and influential movies made during that period. Here's the list: DESTINY DR. MABUSE, THE GAMBLER DIE NIBELUNGEN METROPOLIS...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on December 8, 2015

The original Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was a hit because a) it was gorgeous to look at and b) it brought fantasy swordfiighting and wirework fights to a level that was unprecedented at the time, thus giving especially its American audience something which seemed new, fresh, and invigorating in   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on February 21, 2014

Destiny aka Behind the Wall (Fritz Lang, 1921) In the Expressionistic frame story, in which human lives are each represented by a candle, Death grants a woman three chances to save her lover, if love can triumph over death. The three stories within the story each occur in a setting...   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by Kristen on January 27, 2013

I skipped Biopic Theater last week, but boy do I have a doozy of a film for you.  This is the last of the James Dean biopics (that I know of), and I think it quite possibly is the worst.  To go further, I think this could be this year’s...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn Sample on September 22, 2012

Dust Be My Destiny (1939). Cast: John Garfield and Priscilla Lane. The original ending of the film had Joe and Mabel shot to death, but the failure of of the film, You Only Live Once, which had a tragic ending, prompted the Warner Bros. studio to want a happy ending....   read more