Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on March 31, 2018

Fail-Safe Directed by Sidney Lumet Written by Walter Bernstein from a novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler 1964/USA Columbia Pictures Incorporated First viewing/Netflix rental Something must have been in the water in 1964.  The public got not one but two apocalyptic thrillers.  Dr. Strangelove   read more

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

The year was 1963 and Columbia Pictures was in a pickle. They had two Cold War movies currently in production that basically told the same story but in very different ways. One was Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a farce...   read more

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

The year was 1963 and Columbia Pictures was in a pickle. They had two Cold War movies currently in production that basically told the same story but in very different ways. One was Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, a farce...   read more