4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on July 25, 2019

To begin to compare Nightfall with Jacques Tourneur’s Out of The Past (1947), his film noir masterpiece from a decade earlier is a deeply unfair proposition from the outset. One could argue the films feel nothing alike — like apples and oranges — and they came into being in two...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on July 7, 2014

Nightfall Directed by Jacques Tourneur Written by Stirling Silliphant from a novel by David Goodis 1957/USA Copa Productions First viewing/Columbia Pictures Film Noir Classics III This is a suspense drama highlighted by the beautiful young Anne Bancroft and some equally beautiful cinematography by A   read more

Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on September 24, 2010

Why anyone would actually want a career in the movies is beyond me. It’s murder. Aspiring actors queue up hoping to be one of the lucky ones, the kind with a forty-year fairy tale of a career, financial security, and maybe even an award some magical late-February night. But it...   read more