The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on March 18, 2019

When I decided to write about Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy, it was because I wanted to make the wee dick move of putting it in Stop Button’s rarely used “Cult” category. Thought it’d be funny. Controversy, which never suggests it’ll be anything but writer-director-star Mahoney settin   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on March 18, 2019

When I decided to write about Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy, it was because I wanted to make the wee dick move of putting it in Stop Button’s rarely used “Cult” category. Thought it’d be funny. Controversy, which never suggests it’ll be anything but writer-director-star Mahoney settin   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on March 18, 2019

When I decided to write about Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy, it was because I wanted to make the wee dick move of putting it in Stop Button’s rarely used “Cult” category. Thought it’d be funny. Controversy, which never suggests it’ll be anything but writer-director-star Mahoney settin   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on March 18, 2019

When I decided to write about Patterns of Evidence: The Moses Controversy, it was because I wanted to make the wee dick move of putting it in Stop Button’s rarely used “Cult” category. Thought it’d be funny. Controversy, which never suggests it’ll be anything but writer-director-star Mahoney settin   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 9, 2017

Patterns has little right to be any good. It takes place almost exclusively in interiors. Boardrooms, offices, hallways, at desks, and in elevators. But thanks to a fantastic teleplay from Twilight Zone mastermind Rod Serling, this little picture exceeds the meager expectations placed on it. In fact   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 9, 2017

Patterns has little right to be any good. It takes place almost exclusively in interiors. Boardrooms, offices, hallways, at desks, and in elevators. But thanks to a fantastic teleplay from Twilight Zone mastermind Rod Serling, this little picture exceeds the meager expectations placed on it. In fact   read more

The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on September 18, 2016

Patterns is a short and simple picture. Van Heflin is the new man at a corporation; he suspects he’s there to replace his assigned mentor, Ed Begley. He has a ruthless boss (Everett Sloane) and a similarly ruthless wife (Beatrice Straight). Will Heflin, called a rising young man (Heflin was...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on April 20, 2016

Patterns Directed by Fielder Cook Written by Rod Sterling 1956/USA Jed Harris/Michael Myerberg First viewing/Amazon Prime This excellent, powerful look inside a big corporation shows Rod Serling could do more than write twist endings. Fred Staples (Van Heflin) has been hired as the newest executi   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on February 19, 2015

I’ve written quite a bit about Rod Serling and his work in early television, especially his live teleplays for various anthology shows. What’s amazing is not so much his prolific output, many writers were able to churn out perfectly adequate scripts for these shows – that’s h   read more