Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on March 5, 2014

We’re studying pre-Codes in my film class, and this week’s movie was a double-feature of this and Trouble in Paradise.  It turns out this movie still isn’t a favorite, and the class was generally in agreement.  I’ll be reviewing Trouble in Paradise next week. After two good m   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on July 17, 2013

After two good movies I was bound to get one stinker; The Devil Is a Woman is less devilish fun and more outright demonic.  A cold presentation of the bitch that is supposedly the female sex, there’s little to recommend the film.  The same premise lifted from Morocco and Blonde...   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on May 31, 2013

The Devil Is a Woman Directed by Josef von Sternberg 1935/USA Paramount Pictures First viewing The film opens with a carnival in turn-of-the-century Spain, all the revelers are masked.  Antonio Galvan (Cesar Romero), a fugitive revolutionary, spies the beautiful Concha (Marlene Dietrich) and the   read more