The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on April 23, 2021

Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 is a compelling courtroom drama depicting the infamous trial of seven defendants charged with inciting a riot, conspiracy and other charges relating to their counter-culture movement and anti-Vietnam war protests. In 1968 a large protest took place in Chicag   read more

The Stop Button Posted by on March 23, 2020

No Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa script this episode, Ross Maxwell instead, which initially confirmed my idea about how the first two episodes were the extended pilot and now we’re getting into series proper. Actually, no, because this episode serves to set the series up to be, you know, a series. The epi   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on November 11, 2017

The Trial of Joan of Arc (Procès de Jeanne d’Arc) Directed by Robert Bresson Written by Robert Bresson from the transcript of the trial 1962/France Agnes Delahaie Productions First viewing/FilmStruck As with many of Bresson’s films, this is slow going but beautiful. Most of the dial   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on November 2, 2017

The Trial Directed by Orson Welles Written by Orson Welles; adapted by Pierre Cholot from the novel by Franz Kafka 1962/France/West Germany/Italy Paris-Europa Productions/Hisa-Film/Finaciaria Cinematografica Italia First viewing/Netflix rental Joseph K.: I think that’s what the court wants   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 8, 2016

Citizen Kane is so often lauded for the simple fact that never before had a director had so much creative control on a project and exercised it in such an unprecedented fashion, especially given the state of affairs in the Hollywood studio system. It’s an enigma, a stunning debut and...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 8, 2016

Citizen Kane is so often lauded for the simple fact that never before had a director had so much creative control on a project and exercised it in such an unprecedented fashion, especially given the state of affairs in the Hollywood studio system. It’s an enigma, a stunning debut and...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 16, 2015

Tom Neal’s life was like a movie. A tragic one. He was born with the proverbial “silver spoon,” received a quality education at the nation’s finest schools – he was the All-American boy. When he decided to pursue an acting career, he had little trouble getting started, and while his...   read more

Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 15, 2014

What’s a guy to do? To modern audiences, William Talman may be best known as the luckless district attorney Hamilton Burger, who never won a case against TV’s popular defense attorney, Perry Mason. He also appeared in 19 feature films over a span of 18 years, including memorable performances i   read more

Le Mot du Cinephiliaque Posted by Michael on June 2, 2010

The Trial (Orson Welles, 1963) First of all, Orson Welles' films are so dense and deep that this simple review or text does not pretend to condense and analyze the oeuvre that is The Trial adapted from Kafka's novel. His entire career Orson Welles had to fight to get financing...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Google profile on July 30, 2009

About MeBlogger, Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog and more. Please add my Google profile to your circles. While Jonas of All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing! is away in Thailand, I wrote him a guest post for his site. Go check it out: http://talkieking.blogspot.com/2009/07/guest-blogger-raqu   read more

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

While Jonas of All Talking! All Singing! All Dancing! is away in Thailand, I wrote him a guest post for his site. Go check it out: http://talkieking.blogspot.com/2009/07/guest-blogger-raquelle-trial-of-mary.html .   read more