The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on January 27, 2011

The world of ballet is quite a demanding profession.  Physically, it takes years of practice, tough training, a certain amount of comfort in tights and can take a real tole on one’s feet.  In The Turning Point, we see that the honor of touring with a ballet company can mean...   read more

Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on June 9, 2009

Released in the same year as Robert Wise’s The Captive City, William Dieterle’s The Turning Point covers similar territory: The corrosive effect of the rackets on the post-war American way of life. The film’s primary mission was to deglamorize the mobster, to teach audiences that a   read more

Critica Retro Posted by Lê on November 30, -0001

Tributo de Sangue (1952) / The Turning Point (1952) Quando eu estava me preparando para assistir a “Tributo de Sangue” (1952) no Internet Archive, percebi que ele estava categorizado como “filme noir tardio”. É uma categoria estranha, e mais estranha ainda se considera   read more