4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 28, 2022

“It’s so stupid and pointless to be alive in the morning and dead in the afternoon.” There’s a lovely contradiction in crafting a De Luxe noir in Cinemascope. It’s visually luscious and still shot on the kind of cheapo budget Richard Fleischer was able to make sing ear   read more

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on November 5, 2014

If you think people get rowdy on Fridays, then you haven’t seen people on a Violent Saturday. The joke may be poor, but Twilight Time’s release of Richard Fleischer’s 1955 crime drama is a notch above. Violent Saturday is a mix of pulpy melodrama and film noir, Peyton Place on...   read more