The Rebels Without a Cause of the West: ‘The Plunderers’ (Joseph Pevney, 1960)

This month, Gill from Real Weegie Midget Reviews and Barry from Cinematic Catharsis have decided to join forces again for another co-hosted blogathon and celebrate the diversified career of the versatile character actor John Saxon. I had not seen many of his films before the blogathon announcement. ... Read full article

Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, and Herbert Marshall are involved in a “Crack-Up”

Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, and Herbert Marshall are involved in a “Crack-Up” Crack-Up (1946) is an American film noir directed by Irving Reis and starring Pat O’Brien, Claire Trevor, and Herbert Marshall. The supporting cast includes Ray Collins and Wallace Ford.Art cri... Read full article

The CMBA Fall Blogathon: In the Afterlife (or, Death Goes on a Vacation to Italy)

I have had the film Death Takes a Holiday (1934) in my film collection for decades. Years (like, decades) ago, I started watching it, but I didn’t get very far. So when the CMBA announced its topic for the fall blogathon, I figured this was the perfect opportunity to revisit this feature. (And if ... Read full article

Tom Neal and Ann Savage take a fatal "Detour"

Tom Neal and Ann Savage take a fatal "Detour" Detour (1945) is an American film noir directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and starring Tom Neal and Ann Savage. It was released by Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC), a Poverty Row movie studio that operated during the 1930s and 1940s. Al Roberts (Neal)... Read full article

A Dive into Mystery: ‘Dead of Night’ (Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden and Robert Hamer, 1945)

Yesterday, we celebrated Halloween! Oooooohhh! (that’s the sound of a classic film ghost). And isn’t there a better occasion to talk about spooky movies? Those who make you shiver down your spine, make you worried about looking at a dark corner in your house or have to be followed by bin... Read full article