Classic Films in Focus: OUT OF THE FOG (1941)

Director Anatole Litvak's Out of the Fog (1941) delivers on the promised atmosphere, with fog heavy piers and dark alleys providing a moody setting for this story of Brooklyn's waterfront working class, but the tone veers away from true noir thanks to the sympathetic and often very funny characters ... Read full article

THE 7TH ANNUAL FAVOURITE TV SHOW EPISODE BLOGATHON: Barney Miller, Fog 1980

Terence Towles Canote at A Shroud of Thoughts is hosting his Seventh Annual Favourite TV Show Episode Blogathon. Click HERE to access this year's contributions.FOGSeason 6, Episode 22First aired May 8, 1980Directed by Noam PitlikStory by Mark Brull, Teleplay by Frank Dungan, Jeff Stein, Tony Sheehan... Read full article

From the Archives: Footsteps in the Fog ( 1955 )

Jean Simmons and Stewart Granger are featured in this publicity photo for the London-set drama/thriller "Footsteps in the Fog" released by Columbia Pictures in 1955. This was the fourth and last film that Simmons and Granger, who were a wedded couple, made together. From the Archives is our latest... Read full article

The Lodger: A Tale of the London Fog (1927)

What’s striking about Alfred Hitchcock is the sheer breadth of his work and how his career managed to take him in so many directions as he continued to evolve and experiment with his craft from silent pictures, to talkies, then Hollywood, and all the way into the modern blockbuster age. And ye... Read full article

King of the Rocket Men (1949, Fred C. Brannon), Chapter 10: The Deadly Fog

The Deadly Fog is a clip chapter. Sadly, the fog doesn’t refer to the misting effect when Deadly goes into flashback to the moments from the first three chapters. After another lackluster cliffhanger resolution, Tristram Coffin ignores the weapon of mass destruction in a nearby car–he re... Read full article