Professor Gokester·Nov 3Double Indemnity (1944)This shot from Double Indemnity is film noir at its finest. You have the smoke, the shadows, the Venetian blinds. It is an exercise in…
Larrylambert·Feb 210 Facts Abou the TV Show, “The Big Valley”It was a good, but not great western.A response icon4A response icon4
Rino Ingenito·Jun 11, 2025“The Steel Inside the Smile: Barbara Stanwyck’s Ruthless Rise and the Cold Cost of Stardom.”Hollywood’s ultimate survivor played femme fatales with ease — but behind the curtain, she lived a life marked by ambition, estrangement…A response icon2A response icon2
InThe Film Project: 150 Favorite MoviesbyDave Wheelroute·May 23, 2025150 Favorite Movies: #96 — The Lady Eve“You know you shouldn’t draw to an inside straight.”A response icon1A response icon1
Carrie Hayes·May 7, 2025Random thoughts for Mother’s DayA brief meditation on mom-isms, the Suzuki method and sacrificeA response icon1A response icon1
vic fortezza·Apr 24, 2023Bonne Soiree, Mes AmisCue Vanity Fare’s Hitchin’ a Ride (Mitch Murray/Peter Callander). Photo from Google Images:
Irene Triendl·Aug 3, 2022A certain tendency in psychoanalytical film criticismThere’s something about psychoanalysis in film criticism that has been bugging me since uni: when it’s just too damn tenuous.
Colin Edwards·Apr 24, 2022‘The Strange Love of Martha Ivers’ or — A Poisonous Microcosm?It’s a wholly reasonable question to ask of ‘The Strange Love of Martha Ivers’ (1946) — exactly what sort of movie is this? Is it a…
InMystery On ScreenbyNeeraja V·Sep 21, 2021Dancing in the Dark: Lady of Burlesque (1943)The Hays Code couldn’t do much to this squeaky clean but entertaining film about strippers, vaudeville and murder.
Maria Graceffo·Feb 5, 2021Barbara Stanwyck: Beyond Big ValleyI used to watch Barbara Stanwyck in re-runs of The Big Valley when I was a kid. She was the luminous matriarch of the Barkley family, with…
