ram·Sep 14Menschen am SonntagThere are films that tell stories, and there are films that preserve moments in time. Menschen am Sonntag (People on Sunday), released in…
Colin Edwards·May 13, 2024‘Time Out of Mind’ or — A Silk Purse and the Power of Multi-layered Music?The story goes that when director Robert Siodmak was given the script to ‘Time out of Mind’ (1947) he told the studio the story wasn’t…
Pauline Montagna·Feb 27, 2024Getting the Hollywood Treatment: The Strange Affair of Uncle HarryAn obscure film from the Golden Age of Hollywood juggles a moral conundrum: should Uncle Harry get away with murder?
Colin Edwards·Apr 24, 2023‘The Suspect’ or — Siodmak’s Sympathy?Robert Siodmak’s ‘The Suspect’ (1944) initially plays out in somewhat similar fashion to Fritz Lang’s ‘Scarlet Street’ (1945) as we watch…
Colin Edwards·Feb 14, 2022‘Phantom Lady’ or — Hats, Hands, Heads and Hard Ons?I knew nothing going into Robert Siodmak’s (although, apparently, the real driving force behind this project was producer Joan Harrison)…
InApplaudiencebyDavid Phelps·Aug 13, 2016Chevalier/SiodmakMaurice Chevalier’s entrance 29 minutes into Robert Siodmak’s Pièges (1939) offers what in Siodmak might be called romantic relief; forever…
