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Michael Powell’s Peeping Tom (1960): Take Me to Your Cinema!
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Part of The British Invasion Blogathon. I first saw this peculiar film about ten years ago, sometime when I was still in grad school. I can’t remember why; I must have stumbled across it at the very fine Four Star Video Heaven, which is—somewhat miraculously—still in business. Neither am I sure read more
Hitchcock Double Vision: “Blackmail” and “North by Northwest”
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Det. Frank Webber (John Longren), Alice White (Anny Ondra), and Mr. White (Charles Paton) On Tuesday, June 18, I got to see the silent and sound versions of Hitchcock’s Blackmail (1929) back to back at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences theater on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles read more
Pre-Code Blogathon: Murder at the Vanities (1934)—Murder Is the Least of It
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The following is my contribution to the fabulous Pre-Code Blogathon, hosted by Shadows and Satin and Pre-Code.com. Even if you’ve seen some of the now-classic pre-code films, like “Night Nurse” (1931), “Freaks” (1932), or “I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang” read more
King and Country (1964): World War I Blogathon
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This post is a part of the fantastic World War I in Classic Film blogathon hosted by the always intriguing Movies Silently and Silent-ology – go read the other excellent posts! One of the great—and somewhat overlooked—films about World War I was originally made for television in Britai read more
Looking for FREE streaming films?
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Check out Open Culture’s huge listings! http://www.openculture.com/freemoviesonline Here are some of the treats* awaiting you (chosen at Random, of course): Spider Baby – A black comedy horror film, written and directed by Jack Hill. Stars Lon Chaney Jr. (1968) The Testament of Dr. Mabuse read more
Peter Lorre’s Dr. Gogol in Mad Love (1935): The Great Villain Blogathon
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Like most movie watchers of my generation, I probably first saw the actual Peter Lorre in “Casablanca” (1942). He doesn’t have a lot of screen time, but he’s hard to forget. My first exposure to Peter Lorre, however, and perhaps also like a lot of folks my generation, was th read more
AFI Fest 2014: “Réalité” and “Alléluia”
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I’m not sure why every screening at the AFI’s annual Fest isn’t packed, regardless of the day or time. It’s FREE. F.R.E.E. I have a ticket to see Sophia freakin’ Loren honored at a screening of Marriage Italian Style (1964, Vittorio de Sica). Technically, it’s a read more
Sunday Random Weekly Roundup
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Welcome back, dear readers–all five or so of you. read more