Monthly Archives: October 2019

Back in the 1940s, producer Val Lewton re-defined horror movies with a series of stylish tales, heavy on morality and set in such disparate locales as contemporary Manhattan, 1912 Greece and Victorian Edinburgh, films in which place became a character … Continue reading →

Apparently Martin Scorsese has offended some folks by denigrating the current spate of super-hero movies. He has apparently gone so far as to state that he doesn’t consider them movies. Well, any drama recorded on film–be it “Potemkin” or “Reefer … Continue reading →

CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” Jack Hively’s “Street of Chance” (1942) can be described as ‘a lively little B-movie,’ but that hardly begins to do it justice. Cornell Woolrich’s series of “Black” novels are thought by some to be his finest achievements … Continue reading →