Monthly Archives: September 2020

CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” Hugh Hudson’s “Revolution,” like Michael Cimino’s “Heaven’s Gate” was a film that was in the wrong place at the wrong time. A decade earlier and it might have had a better reception, but 1983 was not the … Continue reading →

CAUTION: Contains “spoilers.” It’s interesting to compare the two sound versions of Robert Hitchens’ venerable melodramatic novel Bella Donna. The British film of 1934 offers Cedric Hardwicke as a crafty physician and Conrad Veidt in brown-face as a vile Egyptian … Continue reading →

Caution: Contains “spoilers.” After the lauded Carol Reed, Lance Comfort probably came closest to being Britain’s noir specialist during it 1940s heyday with films like “Hatter’s Castle” and “Daughter of Darkness” to his credit. Vera Caspary was a novelist best … Continue reading →