NEW & COMING SOON

Newest film reviews:

    1. The Sea Wolf (1941, Michael Curtiz) added 20 December 2024
    2. I Wake Up Screaming (1941, H. Bruce Humberstone) added 10 December 2024
    3. The Maltese Falcon (1941, John Huston) added 7 December 2024
    4. Red-Headed Woman (1932, Jack Conway) added 23 November 2024
    5. Laura (1944, Otto Preminger) added 12 November 2024
    6. The Battle of Algiers (1966, Gillo Pontecorvo) added 8 November 2024
    7. The Cloud-Capped Star (1960, Ritwik Ghatak) added 12 October 2024
    8. Nathalie Granger (1972, Marguerite Duras) added 19 September 2024
    9. Cairo Station (1958, Youssef Chahine) added 11 September 2024
    10. Get Out (2017, Jordan Peele) added 10 August 2024

Coming soon from my book:

In 2022 I reacquired the rights to my book, and I’m posting the revised chapters on this site. 97 done, 3 to go.

  1. Phone Call from a Stranger (1952, Jean Negulesco)
  2. Chase a Crooked Shadow (1958, Michael Anderson)
  3. Diva (1981, Jean-Jacques Beineix)

New content coming soon:

These are only a sample of my current high priorities. The order may change, or I might get to other movies first.

  1. Contempt (1963, Jean-Luc Godard)
  2. Mouchette (1967, Robert Bresson)
  3. An Autumn Afternoon (1962, Yasujiro Ozu)
  4. Journey to Italy (1954, Roberto Rossellini)
  5. Equinox Flower (1958, Yasujiro Ozu)
  6. Nazarín (1959, Luis Buñuel)
  7. Good Morning (1959, Yasujiro Ozu)
  8. The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982, Peter Greenaway)
  9. Dead Reckoning (1947, John Cromwell)
  10. Frenzy (1972, Alfred Hitchcock)