The ‘paranoia trilogy’ (Movie review): But it’s not paranoia if it really happened, and that’s the case in one of the all-time best non-fictional accounts of newspaper reporting.
The ‘paranoia trilogy’ (Movie review): Rightly known for launching a new decade of noir style, Alan J. Pakula’s masterpiece is even more impressive as a romance.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): Starring Cotten and Welles, this is one of the definitive film noirs, elevated by great dialog and fascinating oddities.
Book club book report (and movie review): Smith’s book and Raimi’s film show good people’s disturbingly mundane descent into evil.
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): The best movie of the first year of the millennium works on additional levels as time goes by.
Movie review: Takashi Yamazaki’s character-driven prequel to 1954’s “Godzilla” illustrates the changing Japanese culture after WWII.
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): You usually can’t go wrong with Hitchcock, Grant and Fontaine, but “Suspicion” goes a little bit wrong.
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): One of Hitchcock’s most stripped-down movies is also among his least surprising.
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie reviews): Hitchcock knew a lot more about moviemaking by the time he took a second crack at this story of an average family thrown into international intrigue.
On a Hitchcock kick (Movie review): The chemistry of Bergman and Peck propels this early filmic exploration of the human mind.