Posts Tagged ‘Charles Laughton’
An Appreciation – The Night of the Hunter
When The Night of the Hunter (1955) was first released, it was a financial and critical failure. But like many great films, it endured beyond its initial reception to become an embraced classic. Part of the reason why we remember it over a half century…
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An Appreciation – Do the Right Thing
In preparation to write on Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989), I ran across an interview where Lee described being asked why he went with an ambiguous ending rather than providing straight answers to the problem of racism. Lee, understandably, responded with confusion. If…
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Top 5 – Directorial Debuts
Another Top 5 segment from The MacGuffin. This time Allen and Brandi share their top 5 directorial debuts. This segment is also available on Stitcher, iTunes and YouTube. The audio version can be downloaded directly from here. After you’ve watched the video please vote in…
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What We’re Watching – 1/19/2012
Ah, winter. The time when my usual routine of watching a lot of stuff turns into “really watching a lot of stuff,” what with it being dreary outside most of the time. Here are a few things that have distracted me during the last stretch…
READ MOREEpisode 68 – The Magic of Harry Potter
A look back at the history of Harry Potter in advance of the release of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part I, a discussion of Paul Haggis’ career before the release of The Next Three Days, and the episode closes out with the DVD…
READ MORETop Horror Films – #28 – The Night of the Hunter
The Night of the Hunter 1955; directed by Charles Laughton; screenplay by James Agee, from the novel by Davis Grubb Allen: A haunting masterpiece. Charles Laughton’s first and only directorial feature, the film was not a success at first, but over the decades has become…
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