Posts Tagged ‘Robert Mitchum’
Episode 155 – The Killer and The Marvels
Back from a long hiatus, we catch up with the much-publicized MCU flop, The Marvels, and David Fincher‘s Netflix thriller, The Killer. Both hosts talk about what they’ve been up to while away from their microphones, and for the streaming homework, we discuss the 1947…
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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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Film Review – A Walk Among The Tombstones
The era of “Badass Liam Neeson” continues with A Walk Among The Tombstones (2014). Unlike his previous outings, this is not a high-octane action film. It’s quieter, a bit more methodical, and although Neeson does traverse familiar territory in terms of performance, there is something…
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Noir City at SIFF – Angel Face
The title of Otto Preminger’s Angel Face (1952) works perfectly in describing the seemingly innocent façade of both its characters and the film itself. This is a great film noir, a story that keeps us guessing even when we think we have everything locked down.…
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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