Humphrey Bogart

They Drive by Night (1940)

next : vomited in a movie

The Unholy Three ('25 and '30)

next : fave Loretta Young film in the 30s

I never get tired of A FACE IN THE CROWD (which is a good thing since they air it so much, lol) so decided to dive in again. Now, some of you might know that my recent great will power (not when it comes to Lay's Dill Pickle potato chips) concerning maintaining a calm attitude towards a certain mai...

...and she's fearless about jumping in the ocean without full assurance she is going to be rescued. The movie is a fraud (no one noticed it back them as films were relegated to the memory hole after first run. An so it escaped calumny.)

I have to confess that I've never truly understood VERTIGO, much less why it's been on Top Ten lists as one of the greatest American movies. I have less of a problem with Scottie than I do with dumb needy masochistic Judy, putty in the hands of controlling men to be sure. Everyone in this story is ...

Au hasard Balthazar (1966). Parallel stories of donkey and French village girl each suffering unrelenting cases of "sh!t happens". This is one of those movies where I wonder what the critics who select the films for lists like the Sight and Sound all-time lists are smoking. It's not a bad...

Where Angels Fear to Tread ('91)

Rachel Portman

next : Favorite Dietrich film of the 30s

Peter Lorre

N : desperado

Rose Marie

Did she ruin her voice due to all that singing when a child?

next : especially pretty hair

Airplane!

: - )

next : unintentionally funny

John Garfield was sensationally understated, he was there to be Harry Morgan and without any frills or excessive show. Garfield, despite his already successful career, was just getting started. Woe to the world that he should pass so untimely early. I think he was Tennessee Williams's original choi...

Fiddler on the Roof

N : an important scene in a restaurant

Young Frankenstein

next : existential premise

John Garfield was sensationally understated, he was there to be Harry Morgan and without any frills or excessive show. Garfield, despite his already successful career, was just getting started. Woe to the world that he should pass so untimely early.

Body Heat ('81)

next : favorite insect movie