I have been watching episodes of Midsomer Murders on Youtube via Bing (to avoid the ads). I think it's a good show and I'm hooked. I like the murder...

Just a note. My new Kickstarter for STRANDED (1927) has abut a week to run.

Shirley Mason stars as a no-talent girl from Iowa who heads to Hollywood...

After 72 years, it will be legal to put fuel in your own car.
That leaves only New Jersey as a full serve only state.

I was watching Il Bidone on my DVR recording and it went from boxed/ pan and scan to full screen at completely random times. For instance, when...

Not bad.
G.C.

Fine WWII flick.

G.C.

Got to watch it yesterday with the kids. Good flick, especially in the 3D version.

There is something comforting about watching a very...

The Sailor from Gibraltar (1967) Based on a book by Marguerite Duras.

I was intrigued by the poster as a teenager and wanted to see this film, also...

Very interesting development from A.I. researchers in China.

Monsieur Hire (1989) , written and directed by Patrice Leconte.

When a young woman is murdered in a robbery, an odd little tailor is suspected. Why?...

I Confess (1953) , directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

My wife asked What was that one with Montgomery Clift as a priest...? I might not have gotten this...

This film from 1907 is the only adaptation of the tale of Genevieve de Brabant.

For those Proustians out there, it lacks the infamous Golo chase...

Canterbury Tale, A (1944) , written, produced and directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.

At the train station of the last stop before...

Peter Pan (1924) , directed by Herbert Brenon.

I haven't made a study of Peter Pan in film -- I still have to get to Disney's Peter Pan (1953) --...

Planet of the Vampires (1965) , directed by Mario Bava.

That should be zombies rather than vampires , but American International picked the English...

Portrait of Jennie (1948) , directed by William Dieterle.

Struggling painter Joseph Cotten needs inspiration, something to give his life meaning....

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) - Blu-ray

w/ Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart and Christopher Lee. Plus Valerie Gaunt. Screenplay by...

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) , directed by Alexander Mackendrick.

Piracy and High Adventure on the High Seas!

That's a bit misleading, making it...

The Harvey Girls (1946) , directed by George Sidney.

How the West was won: by singing and dancing waitresses!

The thesis is worth considering: when...

Alice in the Cities (1974) , directed by Wim Wenders.

A German journalist has not gotten a story he wanted during a road trip across America: he...

The End of the Affair (1955) , directed by Edward Dmytryk.

I did not see this until after watching Neil Jordan's wonderful version, The End of the...

Man of the Moment (1935) A feel-good romantic comedy about a plain secretary (Laura La Plante), who has given up on love, and life, until...

Drunken Angel (1948) , directed by Akira Kurosawa.

The intertwined stories of an alcoholic doctor (Takashi Shimura) and a yakuza (Toshirô Mifune,...

I've launched my 23rd Kickstarter

Elaine Hammerstein and Forrest Stanley star in this romantic drama from Columbia Pictures. One of the few...

Edge of Darkness (1985) , directed by Martin Campbell.

It was the time of the preacher
in the year of oh-one
Now the preachin' is over
and the...

Ben Hur (1925) , directed by Fred Niblo.

From a time when cast of thousands really meant something. The sea battle is beyond belief, totally...

Mother! (2017) , written and directed by Darren Aronofsky.

With time and usage myths become nursery fables. Weird but not terribly provoking. It is...

Pandora's Box (1929) , directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst.

I was only vaguely aware of Louise Brooks, a silent film beauty with a brief career who...

Wild Bill (1995) , directed by Walter Hill.

Vignettes from the violent life of Wild Bill Hickock, sometimes lawman and always dangerous. It all...

Wilderness Survival for Girls (2004) , written, produced, edited and directed by Eli B. Despres and Kim Roberts.

It is a pleasure to recommend small...

I'm in London at the moment and saw the English-language premiere of A Little Life, a play directed by Ivo van Hove, based on the novel by Hanya...

Count Dracula's Great Love (aka El gran amor del conde Drácula ) (1973) - Blu-ray

w/ Paul Naschy, Rossana Yanni, Haydée Politoff, Mirta Miller,...

Count Dracula (aka El Conde Dracula ) (1970) - Tubi

w/ Christopher Lee, Herbert Lom (as Professor Van Helsing), Klaus Kinski (as Renfield), Maria...

From the outfit that let loose Mike Hammer in its Blu-ray Disc edition of I, the Jury , comes a BD of the 1954 adaptation of another hard-boiled,...

A seemingly major selling point of La femme bourreau ( A Woman Kills ) is scenes of Paris during the tumultuous month of May 1968 .

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