Silver and Ursini's Film Noir Reader 4 has two essays on Gun Crazy , Gun Crazy and Violently Happy: Gun Crazy , plus Covert Narrative Strategies to Contain and Punish Women in The Big Heat and The Big Combo . In Film Noir (Robson 2005), the author analyzes the eighteen movies that he argues advanced...

I will leave the indepth synopses and analyses to Mr. Arkadin, but to put your mind at ease.... Killer of Sheep refers to the protagonist's employment in a slaughterhouse, but the story takes place (except for two or three shots) in the neighborhood. I cannot readily think of a more humanistic film....

Mr. & Mrs ChiO wish Mrs. Dewey the happiest of birthdays!

"I was so much older then/I'm younger than that now."

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I wish I could say Johnny Staccato because I am such an admirer of John Cassavetes, but, alas, I never saw it. I guess that leaves Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files . Between Maverick and The Rockford Files , Jim Garner was the coolest guy ever to have a leading role on a TV show who wasn't named S...

During a typical weekday, I watch: Seinfeld (2 or 3 episodes -- was and still a fan), The Andy Griffith Show (2 episodes, but only if Don Knotts is involved), The Dick Van Dyke Show , Taxi , and Cheers . Of current sitcoms, I do enjoy (though not a rabid viewer): Scrubs , 30 Rock , The Office (right...

And to close my listening day, my three favorite, make-the-hairs-on-the-back-of-my-neck-stand-up, soul performances: "Tonight we'll meet/At the Dark End of the Street " -- James Carr [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1X_BiZBCgH4[/youtube] And its deconstruction by Clarence Carter -- ...

I haven't gone through all of these hip, hep, and cool pages, so if these faves are repeats...well, just listen again. "What makes your big head so hard?" -- Louis Jordan: Caldonia [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB-7tE07qms[/youtube] Someone may have been D.O.A., but not Illinois ...

On Martin Luther King Day (Jan. 21), TCM is showing two features and three shorts by Charles Burnett. Killer of Sheep (1977) @ 8:00pm (EST) The Horse (1973) @ 9:40pm My Brother's Wedding (1983) @ 10:00pm When It Rains (1995) @ 11:30pm Several Friends (1969) @ 12:00am Since seeing Killer of Sheep at ...

I had a similar moment a couple of months ago -- spending a hour in the musty store, finding nothing of interest, while leaving I glance at the as-of-yet-unpriced new arrivals, and there it was... Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die (Nevins), and in beautiful condition. When I asked abou...

As a general proposition, I focus far more on directors than "stars", but Johnny Depp 's talent frightens me. He may go down has one of the greatest stars and actors in history. To top it off, he isn't bad looking. How else would the CARRIBEAN franchise be tolerable? And having just seen S...

Sorry for dredging up an old thread, but cut the newbie some slack.... Siodmak is wonderful, Wilder superb. Preminger is great. Lang has quantity and quality. Welles...well, my favorite director, period. But this thread cannot die without a mention of Anthony Mann . STRANGE IMPERSONATION (1946) T-ME...

Thank you for the gracious welcome, Moiria and Dewey. Always happy to watch and read about film noir . Joseph H. Lewis is an interesting problem for auteurists -- the films are distinctive, but I have some difficulty comparing SECRETS OF A CO-ED with TERROR IN A TEXAS TOWN . There probably is a comm...

My favorite has become Gun Crazy , which I watched five times in December and probably another five times earlier in the year. In some respects, it seems odd to like it so much in that some of the typical film noir elements are missing or relatively minor. Most of the action occurs during the day. I...

Each poster has made excellent points in favor of his or her choice. Unfortunately, if I had been a member when this started, one of the movies would never have received a vote from me and I would have stopped voting for the other around Round 3 -- though I certainly understand why most people love ...

My favorite comedy -- American, talking, or otherwise -- is easily Duck Soup.

Number 2 is easy, too -- Dr. Strangelove.

Maybe laughing about war is cathartic for me. Must be some Baby Boomer/Cold War syndrome.

After that, it depends on the day -- so today it's The Plot Against Harry.