Film Noir Classics: SLEEP, MY LOVE
Before celebrated director Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession, Imitation of Life) hit his stride and became Hollywood’s go-to person for the multi-color projection of America’s...
Author: Josiah Howard
CRIMEWATCH: The Taking of Pelham One-Two-Three
I’ve never much cared for the title The Taking of Pelham One Two Three. To me it’s clumsy and uninformative. I much prefer the...
The Panic in Needle Park
Every actor has a breakout film and Al Pacino is no different. Although he appeared in a small role in 1969’s Me, Natalie, it...
Hitchcock
Hollywood loves stories about Hollywood, so the idea of a film about director Alfred Hitchcock’s experience making Psycho seemed like a sure winner: a...
THE OMEN
One of the top grossing films of 1976, The Omen is a supernatural thriller that, though sometimes heavy on exposition, scripture and appropriation, remains...
A STAR IS BORN
What is there to say about a film whose story is such a winner that it has now been made for the fourth time...
Bette Davis in DEAD RINGER
Dead Ringer: A person or thing that seems exactly like someone or something else. You have to admit that the idea of taking over...
Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman
The trailer for Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman is deceiving: this is definitely not a black/white buddy comedy. Ripped from the headlines, BlacKkKlansman is instead, a...
Alfred Hitchcock’s THE BIRDS
Okay, I’ll admit it: The Birds never scared me—not even as a child. Still, on the 55th anniversary of the picture’s release, Alfred Hitchcock’s...
Skyscraper
A melding of The Towering Inferno and Die Hard, Skyscraper is an actioner right for the times. Dwayne Johnson is Will Sawyer, a former...
