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 twisted fantasies (aided and abetted by producer Ross Hunter), Sirk helmed several glorious black and white women-in-peril psychological thrillers. Sleep, My Love is one of them. […]
1948
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Vittorio De Sica’s 1948 masterpiece THE BICYCLE THIEVES arrives on BluRay March 29th from the Criterion Collection. Lamberto Maggiorani stars as Antonio Ricci, a poor man who gets a chance to support his family again with a new job posting ads around Rome. The only problem is he needs a […]
Every now and then we at Furious Cinema turn to one of our favorite classic genres, the western. We’ve previously posted a list of 50 Furious Westerns, and to build on that, we’re launching a series of in-depth looks at some classics of the genre. No rules. This is the fourth […]
Director John Huston’s 1948 masterpiece The Treasure of The Sierra Madre is a morality tale disguised as an adventure film. It opens in 1920s Mexico, the town of Tampico. Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) casually asks any American he sees to take him for a meal (look for a cameo […]