The most outstanding bit about Suddenly (1954, Dir. Lewis Allen) is its plotline. Gangsters led by Frank Sinatra’s John Baron hold up a family hostage in order to secure the perfect vantage point to assassinate their target, who happens to be the president of the United States of America. Evocative […]
Sterling Hayden
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Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 masterpiece is finally coming to BluRay from Criterion on June 28th. This film brilliantly satirized the fears and anxiety surrounding the mounting tensions between the United States and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War era. Sterling Hayden stars as Jack D. Ripper, an Air Force general who […]
Before Robert Altman’s Neo Noir The Long Goodbye (1973) which revolves around the character of private detective Philip Marlowe, another film was made called Marlowe (1969) starring James Garner in the title role. If you watch both these films back to back you can clearly see the differences. One is […]