Category: 40’s
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Too Late for Tears (1949) Directed by Byron Haskin Film noir’s most implacable obsessions permeate the mood of this caustic post-war noir. Greed, lust and murder! Lizabeth Scott plays the sinister, venomous […]
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) Directed by Sam Wood Sam Wood’s most anti-Sam Wood film is a political paradox for its director, a triumph for its actors and a great addition […]
Pick for the Weekend: Le Tempestaire (1947)
– Le Tempestaire is the movie for the weekend. In this section every Saturday or Sunday Celluloid Dimension picks a movie for the weekend. The selections are preferably underrated movies or neglected movies that […]
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Pick for the Weekend: Comrade X (1940)
– Comrade X is the movie for the weekend. In this section every Saturday or Sunday Celluloid Dimension picks a movie for the weekend. The selections are preferably underrated movies or neglected movies that […]
The Face Behind the Mask (1941)
The Face Behind the Mask (1941) Directed by Robert Florey Robert Florey’s pessimistic vision of American romanticism is not consistently successful – there is more style than content – but the personal […]
Journey into Fear (1943)
Journey into Fear (1943) Directed by Norman Foster Speculation casts doubt on the authorship of this film – although Orson Welles has ruled out having any relevance or omnipresence in the direction, […]
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Mighty Joe Young (1949) Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack It doesn’t have the groundbreaking perfection of King Kong but thank goodness it doesn’t have the rushed clumsiness of Son of Kong either. Mighty […]
The Big Steal (1949)
The Big Steal (1949) Directed by Don Siegel Don Siegel’s 1949 film is a thrilling cinematic jumble. Hollywood’s bad boy – a fitting sobriquet for Robert Mitchum, who at the time was […]
Criss Cross (1949)
Criss Cross (1949) Directed by Robert Siodmak The quintessential noir philosophy “I didn’t get the money and I didn’t get the woman” immortalized by the dour fatalistic prose of Billy Wilder’s Double […]
Impractical love and marital controversies in David Lean’s Brief Encounter
– Dr. Alec Harvey: Forgive me? – Laura Jesson: Forgive you for what? – Dr. Alec Harvey: For everything. For meeting you, in the first place. For taking the piece of grit […]
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Grindhouse Fest: Late Night Trains (1975)
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Blue Rita (1977)
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