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2026

La Poison (1951): A Venomous Comedyoriginal ↗
7 May 2026
My blog is 10 years old! Some musings to celebrate the occasionoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2026

2025

A Transatlantic Tragedy on Film--A Night to Remember (1958)original ↗
13 May 2025
From Liverpool to the Silver Screen: Rediscovering the Beatles Through Film, Vol. 1 of ??original ↗
14 Mar 2025

2024

Orpheus in the Underworld--Cocteau styleoriginal ↗
14 Nov 2024
My 5 favorite Powell & Pressburger filmsoriginal ↗
5 Aug 2024
Before The Ten Commandments: Approaching Cecil B. DeMille's Samson and Delilah and The Greatest Show on Earthoriginal ↗
21 May 2024

2023

Fifty Years of Film in 50 .... Months?? The Final Films.original ↗
22 Jan 2023

2022

Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #45: Repulsion, 1965original ↗
6 Jun 2022
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #44: The Night of the Iguana, 1964original ↗
19 May 2022
Harry Carey in Hell Bent (1918) & The Shepherd of the Hills (1941): Part II of The Carey Family in the John Ford Western Universeoriginal ↗
5 May 2022
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #43: 8½, 1963original ↗
25 Mar 2022
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #42: The Days of Wine and Roses, 1962original ↗
15 Mar 2022
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #41: Lover Come Back, 1961original ↗
27 Feb 2022
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #40: Elmer Gantry, 1960original ↗
17 Feb 2022
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #39: Compulsion, 1959original ↗
5 Feb 2022
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #38: The Defiant Ones, 1958original ↗
19 Jan 2022
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #37: What's Opera Doc?, 1957original ↗
10 Jan 2022

2021

Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #36: The Man Who Knew Too Much, 1956original ↗
20 Dec 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #35: We're No Angels, 1955original ↗
8 Dec 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #34: Sansho the Bailiff, 1954original ↗
29 Nov 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #33: Split Second, 1953original ↗
19 Nov 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #32: The Bad and the Beautiful, 1952original ↗
9 Nov 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #31: Miracolo a Milano (Miracle in Milan), 1951original ↗
31 Oct 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #30: Champagne for Caesar, 1950original ↗
21 Oct 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #29: Adam's Rib, 1949original ↗
13 Oct 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #28: Yellow Sky, 1948original ↗
3 Oct 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #27: Body and Soul, 1947original ↗
23 Sept 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #26: To Each His Own, 1946original ↗
12 Sept 2021
The Making of Citizen Kane and the Music of Bernard Herrmann - An Interview with critic Roger L. Halloriginal ↗
10 Sept 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #25: Fallen Angel, 1945original ↗
1 Sept 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #24: A Canterbury Tale, 1944original ↗
22 Aug 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #23: For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1943original ↗
12 Aug 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #22: My Sister Eileen, 1942original ↗
26 Jul 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #21: The Wolf Man, 1941original ↗
13 Jul 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #20: Escape, 1940original ↗
4 Jul 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #19: The Rains Came, 1939original ↗
25 Jun 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #18: Angels with Dirty Faces 1938original ↗
17 Jun 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #17: Draegerman Courage 1937original ↗
10 Jun 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #16: Rembrandt, 1936original ↗
2 Jun 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 Weeks, #15: The Informer, 1935original ↗
25 May 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #14, a 'Hidden Classic': Death Takes a Holiday, 1934original ↗
19 May 2021
Six decades of film Jamesesoriginal ↗
16 May 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #13: The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, 1933original ↗
3 May 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #12: Love Me Tonight, 1932original ↗
26 Apr 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #11: La Chienne, 1931original ↗
19 Apr 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #10: Anna Christie, 1930original ↗
11 Apr 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #9: Rio Rita, 1929original ↗
5 Apr 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #8: Underground, 1928original ↗
28 Mar 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #7: 7th Heaven, 1927original ↗
20 Mar 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #6: For Heaven's Sake, 1926original ↗
13 Mar 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #5: Little Annie Rooney, 1925original ↗
6 Mar 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #4: He Who Gets Slapped, 1924original ↗
26 Feb 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #3: The Covered Wagon, 1923original ↗
19 Feb 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #2: Foolish Wives, 1922original ↗
12 Feb 2021
Fifty Years of Film in 50 weeks, #1: The Wildcat, 1921original ↗
4 Feb 2021
'Dubious' Crime Double Billoriginal ↗
25 Jan 2021

2020

Fun with virtual classic film discussionsoriginal ↗
23 Nov 2020
Medium Cool (1969)original ↗
20 Oct 2020
Answering some fun classic film preference questions for the Sunshine Blogger Award!original ↗
31 Jul 2020
Six favorite films from the '60soriginal ↗
16 May 2020
Revisiting Love Story (1970)original ↗
18 Feb 2020

2019

Two little mid-century British films for the holidaysoriginal ↗
28 Dec 2019
My Boston-area picks for 'Noirvember'original ↗
1 Nov 2019
Alan Ladd blazes down the (Western) trail with 'Branded' (1950)original ↗
3 Sept 2019
Capitolfest 2019 - A feast of extremely rare early filmsoriginal ↗
14 Aug 2019
August Classic Film Offerings in Greater Bostonoriginal ↗
26 Jul 2019
A musician's perspective on recording and performing film scores: from City Lights to Star Warsoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2019
Five Favorite films from the Fabulous Fifties!original ↗
16 May 2019
Lana Turner--femme fatale (?) in JOHNNY EAGER (1942)original ↗
19 Apr 2019
Planning my schedule--sort of--at the 10th Annual TCM Film Festivaloriginal ↗
30 Mar 2019
'Edmond O'Brien: Everyman of Film Noir' book review & author Q&Aoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2019
Another silent gem making the rounds - The Ancient Law screens hereoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2019

2018

Anthony Caruso's collaborations with Alan Laddoriginal ↗
15 Dec 2018
Outlaws hiding out in Custer's cavalry in Warpath (1951)original ↗
16 Nov 2018
61* -- A 21st century baseball movie for classic film loversoriginal ↗
21 Oct 2018
Ingmar Bergman's Autumn Sonata (40th anniversary) and Liv Ullmann's character revelationoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2018
When in Rome...Fun at Capitolfest 2018original ↗
22 Aug 2018
Book review: The Life and Times of Sydney Greenstreetoriginal ↗
18 Jul 2018
The comfort of Buster Keaton's short filmsoriginal ↗
16 May 2018
TCM Film Festival 2018 Highlightsoriginal ↗
9 May 2018
My 2018 TCM Film Festival Schedule!original ↗
8 Apr 2018
Book Review: Herbert Marshall, A Biography, by Scott O'Brienoriginal ↗
22 Mar 2018
Agnès Varda's turn at an Oscaroriginal ↗
25 Feb 2018
Volcanos and fiery conversation: An afternoon with Werner Herzogoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2018
Werner Herzog's Nosferatu, The Vampyre (1979)original ↗
24 Jan 2018

2017

Looking forward to 2018 in Filmoriginal ↗
31 Dec 2017
Brian Donlevy, the "Good Bad Guy" - Book Review & Author Intervieworiginal ↗
16 Dec 2017
The film collaborations of Luis Buñuel and Hugo Butler in Mexicooriginal ↗
19 Nov 2017
William Wellman - Part 1: Four early filmsoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2017
'Best Film' lists Crowd-Sourcedoriginal ↗
13 Oct 2017
Ann Harding will not be eclipsed in the delightful pre-code Double Harness (1933)original ↗
21 Aug 2017
Celebrating Robert Mitchum's centennial with The Friends of Eddie Coyleoriginal ↗
7 Aug 2017
'Gunman's Walk' - An Underseen 1950s Westernoriginal ↗
17 May 2017
May 2017 Greater Boston Classic Film Screenings -- My Picksoriginal ↗
5 May 2017
Previewing the BSFO's new score for Harold Lloyd's 'The Freshman'original ↗
1 May 2017
TCM Film Festival Highlights -- 2017 Editionoriginal ↗
20 Apr 2017
My Picks for April Boston-area Classic Film Screeningsoriginal ↗
2 Apr 2017
And even more decisions -- my plan for TCM Film Festival 2017original ↗
30 Mar 2017
The inspiration for 'M' as told in Gordian Maugg's 2016 Fritz Langoriginal ↗
20 Mar 2017
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