Hollywood Story (1951) William Castle Before he became the gimmick master of thrillers and horror movies in the late ‘50s, William Castle...

I'm very excited to discuss the reissue of a film noir box set many people missed when it went out of print last year, Film Noir: The...

I'm delighted to announce the publication of my first book, Men Don't Read: The Unlikely Story of the Guys Book Club. No, it's not about...

Right now I'm only posting the video version of my report on new releases in film noir and neo-noir. Thanks for watching!

The Big Operator (1959) Charles F. Haas If you'd rather watch this review, here you go: Recycling? Not a new thing, not at all. Movie...

If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...

Veronika Voss (1982) Rainer Werner Fassbinder One of the great pleasures of watching movies is the sense of discovery, particularly with...

Mon Oncle (1958) directed by Jacques Tati I usually don’t get this personal in my reviews, and certainly not this early in the post, but...

As I mentioned last month, my "What I Watched" postings, will be very stripped down this year. You'll see that February was a pretty slim...

If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...

A few days ago I posted an announcement on social media that our library’s next virtual movie discussion was open for registration. On...

Today's posting, as well as future "What I Watched" postings, will be very stripped down. Time is tight these days, and I wish I could go...

If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...

For a few years now, I've been writing the occasional blog post about my experiences growing up with movies. Today I'm beginning a video...

If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...

At the end of each year I try to compile all the movies I spent the most time thinking about through the year. These aren’t necessarily...

(Last year's Part I and Part II) A brief introduction: I watched a fair amount of film noir in 2021, but not nearly as many as I saw in...

Last year's westerns I don’t know exactly when I picked up my newfound interest in westerns, but I suspect it had something to do with...

(Last year's discoveries) I place science fiction and horror together since they were often connected in the days of early cinema, a time...

(Last year's list here) If you know me, you know that most of my movie-watching consists of films from 40, 50, 60 or more years ago. I...