awolverton773 hours ago3 minHollywood Story (1951), or "Richard Conte Lite"Hollywood Story (1951) William Castle Before he became the gimmick master of thrillers and horror movies in the late ‘50s, William Castle...
awolverton77May 141 minFilm Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema Vol. 1 ReissueI'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...
awolverton77May 51 minAnnouncing My New Book: Men Don't ReadI'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...
awolverton77Apr 261 minFilm Noir New Releases for May 2022Right now I'm only posting the video version of my report on new releases in film noir and neo-noir. Thanks for watching!
awolverton77Apr 183 minForgotten Film Noir? The Big Operator (1959)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...
awolverton77Apr 15 minFilm Noir New Releases for April 2022If 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,...
awolverton77Mar 154 minFantasy, Reality, Love, and Tragedy in Rainer Werner Fassbinder's Veronika Voss (1982)Veronika Voss (1982) Rainer Werner Fassbinder One of the great pleasures of watching movies is the sense of discovery, particularly with...
awolverton77Mar 94 minMy Most Important Movie of the Year? Mon Oncle (1958)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...
awolverton77Mar 11 minWhat I Watched in February 2022As 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...
awolverton77Feb 287 minFilm Noir New Releases for March 2022If 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,...
awolverton77Feb 273 minLet's Talk About Roger Ebert...A few days ago I posted an announcement on social media that our library’s next virtual movie discussion was open for registration. On...
awolverton77Feb 11 minWhat I Watched in January 2022Today'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...
awolverton77Jan 287 minFilm Noir New Releases for February 2022If 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,...
awolverton77Jan 71 minGrowing Up with Movies: The Video EditionsFor 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...
awolverton77Jan 56 minFilm Noir New Releases for January 2022If 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,...
awolverton77Dec 24, 20213 minBest Discoveries of 2021: My Top 10At 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...
awolverton77Dec 24, 20218 minBest Discoveries of 2021: Film Noir(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...
awolverton77Dec 23, 20217 minBest Discoveries of 2021: WesternsLast 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...
awolverton77Dec 19, 20217 minBest Discoveries of 2021: SF and Horror(Last year's discoveries) I place science fiction and horror together since they were often connected in the days of early cinema, a time...
awolverton77Dec 15, 20216 minBest Discoveries of 2021: The 2000s(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...