The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 (2018) Dan Callahan McFarland & Company Trade paperback, 242 pages Includes 28 photos,...

Edmond O’Brien: Everyman of Film Noir (2018) Derek Sculthorpe McFarland & Company 246 pages Includes an appendix of O’Brien’s...

He’s the voice of the Magic Mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), the first movie I ever saw in a theater, which means that...

Even though there's plenty of time to squeeze in another movie or two in 2020, I think this is going to do it. What a year... My December...

Continuing my journey through the decades with the best movies I watched for the first time from the 1930s. I'm a little better versed on...

By request (okay, so it was a request from only two people), I’m giving you an updated version of my Film Noir Holiday Gift Guide...

Leave Her to Heaven (1945) Directed by John M. Stahl Produced by William A. Bacher, Daryl F. Zanuck Screenplay by Jo Swerling Based on...

Talk About a Stranger (1952) Directed by David Bradley Produced by Richard Goldstone Screenplay by Margaret Fitts Based on the story “The...

Last night I was pleased to lead a library virtual discussion of two great film noir titles, Detour (1945) and D.O.A. (1950). The...

(This review originally appeared as part of my Noirvember 2014 posts.) Where the Sidewalk Ends (1950) Directed and Produced by Otto...

Although I’m presenting fewer virtual library movie programs now than I was just a month ago, I’m finding the research to be taking up...

Okay, so I didn’t see that many films in August, but I did revisit a few titles (some I first watched over 30 years ago), went back to my...

Scoundrels & Spitballers: Writers and Hollywood in the 1930s (2020) Philippe Garnier (originally published as Honni soit qui Malibu:...

Lately I’ve seen several posts on social media asking questions such as “What was the first movie you saw in theaters?” or “What was the...

After the first part of July, I poked around the second half of the month with more westerns, some science fiction and horror, my...

Robert Wise: The Motion Pictures (Revised Edition, 2020) J. R. Jordan BearManor Media Paperback, 480 pages Includes Table of Contents,...

Here's how my July got started: The Standoff at Sparrow Creek (2018) Henry Dunham (Image Entertainment Blu-ray) Reviewed here The...

Writing about Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho is about as unnecessary as pointing to the sun on a blistering July afternoon and stating,...

With my return to work at the library, June got off to a slow start, but I made a nice recovery in the home stretch. Hopefully you’ll...

The Devil Finds Work (1976) James Baldwin Vintage International Paperback, 127 pages ISBN 9780307275950 We should pay close attention to...