The Jaws Log (originally published in 1975; 25th Anniversary Edition, 2001) by Carl Gottlieb Newmarket Press, New York trade paperback,...

It's a brilliant idea. The findings of a recent survey of Anne Arundel County, Maryland determined that, after English, the most spoken...

The Man from Laramie (1955) Directed by Anthony Mann Produced by William Goetz Written by Phillip Jordan and Frank Burt, based on the...

Two out-of-town trips significantly cut into my movie-watching in July, but I hope to bounce back with at least 30 films in August. Two...

I never intended to become a collector, at least not consciously. Yet over the years, I’ve collected lots of “stuff,” primarily books and...

Although she was a popular writer in the 1940s and early 50s, few readers today - even avid ones - recognize the name Dorothy B. Hughes....

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,...

Things will be a bit on the quiet side for awhile here at Journeys in Darkness and Light, but in the meantime, I hope you'll check out...

If you live in or anywhere near San Francisco, you must attend the August 9 screening of Miracle Mile (1988) at 7pm at the Castro...

Trouble is My Business (2018) 113 min. A Lumen Actus Production directed by Tom Konkle (This review originally appeared in the print...

Well, June was just an odd month... I accomplished very little with my two long-term projects, watching only two films from Roger Ebert’s...

On a recent Just the Discs podcast, Brian and his special guest Rob Galluzzo discussed the joys of purchasing discs from countries...

There’s a moment in Richard Linklater’s 2008 film Me and Orson Welles where Welles (Christian McKay) tells another character, “Ambersons...

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,...

El Aura (2005) Written and directed by Fabián Bielinsky Produced by Ariel Saúl, Victor Hadida, Cecilia Bossi Music by Dario Eskenazi...

Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window (2000) edited by John Belton Cambridge Film Handbooks, Cambridge University Press trade paperback, 177...

First Reformed (2017*) Written and directed by Paul Schrader Produced by Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Victoria Hill, Gary Hamilton, Deepak...

Walk East on Beacon! (1952) Directed by Alfred L. Werker Produced by Louis de Rochemont Screenplay by Laurence Heath and Emmett Murphy...