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Crime & Punishment: Le Cercle Rouge (1970)
FilmStruck is currently streaming 11 films featuring Alain Delon as part of their “Icons: Alain Delon” theme and for the next 4 weeks I’ll be spotlighting a few of my favorite titles in this...
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Three’s a Crowd: Daisy Kenyon (1947)
To view Daisy Kenyon click here. Daisy Kenyon (1947) is a rarity. It’s a romantic Hollywood movie made for adults that refuses to sentimentalize its subject and treats all its characters respectfully...
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Question Authority: The Ruling Class (1972)
To view The Ruling Class click here. If you want a lesson in how awards are inadequate indicators of talent look no further than the case of the late, great Peter O’Toole. Before his death in 2013,...
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Moorland Suspense: A Cottage on Dartmoor (1929)
To view A Cottage on Dartmoor click here. “The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one’s soul, its vastness, and also its grim charm. When you are once out upon its...
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Die Laughing: Carry On Screaming! (1966)
To view Carry On Screaming! click here. “The usual charge to make against the Carry On films is to say that they could be much better done. This is true enough. They look dreadful, they seem to be...
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One for all, and all for one!
To view The Three Musketeers click here. To view The Four Musketeers click here. Director Richard Lester was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but he made some of the best British films of the 1960s....
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Crime & Passion: Pool of London (1951)
To view Pool of London click here. I, along with some of my fellow StreamLine colleagues, have been modestly building a case for the reassessment of Basil Dearden’s career during the past year by...
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Women at War: Onibaba (1964)
To view Onibaba click here. In feudal Japan, war is being waged between Imperial forces loyal to the reigning emperor and those who support the shogun. Samurai warriors wearing expensive armor and...
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Untapped Fears: The Plumber (1979)
To view The Plumber click here. Our fears take many forms. I was born and (mostly) raised in California so it’s probably not surprising that I fear natural disasters such as earthquakes and wildfires,...
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Boris Karloff is The Body Snatcher (1945)
To view The Body Snatcher click here. Director Robert Wise is widely regarded as a journeyman filmmaker with no defining traits or distinct talents. In The American Cinema: Directors And Directions...
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