Pickup on South Street*Director: Samuel Fuller
Writers: Samuel Fuller & Dwight Taylor (story)
Starring: Richard Widmark & Jean Peters
Rating: 4.5/5
May 31st
Pickup on South Street*Director: Samuel Fuller
Writers: Samuel Fuller & Dwight Taylor (story)
Starring: Richard Widmark & Jean Peters
Rating: 4.5/5
May 30th
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Hall Caine (novel) & Eliot Stannard (scenario)
Starring: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, & Anny Ondra
Starring: Carl Brisson, Malcolm Keen, & Anny Ondra
Rating: 3.5/5
Sorry, I couldn't find a theatrical poster of the film, so I went with an image of the main character' mug.
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Writers: MacKinlay Kantor
Starring: Peggy Cummins & John Dall
Rating: 4/5
Starring: Peggy Cummins & John Dall
Rating: 4/5
May 28th
Rebel without a Cause*Director: Nicholas Ray
Writers: Nicholas Ray (story) & Irving Shulman (adaptation)
Starring: James Dean & Natalie Wood
Writers: Nicholas Ray (story) & Irving Shulman (adaptation)
Starring: James Dean & Natalie Wood
Rating: 4/5
May 27th
Le Testament du Docteur Cordelier*Director: Jean Renoir
Writer: Jean Renoir
Starring: Jean-Louis Barrault
Rating: 3/5
May 26th
Night of the Hunter*Director: Charles Laughton
Writers: Davis Grubb(novel) James Agee (screenplay)
Starring: Robert Mitchum & Shelley Winters
Rating: 4/5
Starring: Robert Mitchum & Shelley Winters
Rating: 4/5
May 24th
Laura*Director: Otto Preminger
Writers: Vera Caspary (novel) & Jay Dratler
Starring: Gene Tierney & Dana Andrews
Oscar: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Joseph LaShelle)
Oscar: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Joseph LaShelle)
Rating: 5/5
What a great film! Everything I love about film is in here. Superb performances all round the cast. A pretty taught and thrilling story. Many people say the film has little cinematography that is usually generated from a film noir, but I think there is enough to satisfy my needs. Just look how atmospheric the scene is when Dana Andrews goes to the lower floor of a hotel that is dimly lit and finds another detective wiring the telephone calls of Gene Tierney. Terrific writing that is full of banter from each character especially Clifton Webb's. This has become my second favorite film noir, besides the Maltese Falcon.
May 23rd
Glory Road*Director: James Gartner
Writers: Chris Cleveland & Bettina Gilois
Starring: Josh Lucas
Rating: 2/5
Rating: 2/5
May 19th
To Catch a Thief*Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: David Dodge (novel) & John Michael Hayes
Starring: Cary Grant & Grace Kelly
Starring: Cary Grant & Grace Kelly
Oscar: Best Cinematography, Color (Robert Burks)
Rating: 4/5
May 18th
Le Samouraï*Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
Writers: Jean-Pierre Melville & Georges Pellegrin
Starring: Alain Delon
Starring: Alain Delon
Rating: 4.5/5
May 11th
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writers: Gary K. Wolf (novel) & Jeffrey Price
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, & Charles Fleischer
Writers: Gary K. Wolf (novel) & Jeffrey Price
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, & Charles Fleischer
Oscars: Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing (Charles L. Campbell & Louis L. Edemann), Best Effects, Visual Effects (Ken Ralston, Richard Williams, Ed Jones, & George Gibbs), & Best Film Editing (Arthur Schmidt)
Rating: 4/5
May 5th
Out of the Past*Director: Jacques Tourneur
Writers: Daniel Mainwaring
Starring: Robert Mitchum & Jane Greer
Starring: Robert Mitchum & Jane Greer
Rating: N/A
I am not sure what to rate this gem of a film noir. I know I like it, but I just wasn't fully attentive while watching the film to give it a fair rating.
May 4th
The Barefoot Contessa*Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Writers: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Starring: Ava Gardner & Humphrey Bogart
Oscar: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Edmond O'Brien)
Rating: 3.5/5
Rating: 3.5/5
May 1st
The Man Who Wasn't There*Director: Joel Coen
Writers: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring: Billy Bob Thorton, Frances McDormand, & James Gandolfini
Rating: 4/5
April 30th
Fear & Loathing in Las VegasDirector: Terry Gilliam
Writers: Hunter S. Thompson (book) & Terry Gilliam (screenplay)
Starring: Johnny Depp & Benicio Del Toro
Rating: 4/5
April 29th
North by Northwest*Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writers: Ernest Lehman
Starring: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, & James Mason
Rating: 4/5
April 28th
Faster Pussycat, Kill! ....Kill!* Director: Russ Meyer
Writers: Russ Meyer (story) & Jack Moran (screenplay)
Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, & Lori Williams
Writers: Russ Meyer (story) & Jack Moran (screenplay)
Starring: Tura Satana, Haji, & Lori Williams
Rating: 3.5/5
April 20th
Anatomy of a Murder*Director: Otto Preminger
Writers: John D. Voelker (novel) & Wendell Mayes (screenplay)
Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, & Ben Gazzara
Starring: James Stewart, Lee Remick, & Ben Gazzara
Rating: 4.5/5
April 19th
Key Largo*Director: John Huston
Writers: Maxwell Anderson (play) & Richard Brooks
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson, & Lauren Bacall
Oscar:Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Claire Trevor)
Oscar:Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Claire Trevor)
Rating: 4/5
April 15th
Treasure of the Sierra Madre*Director: John Huston
Writers: B. Traven (novel) & John Huston
Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, & Tim Holt
Oscars: Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Walter Huston), Best Director (John Huston), & Best Writing, Screenplay (John Huston)
Rating: 4.5/5
Rating: 4.5/5
April 14th
Peter PanDirectors: Clyde Geronimi & Wilfred Jackson
Writers: Milt Banta & J.M. Barrie (play)
Starring: Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, & Hans Conried
Rating: 4.5/5
The Producers
Director: Mel Brooks
Writer: Mel Brooks
Starring: Gene Wilder & Zero Mostel
Oscar: Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen (Mel Brooks)
Rating: 5/5
Mr. Smith Goe to Washington*
Director: Frank Capra
Writers: Lewis R. Foster(story) & Sidney Buchman(screenplay)
Starring: James Stewart & Jean Arthur
Oscar:Best Writing, Original Story (Lewis R. Foster)
Rating: 4/5
April 13th
Close Encounters of the Third Kind*Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr, & Melinda Dillon
Oscar: Best Cinematography (Vilmos Zsigmond)
Rating: 4/5
April 6th
Sunset BoulevardDirector: Billy Wilder
Writers: Billy Wilder & Charles Brackett
Starring: William Holden, Gloria Swanson, & Erich van Stroheim
Oscars: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White (Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Sam Comer, & Ray Moyer) , Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture (Franz Waxman), & Best Writing, Story and Screenplay (Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, & D.M. Marshman Jr.)
Rating: 4/5
April 5th
Angels with Dirty FacesDirector: Michael Curtiz
Writers: Rowland Brown (story) & John Wexley
Starring: James Cagney & Pat O'Brien
Rating: 4/5
April 4th
Night of the Living DeadDirector: George A. Romero
Writers: John A. Russo & George A. Romero
Starring: Duane Jones & Judith O'Dea
Rating: 4/5
April 3rd
Young FrankensteinDirector: Mel Brooks
Writers: Mary Shelley (novel) & Gene Wilder(screen story)
Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, & Teri Garr
Starring: Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, & Teri Garr
Rating: 4/5
April 2nd
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Writers: Ingmar Bergman
Starring: Max von Sydow, Gunnar Björnstrand, & Bengt Ekerot
Rating: 4.5/5
March 25th
Hudsucker Proxy*Director: Joel Coen
Writers: Joel & Ethan Coen
Starring: Tim Robbins, Jennifer Jason Leigh, & Paul Newman
Rating: 4/5
March 24th
Nashville*Director: Robert Altman
Writer: Joan Tewkesbury
Starring: David Arkin, Karen Black, & Scott Glenn
Oscar: Best Music, Original Song (Keith Carradine) For the song "I'm Easy"
Rating: 3/5
March 23rd
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's NestDirector: Milos Forman
Writers: Ken Kesey (novel) & Bo Goldman
Starring: Jack Nicholson
Oscars: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Jack Nicholson), Best Actress in a Leading Role (Louise Fletcher), Best Director (Milos Forman), Best Picture (Saul Zaentz & Michael Douglas), & Best Writing, Screenplay Adapted From Other Material (Lawrence Hauben & Bo Goldman)
Rating: 4/5
The Adventures of Robin Hood*
Directors: Michael Curtiz & William Keighley
Writers: Norman Reilly Raine & Seton I. Miller
Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland, , Basil Rathbone, and Claude Rains
Oscars: Best Art Direction (Carl Jules Weyl), Best Film Editing (Ralph Dawson), & Best Music, Original Score (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
Rating: 4.5/5
Tokyo Drifter*
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Writers: Yasunori Kawauchi
Starring: Tetsuya Watari
Rating: 4/5
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