On Sunday, I met with my buddies Sergio Angelini and Nick Cardillo for our latest game of list-drafting. After tackling Christie, Hitchcock, Sherlock Holmes and Charlie Chan, we decided to broaden our focus on a more general look at the mystery genre in film. Each of us did our research and came together armed with … Continue reading THE “GREATEST MYSTERY FILMS OF ALL TIME” DRAFT!!!
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WEDDING BELLE BLUES: The Bride Wore Black
I have to tell you that, health-wise, for me February has been a bust. There was no glamor to it: this wasn’t COVID or the flu or la grippe. This bug was out to prove that you can feel just as rotten with a generic cold as with one of those celebrity illnesses floating about. It skipped … Continue reading WEDDING BELLE BLUES: The Bride Wore Black
CRY WOLF NO MORE: The Window (1949)
Stupid head cold! It came on me on Tuesday, and so far it has made me miss a haircut, a massage, a night at the theatre, and forty bucks for COVID tests. (Fortunately, I have tested negative – twice!) I hate being sick! I hate NyQuil, and daily bowls of chicken soup, and drowning my … Continue reading CRY WOLF NO MORE: The Window (1949)
UN VOYAGE DANS LES TENEBRES: Week 6 – The Champagne of Noir
The French didn’t so much invent film noir as identify and elevate it. They took genre more seriously than the American film industry, which saw golden financial returns for movies that were cheaply made. The studios were all about the almighty dollar. When Hitler was on the rise, Hollywood was reticent about taking a stand for an … Continue reading UN VOYAGE DANS LES TENEBRES: Week 6 – The Champagne of Noir
UN VOYAGE DANS LES TENEBRES: Week 4 – Woe is Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich is like one of those old friends from school who you run into on the street after thirty years and you stop for coffee and he looks like he hasn’t washed thoroughly in a year and there’s something horribly wrong with his leg and he tends to mutter and he literally creeps you … Continue reading UN VOYAGE DANS LES TENEBRES: Week 4 – Woe is Woolrich
Ah Sweet Mystery! 