Reviews of Classic/Noir Films – featuring FlixChatter’s first ever contributor, Vince Caro.
Greetings, all and sundry! I am going to take a step sideways and count some coup. Regarding a few recent minor victories involving films that come very close to or exceed 'Required Viewing' status. I'm thrilled that my recent labor of love entailing 'The French Connection' tempted Ruth and others to enjoy its gritty suspenseful wonders. So, I …
Continue reading Classic Flix Review: To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
Greetings, all and sundry! I am going to take a well-deserved respite from Robert Mitchum and Gregory Peck and take a few moments to wax poetic and nostalgic about a film that solidly grabbed my attention more than forty years ago. One that firmly anchored the concept of the 'Partner Film'. Which is very different …
Continue reading Classic Flix Review: The French Connection (1971)
Greetings, once again! It isn't often that I've been given the opportunity to indulge in a Trifecta or triple play regarding one of Hollywood's premier Tough Guys, Robert Mitchum. I covered his Scary attributes in The Night of the Hunter. I am going to dial it back a bit and explore another arena where the actor …
Continue reading Classic Flix Review: Out of the Past (1947)
I was 5 years old when this came out – about the same age as Damien, the demon child destined to be the antichrist. While I didn’t see this movie until the mid-eighties (thanks to the advent of video rentals), I read screenwriter David Seltzer’s novelization just right before. It was a good and creepy …
Greetings, once again! It isn't often that I've been given the opportunity to indulge in a Trifecta or triple play regarding one of Hollywood's premier Tough Guys, Robert Mitchum. I covered his Scary attributes in The Night of the Hunter. His being made for the genre of Noir in Out of the Past. Now, I want to …
Greetings all and sundry! On the advice of and other communications from Ruth, I am going to focus my abilities on a favorite actor of mine. With distinct attention to the actor's innate ability to scare the Beejeebus out of those in the audience, without saying much of anything threatening. To that end, please allow me to …
Continue reading Classic Flix Review: The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Tonight I have a date with Rick and Ilsa... the most famous movie couple from the classic of all classics, Casablanca. Turner Classic Movies is bringing the 1942 film to almost 500 movie theaters nationwide as part of a 70th Anniversary event, so a few of my blog friends will be seeing it too on the …
Continue reading Great Expectations. Seeing CASABLANCA for the first time
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