OPINION | FLASHBACK: 'Leave Her to Heaven'
When you think of film noir, you think of a low budget, black and white photography, nighttime settings and beat-down men with sinister intent.
Joe Riddle
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'Pursued' can still pack a punch
What is film noir? According to my Webster's New World Collegiate Dictionary we get the term from the French, which literally means black film, "a type of film…
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'The Night of the Iguana'
Tennessee Williams' tale of a disgraced and defrocked Episcopal minister slowly going down the rabbit hole made for a fascinating story. And the film of his pl…
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OPINION | FLASHBACK: 'The Searchers'
The Warner Bros. logo flashes across a blank adobe brick wall as the music begins along with the credits. A male chorus (The Sons of the Pioneers) sings:
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OPINION | FLASHBACK: 'The Americanization of Emily"
Recently, I saw an interview with Julie Andrews where she talked about her career. She named "The Americanization of Emily" as her favorite of all the films sh…
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'The Breaking Point'
Hollywood has made several films based on Ernest Hemingway novels. And one of the finest, if not the finest, is "The Breaking Point," made by Warner Bros. in 1…
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Thomas Mitchell's five-star career
The year 1939 was a special year in Hollywood. Most critics and film historians agree that the films released that year were some of the finest ever made. And …
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Staring into the dark: Films confront PTSD
PTSD has been around as long as there have been wars.
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What were they thinking
This column is about bad movies. The ones that make us wince when we leave the theater. The ones that have us saying: "What were they thinking?"
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WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?
This column is about bad movies. The ones that make us wince when we leave the theater. The ones that have us saying: “What were they thinking?”
