In the supernatural comedy I Married a Witch (1942), director René Clair serves up an irresistible potion consisting of revenge, sex, politics and romance. Based on the novel The Passionate Witch by author Thorne Smith, […]
Bullet Train is a 1975 Japanese disaster film written and directed by Jun’ya Satô and co-written by Ryûnosuke Ono. At 152 minutes, it’s a bit of a slog, which is strange for a film that’s […]
by Nathanael Hood It wasn’t the first Hollywood film on jazz, but it was damn near the best. Cobbling together some of jazz’s leading luminaries in 1944, Life photographer Gjon Mili shot his first and […]
by Andy Ross There’s a lot of layers to peel away when talking about Columbia’s 1953 production of Miss Sadie Thompson. Based on the W. Somerset Maugham short story “Miss Thompson,” later changed to “Rain,” […]
“The door of Henry’s lunch-room opened and two men came in. They sat down at the counter.” So begins Ernest Hemingway’s 1927 short story “The Killers,” which begat two feature length films, an innumerable amount […]
On the surface, 1943’s The Gang’s All Here released by 20th Century Fox, appears to be one of many World War Two era morale boosting escapist films. But this one is in the hands of […]
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