What a ghastly little cretin lives on the ground floor of 10 Rillington Place. Short, fat, and balding, the little round spectacles complete the mousey persona of John Christie, one of the most notorious post-World […]
If you’re looking for a realistic depiction of the violent struggle between itinerant boxcar riders and the railroad men who fought to throw them off by any means during the Great Depression, you’ve come to the […]
There’s nothing very appealing about Henry Orient. Wispy, coiffed, and falconic in countenance, this notorious concert pianist spends his days hounding after married women and his afternoons avoiding dress rehearsals. He carries himself with the […]
There’s only one scene in Fred Zinnemann’s A Man For All Seasons that might be properly described as “cinematic.” It happens early on the first 30 minutes or so when King Henry VIII pays a […]
One of the many times I came to the realization that human existence is completely absurd was in early 1999. I had taken some acid and wound up at a party where a guy pulled […]
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