Previously on Streamline
Previously on Streamline
A Fish Called Wanda (1988): The Greatest Modern Comedy?
There’s nothing more disappointing than revisiting a film that was considered great at its release, only to discover that it’s horribly dated. Many of the films that I loved as a teenager, particularly ones […]
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Longing For Summertime
Each winter, after all the excitement of the holiday season has passed, I always feel a touch of melancholy. The shortened days with their gray skies, bare trees and cold winds have a lonely feel […]
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Directed by Nicholas Ray: On Dangerous Ground (’51)
Three years after Nicholas Ray made his directorial debut with 1948’s They Live by Night (which I wrote about here), he made On Dangerous Ground (1951), starring Robert Ryan and Ida Lupino. Written by Gerald […]
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Head For the Bunker, It’s A Carol For Another Christmas!
There are countless film and television adaptations of Charles Dickens’s novella A Christmas Carol, a mainstay each holiday season. The most popular of these adaptations include the 1938 version starring Reginald Owen and Gene Lockhart; […]
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Make Movies Short Again
One of the great things about films from Hollywood’s pre-Code era (besides the excessive boozing, blatant depictions of sex and strong, independent women) is the runtime. A vast majority of films made between the early […]
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A Call to Arms: 49th Parallel (1941)
In 1940, the British government asked director Michael Powell to make a film supporting the ongoing war effort against Nazi Germany. Along with his partner, Emeric Pressburger, Powell wanted to use the sanctioned platform to […]
DWT: Drinking While Talking
DWT: Drinking While Talking
DWT # 13: TCM VIRTUAL CLASSIC FILM FESTIVAL
It’s been a while – but we’re back – and just in time for tomorrow’s TCM Classic Film Festival. Thanks to Covid, this will be the second year in a row that TCM is bringing […]
DWT: Drinking While Talking
DWT #12: Movie Music & Absinthe
While we wait for the Biden Presidential Victory to finally be announced, Jill Blake and Wade Sheeler present a diversion to keep your thoughts away from the Trump S#^t-show by offering our picks for great […]
DWT: Drinking While Talking
DWT #11: “Drive-Ins, Bowling & Dives (off of buildings)”
Jill Blake and Wade Sheeler accept they can’t go anywhere anymore, so they program the best screenings for their virtual backyard drive-in and suggest movies and shows you should stream — all from the safety […]