AFI 100 #23: THE MALTESE FALCON
Sam Spade doesn’t really care about money, statues, romance, or sentimentality. He’s just content to go through life knowing that, wherever he is, he’s the smartest guy in the room. I’m dedicating two...
View ArticleAFI 100 #17: THE AFRICAN QUEEN
I’m dedicating two years of my life to watching and reviewing every movie on the American Film Institute’s 100 Years…100 Movies, even the ones I’ve seen before. Here’s #17, The African Queen. It’s not...
View ArticleFILM PICK: THE KILLERS @ HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE
Harvard Film Archive continues its celebration of America’s favorite carnie turned Hollywood superstar, Burt Lancaster, with a showing of the 1946 thriller The Killers. Lancaster performs in his first...
View ArticleFILM REVIEW: THE VISITOR
Coming to the Brattle this Friday is Giulio Paradisi’s (directing under the fantastic name Michael J. Paradise) The Visitor. Released in 1979, it is quite possibly one of the strangest films ever made;...
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