Little Caesar (Mervyn LeRoy, 1931) Other than some notable exceptions, pre-Code films are relatively unfamiliar territory for me. This is su...

Night of the Juggler (Robert Butler, Sidney J. Furie, 1980) Robert Butler and Sidney J. Furie’s Night of the Juggler (1980) doesn't fea...

Scarlet Street (Fritz Lang, 1945) To distance myself from this year’s cinematic tripe, I sought a vintage film. A public domain title from a...

Steppenwolf (Adilkhan Yerzhanov, 2024 / 2025)  Not a film about the Rock band. Like many out there, my ignorant knowledge of the former Sovi...

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (Joseph Sargent, 1974) Always found films more educational than the what was taught to me at school. John...

Gun Crazy (Joseph H. Lewis, 1950) Went into Joseph H. Lewis's crime thriller largely oblivious to its prestigious film noir reputation. ...

Cure (Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 1997) The success of Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs (1991) set off a particular wave of psychologica...