ph: Jeanloup Sieff
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Friday, March 31, 2023
Hedda Gabler (1962)
A scheming woman marries a nice but dimwitted intellectual out of convenience. She hears that her old lover is back in town. She decides to destroy his life, jealous of his love affair with another.
A TV production with a stellar cast, in which Ingrid Bergman shines the best, is unfortunately a brutally condensed, stubbed up adaptation of the classic play.
Thursday, March 30, 2023
Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Tuesday, March 28, 2023
The Return of Dracula (1958)
After a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and moves in with the dead man's American cousins.
Interesting and unusual low budget horror film is skillfully set in suburban America with a slight touch of Noir.
Halliwell*: "Quite nicely made low-budget horror film with a good balance of the supernatural and the ordinary."
Maltin**: "Lederer thwarted by a mediocre script."