Saturday, July 1, 2023

The Movies I Watched in June

Attack (1956)  8/10

 

L'auberge rouge (1951)  7/10

 

The Bachelor Party (1957)  6/10 

Un beau matin (2022)  7/10

Black Narcissus (1947) 8/10

La casa del angel (1957)  7/10


 Il conformista 1970  7/10

 

De Sade 70 (1970) 5/10

The Diary of a Chambermaid (1946)  7/10

The Jazz Singer (1927)  6/10

Jigokumon (1953)  8/10


Louisiana Story (1948)  7/10


M3GAN (2022)  6/10

The Past is Always New, the Future is Always Nostalgic: Photographer Daido Moriyama (2019)  7/10


La Religieuse (2013)  7/10

Rough Diamonds (2023)  6/10

Grace Hartzel

 

ph: Claudia Knoepfel

Sunday, June 25, 2023

Force of Evil (1948)

 

An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.

Tough and downbeat Noir crime drama astonishes with its stark anti-capitalist stance and some quite memorable scenes.

Halliwell**: "Bleak and powerful melodrama, an attack on capitalism that is here personified by racketeers."

Maltin***: "Rock-solid film noir...Beautifully photographed (by George Barnes) and lit; this has become something of a cult item." 


 

Georgia Fowler

 

ph: Darren MacDonald

New Stuff: Marissa Nadler

 



Iselin Steiro

 

ph: Hedi Slimane