A day in the life, May 6, 2023

 

A day in the life, May 6, 2023, objet trouvé

Diane Kruger

 

ph:  Serge Barbeau

Hangover Square (1945)

 

A promising classical musician finds his life poisoned by a music hall dancer -- and by the strange gaps in his memory.

Unusual Noir melodrama nicely staged in period London has a quite unconvincing plot, but Laird Gregar is fascinating as the madman musician, and Bernard Herrmann's score is excellent as always.

Halliwell*: "This rather empty melodrama has almost nothing to do with the book from which it is allegedly taken, but the Hollywoodian evocation of gaslit London is richly entertaining and good to look at."

Maltin***: "Cregar (in his final film) is delicious...result is still entertaining, with superb Victorian London sets and evocative Bernard Herrmann score." 

 

Maya Hawke

 

Today's Cat

 

Delia Boettcher

A day in the life, May 5, 2023

 A day in the life, May 5, 2023, objet trouvé

Milla Jovovich

 

The People Across the Lake (1988)

 

A city-slicker family, tired of the urban grime and crime, moves to a quaint little lakeside village. All seems like paradise - until corpses start showing up in the water.

OK TV horror flick never leaves the boundaries of the genre.  

 

Maryna Linchuk

 

ph: Steven Meisel