Posts tagged with "fritz lang"
Film Friday Weekly Roundup
It’s beginning to look a lot like… Holiday movie time. Yep, time to dust off It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Story or whatever holiday movie floats your boat. (If you keep reading, you’ll get to Robert Osborne’s favs!) Some holiday movies really are just treacly rubbish and yet… no matter how [...]
My TCM Picks of the Week
I’m thinking of buying a new TIVO, even though it’s not really functional in Canada, just for some extra TIVO hard drive space. The responsibility for this very stupid idea falls solely on TCM. Damn you TCM! You make it hurt so good. In that spirit, here are my TCM picks of the week. Monday, [...]
Metropolis, A Technical Marvel with Feet of Clay
Metropolis premiered in Berlin on January 10, 1927. As all good silent movie devotees know, the film was then tinkered with, re-edited, and god knows what before it received wider distribution. Hard to know now. Mordaunt Hall, film reviewer for The New York Times, gave that revised version a less than glowing treatment, calling Metropolis [...]
Today on TCM: Rancho Notorious (1952)
Western wear, Fritz Lang direction, (campy?) Dietrich, and George Reeves, later to play TV’s Superman and die in an enduring and intriguing Hollywood scandal – really, what more could you ask for in movie? TCM is airing Fritz Lang’s 1952 Technicolor western Rancho Notorious today at 3:15 pm EST.Is it straight-up schlock or one of [...]
Rock Opera Metropolis Set to Hit 20 Cities
Hmm… I tend to get pretty persnickety about overtly modern soundtracks for silent movies. However, there’s no reason not to see Metropolis 1 billion times, so bring it! Girogio Moroder’s 1984 rock opera soundtrack isn’t my favorite Metropolis score, but it’s not the worst either and seeing a silent in a movie theater is always [...]
Film Friday | Weekly Roundup
It’s been a busy week at Pretty Clever Films Headquarters thanks to TCM’s Summer Under the Stars. First we’re treated with Lon Chaney day and then Humphrey Bogart day. At night, I hear TIVO softly crying to himself in the other room. Even though I have roughly a gagillion movies to watch, I still took [...]
Today on TCM: The Big Heat
TCM is airing The Big Heat today at 1 p.m. Set your DVR because this one is a keeper. In the meantime, follow the links for some thoughtful writing on this 1953 Fritz Lang classic, starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, and Lee Marvin. “Percolating Paranoia: Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat” “The Big Heat (1953): [...]
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Brandy Dean
I agree about Kong & Naomi. I thought overall all …
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Wade Sheeler
Don't be knocking the 1976 Kong. Jessica Lange in …
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Wade Sheeler
Bennett! Absolutely! I totally forgot about Keitel …
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Wade Sheeler
Molly! 100% correct! Thank you! …
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Jon Mullich
I didn't think the "Kong" remake was so bad once y …
