Friday, August 27, 2021

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Chief? McLeod!


DETECTIVE STORY

1951
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Robert Wyler and Philip Yordan (based on the play by Sidney Kingsley)

Spoiler alert: moderate

Monday, August 23, 2021

Father knows best


THE DESPERATE HOURS

1955
Directed by William Wyler
Written by Joseph Hayes and Jay Dratler (based on the play by Joseph Hayes)

Spoiler alert: mild

Saturday, August 21, 2021

It's impossible, but it is rather sweet


YOLANDA AND THE THIEF

1945
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Written by Irving Brecher, Jacques Thery, and Ludwig Bemelans

Spoiler alert: moderate

Monday, August 16, 2021

Saturday, August 14, 2021

What a disaster, 30s edition: Those who wish to sing with me for the last time, stay


THE HURRICANE

1937
Directed by John Ford
Written by Dudley Nichols, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, and W.P. Lipscomb (based on the novel by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordoff)

Spoiler alert: high? (it ends with a hurricane)

Thursday, August 5, 2021

Brave, brave, brave, brave Sir Gawain


THE GREEN KNIGHT

2021
Written and directed by David Lowery (based on the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by the anonymous Gawain poet)

Spoiler alert: moderate