“Never let it be said that a Sporum ever refused the request of a Ginglebusher.” Before Preston Sturges became the greatest comedy director in the
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Lost Weekend-type boozing and edge-of-your-seat suspense combine in Black Angel, a forgotten noir mystery that deserves to be better remembered. Based upon a novel by
2019 was an above-average year for the movies, but of all the films that I attended theatrically, I found Rian Johnson’s Knives Out to be
If you are only familiar with Roscoe “Fatty”Arbuckle in relation to the Hollywood scandal that destroyed his career (despite his innocence), you are missing out
In 1991, the Discovery Channel aired The Incredibly Strange Film Show, a British docuseries focusing on the world of bizarre cinema. In each one-hour episode,
Between 1940 and 1944, Preston Sturges wrote and directed a string of seven classic comedies that are unmatched in wit, ingenuity of plot, and briskness
The winter months have descended upon us, and the holidays are nipping at our heels. For the movie lover, nothing puts one in the seasonal
Three years ago, I did a deep dive into Italian genre cinema, specifically gothic horror and giallo films. I was viewing the vast majority of
While Our Hospitality was Buster Keaton’s third feature-length film, it can be argued that it was the first true Keaton feature. In 1920, Buster had
Some comedies elicit huge laughs, while others are simply smile-inducing. My Favorite Year (1982) definitely falls within the “smile” category. However, it is more noteworthy
When it comes to horror movies, I tend to prefer my scares mixed with laughs; and few filmmakers mixed that potent cocktail more expertly than
Based largely on the success of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), the all-star, epic comedy became a popular genre for a brief
