Based on the Broadway play of the same name, Tea and Sympathy is a story about the risks of not conforming to societal norms. Adapted for the screen by the play’s author Robert Anderson, the film created a considerable stir…
Released in 1966, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch’s Un homme et une femme (A Man and a Woman) story of two people finding love after profound loss, was a major success, winning the Grand Prize at Cannes, and winning Oscars for…
Peter Ustinov first appeared as famed detective Hercule Poirot in Death on the Nile (1978) and returned as the titular character, once again leading an all-star cast in 1982’s Evil Under the Sun that includes Colin Blakely, Jane Birkin, Maggie…
With the success of Murder on the Orient Express and Death on the Nile, it’s no surprise that the same group of producers would forge ahead with another tale by Agatha Christie, this one featuring Miss Marple. Based on the…
Released in 1953, and directed by the legendary John Ford, Mogambo is often remembered as the film that made Grace Kelly a star. It had all happened quite by accident; Grace took the role only after Gene Tierney was forced…
An unapologetic tearjerker, Song Sung Blue would be unbelievable if it weren’t true. The film is based on a 2008 documentary (available here on YouTube), about a Neil Diamond tribute band from Milwaukee, featuring Mike and Claire Sardina (Hugh Jackman…
Screenwriter John Milius, who penned Apocalypse Now and Red Dawn, among others, made his feature length directorial debut with Dillinger starring Warren Oates in the title role. Released in 1973, American International Pictures hoped to capitalize on the success of…
Blue Moon marks the ninth collaboration between director Richard Linklater and actor Ethan Hawke. Spanning over thirty years, the two have been jointly nominated at the Academy Awards for three. The duo’s familiarity with each other adds an inherent sweetness…
Given his background as a child refugee from Haiti’s brutal Duvalier dictatorship, it’s no surprise that Raoul Peck’s career has a filmmaker has centered on socio-political issues. His latest film, Orwell 2 + 2 = 5 centers on George Orwell,…
Based on the real-life exploits of the so-called Lonely Hearts Club killers Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez in post war America. Set in Mexico 1949, Deep Crimson is a reworking of The Honeymoon Killers (1970). An examination of greed, violence…