Blu-ray Review: Female on the Beach
Aging, but holding on to the glamour girl image that had made her a star in the 1920’s, the mid-fifties were an odd time for Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) Not quite ready for William Castle, she starred in Female on the Beach, in which she suffers the slings and arrows of emotional devastation, in luxurious surroundings. […]
Union Station (Blu-ray)
If asked to name a 1950 noir starring William Holden and Nancy Olson a majority would understandably name Billy Wilder’s classic Sunset Boulevard. However, there’s another film that meets that criteria, the somewhat forgotten Union Station. Though it’s billed as noir, Union Station is really a straightforward thriller. While it’s certainly suspenseful, it’s not particularly […]
Ace in the Hole (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
Just a year after scandalizing Hollywood with the classic Sunset Boulevard, Billy Wilder added to his reputation as a director interested in exposing the darker side of life with Ace in the Hole. This marked the first time Wilder was credited as a writer, producer, and director; Ace in the Hole was his first film […]