Disliking The Canon: The Third Man (Year Of The Month)
One of my pet peeves is people who make a big deal out of not…
Hell hath no fury: THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Year of the Month)
(NOTE: “The Queen of Spades” is nearly two hundred years old, but if you don’t…
YEAR OF THE MONTH: Jake Gittes on Stray Dog
In sweltering Tokyo heat, a green, young cop named Murakami (Toshiro Mifune) is tracking down…
Year of the Month: D.O.A.
D.O.A. has had an unusual influence on noir. Its dialogue is pedestrian, its story is…
Flashback Comics Rack: Highlights of December 1949
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YEAR OF THE MONTH: Joseph Finn on A Letter to Three Wives
I think casting is a delicate art, in many ways. You need to find the…
