Men Without Women (1930)
Film review by Dan Willard. Only the International Sound Version survives from this John Ford film about a submarine crew trapped on the bottom of the ocean.
Category: American Cinema
All About Eve (1950)
Film review by Dan Willard. Joseph Mankiewicz’s All About Eve features an excellent screenplay and top performances but his disregard for the visual aspect of the film leaves something to be desired.
The Juniper Tree (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Based on a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, The Juniper Tree, shot in Iceland, was the feature film debut for its star Björk and director Nietzchka Keene.
Maidstone (1970)
Film review by Dan Willard. Norman Mailer’s failed attempt to make a Cassavetes style film is an embarrassing train wreck.
Comrade X (1940)
MGM tried to duplicate its success with Ninotchka (1939) by casting Clark Gable and Hedy Lamarr in similar roles in this satire of Stalinist Russia.
Wanda (1970)
Film review by Dan Willard. Barbara Loden was the first woman to write, direct, and star in her own feature film, Wanda, a character study of someone whose plight in life Loden related to.
The Breaking Point (1950)
Film review by Dan Willard. The Breaking Point is the most faithful film adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s novel, To Have and Have Not.
Traffic in Souls (1913)
Film review by Dan Willard. Popular and controversial, Traffic in Souls is one of the earliest U.S. feature films and the earliest U.S. feature not based on a preexisting literary or dramatic work.
The Grifters (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Dark and disturbing was Jim Thompson’s trademark. He often wrote about grifters, losers, and psychopaths in order to express his nihilistic point of view.
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
Film review by Dan Willard. One of John Ford’s most Expressionistic films, The Long Voyage Home is based on four one-act plays by Eugene O’Neill who considered it his favorite cinematic adaptation of his work.
