Seven Sinners (1940)
Film review by Dan Willard. Lightweight fare intended as a Marlene Dietrich vehicle. Good cinematography by Rudolph Maté who also shot THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC (1928).
Category: American Cinema
Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Film review by Dan Willard. Bruce Joel Rubin spent two years in a Tibetan Buddhist monastery before writing the screenplay and considers it a modern interpretation of the TIBETAN BOOK OF THE DEAD.
Arise, My Love (1940)
This romantic comedy inspired by a real story is one of a handful of Hollywood films released in 1940 to make a stand against Nazism and urge America to intervene in Europe.
Forbidden Fruit (1921)
Film review by Dan Willard. Cecil B. DeMille remakes his own 1915 film, THE GOLDEN CHANCE, about a seamstress who gets a chance to pretend she’s a member of high society.
The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Film review by Dan Willard. Hilarious sendup of police procedurals written in two days by the brilliant Charles B. Griffith whom Quentin Tarantino cites as of one of his main influences.
The Great Dictator (1940)
Film review by Dan Willard. Charles Chaplin courageously lampoons Hitler in this controversial film which culminates in a speech that is even more relevant today than it was in 1940.
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
Film review by Dan Willard. The story is the type sentimental family fare that you find in a lot of Disney films but the high production values will be of interest to silent film fans.
George Washington (2000)
George Washington is a coming of age story of sorts that isn’t formulaic and at times feels like it’s based on a story by William Faulkner.
Getting Straight (1970)
Film review by Dan Willard. Released just a week after the Kent State shootings this film which involves student activism on a college campus is more than just an attempt to exploit the then current youth movement.
The Killer Inside Me (2010)
Casey Affleck gives a chilling performance as a mild-mannered psychopath but the screenplay doesn’t provide any insight into the character’s psychology.
