Pre-Code Crazy is the resurrected series here at Shadows and Satin and over at the blog of my pal Kristina, Speakeasy, where each month we’ll recommend a pre-Code film for you to watch on TCM – we never know what the other has selected until we post, and we try to keep our leng...
Where the Sidewalk Ends: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Dana Andrews, Gene Tierney, Gary Merrill, Bert Freed. Det. Sgt. Mark Dixon wants to be something his old man wasn't: a guy on the right side of the law. Will Dixon's vicious nature get the better
Early in the film, Martin does things like claim Laura is flirting with other men, then uses that supposed infidelity as an excuse to be cruel to her. As such, she’s forced to escape her marriage and the clutches of her vicious husband and reclaim her identity and sanity. Actors:Julia ...
Watch on In August 1944, more than 135,000 prisoners had been spread across the Auschwitz complex. But when the Red Army arrived in early 1945, the majority of these prisoners were gone—rushed out of the camps ondeath marchesdesignedin part to prev...
for contemporary audiences. The source material, which follows the March sisters during the Civil War era, serves as a way to explore modern women's experience from a historical lense. Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Laura Dern star, with Meryl Streep as the sisters' imposing, wealthy aunt...
“Bull Durham” is not only the greatest baseball movie of all time, but might also be one of the greatest sports movies of all time. Despite my love for sports and movies, sports movies are often tedious to watch because they’re so predictable and formulaic. If you’ve seen one come...
Had Carolyn and Joyce been able to wipe Laura off the map, they surely would have. Laura, though, had her own plans for Daddy, and she blackmailed him with threatening to harm herself. * Above is an excellent demonstration of the Truth of it all. Notice the first paragraph states, "ONE...