Category: Classics & Hitchcock
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Strait Jacket (1964)
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Read more: Strait Jacket (1964)I’ve been selecting so many classic films lately, that I thought it fitting to make a change and endorse one of the greatest camp classics of modern times–William Castle’s Strait-Jacket.
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Bob Le Flambeur (1956)
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Read more: Bob Le Flambeur (1956)Bob knows everybody in the slums of Montmartre, and everybody knows Bob (Roger Duchesne). With his five o’clock shadow and his rumpled trenchcoat, Bob Montagne is a gambler and hustler, going from hosting one backroom game of craps to the next blind pig.
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The Killing (1956)
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Read more: The Killing (1956)After the ambitious, philosophical war movie Fear and Desire and the solid film noir Killer’s Kiss, Stanley Kubrick achieved his first true masterpiece with The Killing
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Barry Lyndon: 50th Anniversary Edition
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Read more: Barry Lyndon: 50th Anniversary Edition“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport.”
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The Flight Of The Phoenix (1965)
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Read more: The Flight Of The Phoenix (1965)The Flight of the Phoenix is one of my favorite films. I have watched it at least a dozen times. The clash of personalities in the beginning is just a hint of the bigotry and clash of wills for survival that will ultimately surface after the disastrous crash in the middle of the Sahara.
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Midnight Cowboy
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Read more: Midnight CowboyMovies have been often characterized as innovative, ground-breaking, trend-setting or wildly original, and these terms can be overused, but I cannot emphasize enough what a bold and courageous experiment in cinema was Midnight Cowboy
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Diplomatic Courier (1952)
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Read more: Diplomatic Courier (1952)The MacGuffin here is the Soviet plans for the invasion of Yugoslavia, Tito was just a little too independent minded to suit Stalin, who was known to be very crabby at times. He already has East Germany, Poland and most of Eastern Europe so just wants to add to his collection
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The Admirable Crichton (1957)
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Read more: The Admirable Crichton (1957)Any viewer loyal or otherwise of Upstairs, Downstairs or Downton Abbey is clued in as to the social setup (if not, or otherwise not aware of the British Class system, you’d best stop reading now. You’ll be confused for weeks, if not months.
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The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)
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Read more: The Unsung: Earl Pfeiffer, Clash by Night (1952)Another day, another Robert Ryan masterpiece. Fuck slowly but surely; in giant unapologetic gulps, Mr. Ryan is becoming my go-to cinematic figure; a lowdown, nasty sumbitch who, like the sunrise, can be counted on to make your hair stand on end.
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Qu’est-ce que c’est?
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Read more: Qu’est-ce que c’est?Some things are undeniably wrong, such as serving peas and baked beans on the same plate, the South African accent, and Phil Collins singing about homelessness. I guess you could throw serial murder into the same mix, but I’d still argue Another Day in Paradise is a greater crime against humanity. Anyhow, we all like…