T-Men (1947)
- Jul 23, 2010
FP108: “What’s the matter, you getting the wim-wams?"
Anthony Mann and John Alton combine their amazing powers to bring one of the first and best police procedural/film noirs of the early...
Sunset Boulevard (1951)
- Jul 16, 2010
FP107: “I’m ready for my close-up, Mr. Demille…"
Billy Wilder’s painful salute to the crumbling facade of “old Hollywood” bears watching again and again. Gloria Swanson, who truly was a...
Psycho (1960)
- Jul 9, 2010
FP106: “We all go a little mad sometimes…”
Alfred Hitchcock reportedly said that he felt Psycho was his best comedy. Of course, the joke is on you, the audience. After a decade of...
The Loved One (1965)
- Jul 2, 2010
FP105: The Movie with Something to Offend Everyone!
After thrilling the world with his bawdy and award-winning comedy Tom Jones, director Tony Richardson came to the States to make this...
M (1931)
- Jun 18, 2010
FP104: “I Can’t Help Myself!”
Not surprisingly, it took Germany's "uber-director" Fritz Lang a few years before he was ready to make his first sound film. In fact, he...
Employees’ Entrance (1933)
- Jun 11, 2010
FP103: “The Men’s Bathroom is out of order again...”
Warren Williams goes toe-to-toe with the demure and extremely cute Loretta Young and the not so demure but still somewhat cute (in a...