Patreon

I was not used to think of myself as a person who watched a lot of movies, but somewhere around 2015 it became clear that I certainly wrote a lot about them. I started a Patreon that year. I watch a lot of film noir, a lot of pre-Code movies, a lot of B-pictures, a lot of queer cinema. I like character actors and once a year I watch twenty-four hours or as close as psychologically feasible of science fiction film at the Somerville Theatre. All reviews are hosted at my journal, but links will be added here as they go up. Enjoy!

2024

• The High and the Mighty (1954), April 2024.
• Why Girls Leave Home (1945), April 2024.
• The Forty-Niners (1954), March 2024.
• Rear Window (1954), March 2024.
• Foreign Correspondent (1940), March 2024.
• Channel Incident (1940), March 2024.
• "Man on a Mountaintop" (The United States Steel Hour, 1961), February 2024.
• Easy to Get (1947), January 2024.

2023

• Suicide by Sunlight (2019), December 2023.
• Men (2022), December 2023.
• They All Come Out (1939), November 2023.
• on film editing and Elisha Cook Jr.'s hands [Born to Kill (1947)], November 2023.
• Desert Fury (1947), November 2023.
• The Killer Is Loose (1956), November 2023.
• Harriet Craig (1950), October 2023.
• Dark City (1950), October 2023.
• Doctor Who: The Greatest Show in the Galaxy (1988), October 2023.
• The Lighthouse (2019), September 2023.
• Lightning Strikes Twice (1934), September 2023.
• Inferno (1953), August 2023.
• The Well (1951), August 2023.
• The Woman on Pier 13 (1949), August 2023.
• The Hitch-Hiker (1953), July 2023.
• revisiting Too Late for Tears (1949), July 2023.
• The Furies (1950), June 2023.
• Dial 1119 (1950), June 2023.
• Holiday Affair (1949), June 2023.
• 1917 (2019), June 2023.
• The File on Thelma Jordon (1950), May 2023.
• The Fastest Gun Alive (1956), May 2023.
• The Capture (1950), May 2023.
• I Walk Alone (1947), April 2023.
• Something Always Happens (1934) and Crown v. Stevens (1936) , April 2023.
• "Sign of the Zodiac" (The Barbara Stanwyck Show, 1961), April 2023.
• The Accused (1949), April 2023.
• Nude on the Moon (1961), March 2023.
• The Unfaithful (1947), March 2023.
• Julius Caesar (1953), March 2023.
• Any Number Can Play (1949), March 2023.
• Hunt the Man Down (1951), March 2023.
• Black Kitten 'Thon 2023 [Mad Love (1935), The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961), Time Out for Trouble (1961), "The Last Day" (1989), Time Piece (1965), The Hidden (1987), The Sounds of Science (2002), Neptune Frost (2021)], February 2023.
• The Wild North (1952), February 2023.
• Ministry of Fear (1944), January 2023.
• Learn and Live (1943), January 2023.
• The Flying Scotsman (1929), January 2023.
• Night into Morning (1951), January 2023.

2022

• No Escape (1953), December 2022.
• Murder Is My Beat (1955), November 2022.
• "Nunc Dimittis" (The Hunger, 1999), October 2022.
• Mine Own Executioner (1947), October 2022.
• Autobiography of a Princess (1975), July 2022.
• The Rocking Horse Winner (1949), June 2022.
• A Month in the Country (1987), March 2022.
• Mr. Denning Drives North (1951), February 2022.
• A Girl Must Live (1939), February 2022.
• The Love Test (1935), January 2022.
• The October Man (1947), January 2022.
• The New Lot (1943), January 2022.

2021

• Lola Montès (1955), December 2021.
• Fish Story (2017), December 2021.
• Try and Get Me! (1950), December 2021.
• The Banishing (2020), December 2021.
• The Dance of Shiva (1998), November 2021.
• The Wipers Times (2013), November 2021.
• MirrorMask (2005), November 2021.
• In the Earth (2021), October 2021.
• Occupy! (1976), October 2021.
• Strange Bargain (1949), October 2021.
• Hell Bound (1957), October 2021.
• Cloudburst (1951), September 2021.
• South of Algiers (1953), August 2021.
• Four Frightened People (1934), July 2021.
• Guilty Bystander (1950), July 2021.
• Three Live Ghosts (1936), June 2021.
• The Feminine Touch (1941), May 2021.
• "And So Died Riabouchinska" (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, 1956), May 2021.
• The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), April 2021.
• The Verdict (1946), April 2021.
• The Lost Patrol (1934), March 2021.
• Black Cat 'Thon 2021 [Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Matinee (1993), The Hands of Orlac (Orlacs Hände, 1924), The Brother from Another Planet (1984), The Silent Star (Der schweigende Stern, 1960), Fantastic Planet (La Planète sauvage, 1973), "Homecoming" (2005), Born in Flames (1983), Prospect (2018), Cherry 2000 (1987), The Atomic Submarine (1959), Destroy All Monsters (怪獣総進撃, 1968)], February 2021.
• Get Crazy (1983), February 2021.
• "Jetrel" (Star Trek: Voyager, 1995), January 2021.
• A Doll's House (1973), January 2021.

2020

• Expresso Bongo (1959), December 2020.
• The Stone Tape (1972), December 2020.
• Advise & Consent (1962), December 2020.
• The Teckman Mystery (1954), November 2020.
• To the Devil a Daughter (1976), November 2020.
• The Night My Number Came Up (1955), October 2020.
• Danger Signal (1945), October 2020.
• The Woman in Question (1950), August 2020.
• You and Me (1938), August 2020.
• The Mind Benders (1963), July 2020.
• Three Strangers (1946), July 2020.
• Libel (1959), July 2020.
• Gallant Lady (1934), June 2020.
• Pimpernel Smith (1941), May 2020.
• The Legend of Hell House (1973), May 2020.
• The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967), May 2020.
• Wicked Woman (1953), April 2020.
• Angels Over Broadway (1940), April 2020.
• The Seventh Seal (Det sjunde inseglet, 1957), April 2020.
• I Hired a Contract Killer (1990), March 2020.
• Murder by Proxy (1954), March 2020.
• The Chase (1946), March 2020.
• For Those in Peril (2013), February 2020.
• Boston Sci-Fi Marathon 45 [Miracle Mile (1989), Fiend Without a Face (1958), Spaceballs (1987), Mysterious Island (1961), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920), Altered States (1980), Midnight Special (2016), Night of the Comet (1984), Die, Monster, Die! (1965), Tarantula! (1955), Fast Color (2018)], February 2020.
• revisiting Dunkirk (2017), February 2020.
• Casting the Runes (1979), January 2020.
• Repeat Performance (1947), January 2020.

2019

• Rust Creek (2019), December 2019.
• Cash on Demand (1961), December 2019.
• The Tall Target (1951), December 2019.
• Johnny Belinda (1948), Deception (1946), The Living Idol (1957), December 2019.
• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944), December 2019.
• Master of the House (Du skal ære din hustru, 1925), November 2019.
• The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935), November 2019.
• Daughter of Shanghai (1937), November 2019.
• Woodwoo (2013), November 2019.
• I Walked with a Zombie (1943), October 2019.
• No Greater Glory (1934), October 2019.
• The Eagle and the Hawk (1933), October 2019.
• Zazie dans le métro (1960), October 2019.
• The Leopard Man (1943) and The Ghost Ship (1943), September 2019.
• Bedlam (1946), September 2019.
• Fitzcarraldo (1982), September 2019.
• Ponyo (崖の上のポニョ, 2008), August 2019.
• Count Three and Pray (1955), July 2019.
• Craig's Wife (1936), June 2019.
• Knight Without Armour (1937), June 2019.
• Only Angels Have Wings (1939), June 2019.
• The Colour of His Hair (2017), June 2019.
• Fear in the Night (1947), May 2019.
• A Night at the Garden (2017) and Who Will Write Our History (2018), May 2019.
• The Big Steal (1949), May 2019.
• The Rusalka (2018), April 2019.
• Sea Devil (2014), April 2019.
• The Juniper Tree (1990), April 2019.
• The Land of Steady Habits (2018), April 2019.
• on cathedrals and shared contemporaneity [Emeric Pressburger and A Canterbury Tale (1944)], April 2019.
• The Naked Kiss (1964), April 2019.
• -30- (1959), March 2019.
• a very slow noir marathon [The Tattooed Stranger (1950), Scene of the Crime (1949), Violent Saturday (1955), The Sellout (1952), Scandal Sheet (1952), While the City Sleeps (1956), Blackmail (1929)], March 2019.
• Simon (1980), March 2019.
• Trial (1955) and Shack Out on 101 (1955), March 2019.
• Million Dollar Legs (1932), February 2019.
• Boston Sci-Fi Marathon 44 [Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953), Innerspace (1987), Dr. Cyclops (1940), Rollerball (1975), Frau im Mond (Woman in the Moon, 1929), Annihilation (2018), The Andromeda Strain (1971), "Soldier" (1964), Destination Moon (1950)], February 2019.
• Gabriel Over the White House (1933), February 2019.
• Penguin Pool Murder (1932), February 2019.
• Reunion in France (1942), January 2019.
• The Ancient Law (Das alte Gesetz, 1923), January 2019.
• The Black Book (1949), January 2019.
• Andrei Rublev (1966), January 2019.

2018

• The Holly and the Ivy (1952), December 2018.
• Talk About a Stranger (1952), December 2018.
• Peach-O-Reno (1931), December 2018.
• The Divorce of Lady X (1938), December 2018.
• Kentucky Kernels (1934), November 2018.
• Outrage (1950), November 2018.
• Heat Lightning (1934), November 2018.
• Follow Me Quietly (1949), November 2018.
• Angel on My Shoulder (1946), October 2018.
• The Hunted (1948), October 2018.
• Raw Deal (1948) and He Walked by Night (1948), October 2018.
• The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1950), October 2018.
• Jennifer's Body (2009), October 2018.
• The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950), September 2018.
• Panic in the Streets (1950) and The Killer That Stalked New York (1950), September 2018.
• The Big Heat (1953), September 2018.
• I Don't Want to Be a Man (Ich möchte kein Mann sein, 1918), September 2018.
• In the Family (2011), September 2018.
• Persuasion (1995), August 2018.
• Mohawk (2017), August 2018.
• The Eternal (1998), July 2018.
• God’s Own Country (2017), June 2018.
• Sebastiane (1976), June 2018.
• Victim (1961), June 2018.
• The Clay Pigeon (1949), May 2018.
• Crime Wave (1954), May 2018.
• A Letter for Evie (1946), May 2018.
• Whiplash (1948), May 2018.
• Out of the Fog (1941), April 2018.
• Hell’s Angels (1930), April 2018.
• Manhatta (1921), April 2018.
• Suddenly (1954), April 2018.
• Clash by Night (1952), March 2018.
• Crossfire (1947), March 2018.
• WarGames (1983), March 2018.
• K-19: The Widowmaker (2002), February 2018.
• Boston Sci-Fi Marathon 43 [Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977), The Time Machine (1960), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Lost World (1925), Marjorie Prime (2017), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Dark City (1998), Night of the Living Dead (1968), "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (1963), World Without End (1956), The Little Shop of Horrors (1960), Yellow Submarine (1968), 20 Million Miles to Earth (1957), Looper (2012)], February 2018.
• The Heart of New York (1932), February 2018.
• Black Sea (2014), February 2018.
• Private Hell 36 (1954), January 2018.
• Small Town Crime (2017), January 2018.
• Side Street (1949), January 2018.
• Gun Crazy (1950), January 2018.
• The Shape of Water (2017), January 2018.
• The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), January 2018.

2017

• Fallen Angel (1945), December 2017.
• 99 River Street (1953), December 2017.
• on Van Heflin, December 2017.
• Pushover (1954), December 2017.
• Phantom (1922), December 2017.
• The Blue Gardenia (1953), November 2017.
• Went the Day Well? (1942), November 2017.
• The Captive Heart (1946), November 2017.
• Evening Primrose (1966), November 2017.
• Beggars of Life (1928), October 2017.
• The Haunting (1963), October 2017.
• Woman on the Run (1950), October 2017.
• Nothing Sacred (1937), October 2017.
• Cleopatra (1963), October 2017.
• Michael Clayton (2007), September 2017.
• The Last of England (1987), September 2017.
• Speak Easily (1932), September 2017.
• The Mummy (1999), September 2017.
• HFA Vampire Marathon [Dracula's Daughter (1936), Dracula (1958), The Hunger (1983), Near Dark (1987), Nadja (1995), Trouble Every Day (2001), Thirst (박쥐, 2009)], September 2017.
• Robin Redbreast (1970), August 2017.
• Penda’s Fen (1974), August 2017.
• Moana (2016), August 2017.
• Dunkirk (2017), August 2017.
• House on Haunted Hill (1959), August 2017.
• Way Out West (1930), July 2017.
• Kid Glove Killer (1942), July 2017.
• Doctor Who: The Robots of Death (1977), July 2017.
• book-to-film follow-up ["The Fire-Walker" (1929)], July 2017.
• Girl of the Port (1930), June 2017.
• Sapphire & Steel (1979–82), June 2017.
• The Quiet American (1958), May 2017.
• Strange Cargo (1940), May 2017.
• Pretty Poison (1968) and Green Grow the Rushes (1951), May 2017.
• Ramrod (1947), May 2017.
• From the Four Corners (1941) [Leslie Howard and A Canterbury Tale (1944)], April 2017.
• Rollercoaster (1977) and Prince of the Himalayas (2007), April 2017.
• The Golem, How He Came into the World (Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam, 1920), April 2017.
• Tension (1949), April 2017.
• They Live by Night (1949), March 2017.
• On Approval (1944), March 2017.
• The Ghost Camera (1933), March 2017.
• The Dark Tower (1943), February 2017.
• Boston Sci-Fi Marathon 42 [Galaxy Quest (1999), Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954), Gattaca (1997), John Dies at the End (2012), Neither Heaven nor Earth (Ni le ciel ni la terre, 2015), This Giant Papier-Mâché Boulder Is Actually Really Heavy (2016), Predator (1987), The Rocketeer (1991)], February 2017.
• Time Without Pity (1957), February 2017.
• Wheeler & Woolsey [Rio Rita (1929), Hold 'Em Jail (1932), Hips, Hips, Hooray! (1934), Cockeyed Cavaliers (1934)], January 2017.
• Wonder Bar (1934), January 2017.
• The Moon Is Down (1943), January 2017.

2016

• The Spy in Black (1939), December 2016.
• Possessed (1947), December 2016.
• Lady Be Good (1941), December 2016.
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) and Dames (1934), December 2016.
• Dance, Girl, Dance (1940), December 2016.
• The Gang's All Here (1943), December 2016.
• Princess Caraboo (1994), November 2016.
• My Son, the Hero (1943) and Lady with a Past (1932), October 2016.
• Red Hot Tires (1935), October 2016.
• The Manchurian Candidate (1962), October 2016.
• Demon (2015) and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946), October 2016.
• The Ten Commandments (1956), September 2016.
• The Killing (1956) and Born to Kill (1947), September 2016.
• HFA Night Train Marathon [L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1896), Twentieth Century (1934), Night Mail (1936), Night Train to Munich (1940), The Little Train Robbery (1905), The Narrow Margin (1952), Nayak (1966), The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)], September 2016.
• The Big Combo (1955), August 2016.
• Detour (1945), August 2016.
• A Thousand Clowns (1965), August 2016.
• on film noir, July 2016.
• on the femme fatale, July 2016.
• Criss Cross (1949), July 2016.
• Santa Fe Trail (1940), June 2016.
• The Prowler (1951), June 2016.
• Macao (1952) and Green Dolphin Street (1947), June 2016.
• World for Ransom (1954), June 2016.
• Madame Bovary (1949), May 2016.
• Fighting Men: Baptism of Fire (1943), May 2016.
• Seven Sweethearts (1942), May 2016.
• The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015), May 2016.
• Johnny Eager (1942), April 2016.
• Phaedra (1962), April 2016.
• Gay Purr-ee (1962), March 2016.
• Belladonna of Sadness (哀しみのベラドンナ, 1973) and The Witch: A New-England Folktale (2015), March 2016.
• Moonrise (1948), March 2016.
• Crack-Up (1946) and Act of Violence (1948), March 2016.
• The Guns of Navarone (1961), Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків, 1965), Hail, Caesar! (2016), February 2016.
• Mr. Skeffington (1944), February 2016.
• Boston Sci-Fi Marathon 41 [Starman (1984), Himmelskibet (1918), Blade Runner (1982), High Treason (1929), Ex Machina (2015), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976), Bride of Finklestein (2015), Pitch Black (2000), Big Ass Spider! (2013), Never Let Me Go (2010), Donovan's Brain (1953), They Live (1988), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)], February 2016.
• Cain and Mabel (1936), February 2016.
• Fast Workers (1933), January 2016.
• Despicable Me (2010), January 2016.
• Truly, Madly, Deeply (1990), January 2016.
• Too Late for Tears (1949), January 2016.

2015

• Chicago Calling (1951), December 2015.
• Storm Fear (1955) and Spotlight (2015), December 2015.
• Black Angel (1946), December 2015.
• Phantom Lady (1944), December 2015.
• Strangers on a Train (1951) and Double Indemnity (1944), November 2015.
• Fast Company (1938), November 2015.
• Roar of the Dragon (1932), November 2015.
• Somerville Halloween Marathon [West of Zanzibar (1928), Dracula (1931), The Monster That Challenged the World (1957), Seconds (1966), Aliens (1986), The Lost Boys (1987)], November 2015.
• Experimenter: The Stanley Milgram Story (2015), October 2015.
• The Last Flight (1931), October 2015.
• Night of the Eagle (1962) and "The Last Flight" (The Twilight Zone, 1960), October 2015.
• The Dawn Patrol (1938), October 2015.
• Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926), October 2015.
• The Long Voyage Home (1940), September 2015.
• HFA Heist Marathon [Big Deal on Madonna Street (I soliti ignoti, 1958), Le cercle rouge (1970), Topkapi (1964)], September 2015.
• Ryan's Daughter (1970), August 2015.
• The Petrified Forest (1936), August 2015.
• Caught (1949), August 2015.
• Ondine (2009), August 2015.
• Miranda (1948), July 2015.
• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), July 2015.
• Invisible Invaders (1959), July 2015.
• The Big Parade (1925), July 2015.
• Rancho Notorious (1952), June 2015.
• Ride the High Country (1962), June 2015.
• The Lost Squadron (1932) and Darkman (1990), June 2015.
• Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), June 2015.
• Things to Come (1936), May 2015.
• The Reckless Moment (1949), May 2015.
• Night Nurse (1931), May 2015.
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), May 2015.
• Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933), April 2015.
• George Washington Slept Here (1942), April 2015.
• Night Tide (1961), April 2015.
• Warlock (1989), April 2015.