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Ten Essential Films of the 1950s

September 17, 2023 by Tom Jolliffe

It’s time to look at ten essential films of the 1950s… Quentin Tarantino has never been shy about expressing his opinions on cinema. He once claimed that the two weakest decades in cinema were the 50s and 80s. Sure, Tarantino directed Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, but I’m still going to disagree.  The 80s were […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Featured, Movies, Tom Jolliffe, Top Stories Tagged With: 12 Angry Men, A Streetcar Named Desire, Alice In Wonderland, All About Eve, Animal Farm, Dracula, Godzilla, Les Diaboliques, Night and the City, Night of the Hunter, north by northwest, On the Waterfront, Paths of Glory, Rebel Without a Cause, Seven Samurai, Singing in the Rain, Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The 400 Blows, the 7th voyage of sinbad, The Big Heat, The Hitch-Hiker, The Killing, The Lavender Hill Mob, The Searchers, The Wages of Fear, Tokyo Story, Touch of Evil, War of the Worlds, Wild Strawberries

4K Ultra HD Review – Touch of Evil (1958)

April 10, 2022 by Brad Cook

Touch of Evil, 1958. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Orson Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff, Marlene Dietrich, and Zsa Zsa Gabor. SYNOPSIS: Orson Welles’ classic Touch of Evil, which suffered from a troubled production history before being restored to his original vision more than a decade after he died, arrives on […]

Filed Under: Brad Cook, Movies, Physical Media, Reviews Tagged With: Akim Tamiroff, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Joseph Calleia, Kino Lorber, Marlene Dietrich, Orson Welles, Touch of Evil, Zsa Zsa Gabor

10 Great Long Takes

February 6, 2022 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe looks at some of the best long takes in cinema history… The beauty of cinema, is the sheer litany of techniques available for film-makers to convey their story. It’s a collaborative effort between actors, directors, cinematographers, editors and everyone in between. The power of editing lies in the ability to manipulate the audiences […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: 1917, Boiling Point, Children of Men, goodfellas, Hard Boiled, rope, Snake-Eyes, Stalker, The Protector, Touch of Evil

The Cop on the Edge

February 21, 2021 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on the well-worn but effective cop on the edge trope… Cinema can often be pretty simple. Good guys are often morally upstanding. Bad guys often irredeemably corrupt. Your good guy might be a cop, your bad guy a crook. The hero might have a foible or two, but is generally psychologically on an […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Bad Lieutenant, manhunter, The Departed, Touch of Evil, Training Day

1930’s-50’s: The Golden Age of Mystery Films

September 13, 2020 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe on why the 30’s to 50’s were a golden age for mystery films… Whether it’s a murder mystery, or a cat and mouse quest to uncover a mystery, the 1930’s, up until the end of the 1950’s saw a prolific output of mystery films. Across world cinema, from Britain, to Hollywood to Europe […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Alfred Hitchcock, carol reed, Les Diaboliques, Orson Welles, Rebecca, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, the third man, Touch of Evil, Vertigo

Movie Review – Touch of Evil (1958)

July 11, 2015 by Simon Columb

Touch of Evil, 1958. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Charlton Heston, Orson Welles and Janet Leigh. SYNOPSIS: A stark, perverse story of murder, kidnapping, and police corruption in a Mexican border town. Exquisite deep shadows and sharp light, beaming from the screen, make Touch of Evil a film noir classic. A staple of the genre, […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Simon Columb Tagged With: Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Touch of Evil

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