Cider and Cinema: The Most Dangerous Game
Welcome, dear friends, to what I hope will be the first of many Cider and Cinema posts here at filnnerdblog. Cider is often my drink of choice, so it makes […]
Category Archives: Black and white
Metropolis
The prospect of silent films seems a little daunting to me. It’s such a different experience to what I’m used to. As for German expressionism? I’m way over my head, […]
The Misfits
The Misfits tells the story of the newly divorced Roslyn (Marilyn Monroe) who meets and immediately moves in with a much older man, ageing cowboy, Gay (Clark Gable). Matters are […]
Eyes Without a Face (Les Yeux Sans Visage)
That’s a creepy title, right? Well, it’s very befitting of what remains (even after 54 years), a very creepy film. The faceless eyes of the title belong to Christiane, the […]
M (1931)
Wow! Simply, wow! Fritz Lang’s 1931 tale, of a German city besieged by an unknown child murdered, is an utterly compelling piece of cinema. I was totally mesmerised throughout. It […]
Double Indemnity
Now this is a film! It was written and directed by six-time Oscar winner Billy Wilder, the genius behind Some Like it Hot, The Apartment and Sunset Boulevard, so you should know you […]
I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch is a charming, effervescent and quirky little comedy starring the truly radiant Veronica Lake, as the witch of the title. It opens on some strangely hatted […]
A Bucket of Blood
Dick Miller, who I remember best from Gremlins, stars as Walter Paisley, general dog’s body at a cafe full of beat poets and “artists”. He cuts a tragic figure of […]
House on Haunted Hill (1959)
The dark and atmospheric original House on Haunted Hill stars a delightfully creepy Vincent Price as the eccentric millionaire who rents a haunted house for the night, with a view […]
The Nanny (1965)
Never have the words “time for your bath” been so frightening as when uttered by the legendary Bette Davis. She plays the titular nanny to the Fane family, whose ten […]
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