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Originally published December 4th, 2011 We move on to another diverse Christmas film, one that has a more tenuous connection to Christmas than even Rent could boast, but nonetheless takes … Continue Reading Home for the Holidays: The Thin Man (1934)
This is reposted as part of the Summer Under the Stars blogathon. The Uninvited is Gothic horror done at its utmost best; where atmosphere plagues every corner, inundating the audience … Continue Reading Spooky Season 2021: The Uninvited (1944)
Originally published October 13th, 2014 We’re pushing the blog’s boundaries time-wise, but with two studio era stars in the cast I can count it, right? Martin Scorsese and Alejandro Amenabar … Continue Reading Spooky Season 2021: The Changeling (1980)
Originally Published: October 8th 2019 What can be written about The Shining at this point? It’s a masterpiece directed by the legendary Stanley Kubrick that tells a horror story both … Continue Reading Spooky Season 2021: The Shining (1980)
If there’s one thing we here at Ticklish Business can’t resist, it’s diving into a work of film noir. We can’t resist! So, how excited were we to learn that … Continue Reading Crossfire (1947)
Originally published October 26th, 2013 We interrupt our weekly foray into the Disney Vault – which I’ll be posting later – to look at a live-action film starring one of … Continue Reading The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
Originally published April 15, 2015 Nearly every popular celebrity has a horror movie in their past, an idea traced all the way back to the golden era of film; but … Continue Reading Supernatural (1933)
Originally published January 9th 2017. “Murder starts in the heart, and its first weapon is a vicious tongue.” You can’t sum up the macabre lunacy of Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte any … Continue Reading Hush…Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Originally published July 5th 2013. My notes on Mildred Pierce are extensive, almost filling two pages of my notebook; and yet I argued with my mother about the message of … Continue Reading Mildred Pierce (1945)
There are certain films culture will always recognize as all-time, legendary classics. As a director, Alfred Hitchcock probably has more of his works remembered as “classics” than most. In his … Continue Reading Kim’s Top 5: Favorite Alfred Hitchcock Movies
The Cat and the Canary has been remade and revised several times. Originally a 1927 silent film, this was last remade only nine years earlier as The Cat Creeps. Taking … Continue Reading The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Originally published December 4th, 2011 We move on to another diverse Christmas film, one that has a more tenuous connection to Christmas than even Rent could boast, but nonetheless takes … Continue Reading 25 Days of Christmas: The Thin Man (1934)
Originally published December 15th, 2015 Maybe it’s the forced togetherness and spirit of brotherhood that makes the holidays so perfect for the noir genre. Whether it’s the glittery Hollywood pulp … Continue Reading 25 Days of Christmas: Lady on a Train (1945)
Another recommendation courtesy of the blog Mrs. and Mrs. (it’s on the Blog Roll, seriously check it out) and I know I have a few other recommendations but luckily this … Continue Reading Rear Window (1954)
Fallen Angel is certainly the perfect title for a film noir; the term, attributed to the ultimate fallen angel, Lucifer, immediately conjures up images of Hell, sin, and dark dames … Continue Reading Fallen Angel (1945)
Finding the Michael Shane series has been an epic quest in my cinematic goal of engaging more with Lloyd Nolan’s filmography. He’s long been a favorite of yours truly, but … Continue Reading Michael Shane: Private Detective (1940)
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