The Noteworthy: Locarno, Mini Cinema, Hoberman on Siodmak and "Hitchcock Presents"
Adam CookThis week: Locarno 2012, Ben Sachs on The Cat Returns, a defense of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, two pieces on Robert Siodmak + more.
Robert Siodmak
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Daily Briefing. N1FR #2, Scorsese's List and More
David HudsonAlso: Adam Curtis on Dead of Night, life, the universe and everything. And more.
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Raffaello Matarazzo, "People on Sunday" and More DVDs
David Hudson"It's easy to enjoy Raffaello Matarazzo's melodramas for the campy excess of their acting and story lines," blogs Dave Kehr, "but it's more productive to take them seriously, I think — to see how
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De Palma, Siodmak, Rattigan, Quentin vs Coen, More
David HudsonLooks like this roundup of festivals and events is becoming a regular Thursday feature. We begin this one in New York, sweep across the States and land back in London. "Toughened by the scrappy
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Cineaste, Lancaster, "London Boulevard," "King's Speech," More
David HudsonDavid Greven in the new Winter 2010 issue of Cineaste: "Judging by these first three entries of Arsenal Pulp Press's new series Queer Film Classics, the editors — Matthew Hays and Thomas Waugh — have
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The Forgotten: Remember
David CairnsSomeone to Remember (1943) is a Robert Siodmak film so obscure even Deborah Lazaroff Alpi, author of the near-definitive R.S. overview Robert Siodmak, A Biography, apparently hadn't seen it. Shot during
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The Forgotten: The Man Who Never Was
David CairnsThis is terrible! Not having time to really write anything, but having a film that demands and deserves a full and detailed appraisal. Forgive the brevity. Nachts, Wenn der Teufel Kamm (1957) is a Robert
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report, Holiday Repeat Edition: "Christmas Holiday" (Robert Siodmak, 1944)
Glenn KennyOne of the most unusual putatively-hoiday-themed pictures ever made, Robert Siodmak's 1944 Christmas Holiday features beloved child/teen songstress Deanna Durbin in pretty much her first real adult role