Masterpiece. Hopefully it will be better known after this DVD release.

The most mysteriously beautiful personality of any film performer.

Such a sexy film. Gabin and Balin are all over each other with their eyes. I love them in their other film together, "Gueule d'amour." He was one of greatest romantic actors in film history. Even playing opposite a man he was not afraid to show affection. Look at him in the final scenes in "Grand Illusion" opposite Dalio.

This inexplicably neglected thriller is one of Hitchcock's finest films. Brilliantly acted by the great Sylvia Sidney and Oscar Homolka, it seems more European than British. It has a haunted feeling of sadness and loss that is not a Hitchcock trademark.

I wanted to celebrate Joan Greenwood but Doctor Lemonglow has already done so, eloquently.

This is one of my favorite Hitchcocks. Witty, high spirited, beautifully photographed with wonderful set pieces and starring one of the great underrated actors, Joel McCrea, in a role that was intended for Gary Cooper. They used to call McCrea the poor man's Cooper but I think McCrea was a much better actor.

On my wall, I have photos of actresses and next to each other are Monica Vitti and Anna Magnani. There is no bullshit about either one of them. They are real, funny, natural, earthy, gifted and they possess an unconventional beauty.

Cyd Charisse's legs are the most beautiful in film history. They have a life of their own. When they move the top part of her into the stratosphere, she becomes a great actress. As soon as they stop, and she opens her mouth to speak, she is truly earthbound. However, when I watch her in "The Girl Hunt," I know there is no one else who can move like that because no one has legs that long, that expressive, that sexy.

The love expressed between the two elderly parents contrasted with the wretchedness of their situation is so painfully moving and truthful. I am nuts for DUCK SOUP, THE AWFUL TRUTH and LOVE AFFAIR but I think this is Leo McCarey's finest film. I don't think Ozu did anything better.

Beautiful film. I don't always get the references but this movie casts a spell on me. I also love the house....and Delerue's exquisite score.

I don't know if we are able, anymore, to fully appreciate the gifts of this fabulous actress. There was never anyone like her. This is one of her greatest performances, and one of Visconti's most realized films.

One of Lubitsch's best, and most neglected, films. From the evidence of CLUNY BROWN and BEAT THE DEVIL, Jennifer Jones was an inspired comedienne. However, it seems that Selznick, like Hearst with Marion Davies, preferred to see the love of his life in romantic roles rather than comedies. The irony, of course, is that these women were probably cut-ups in real life.

This extravagantly romantic film features one of the great performances--Valli is magnificent as the countess. I know she was second choice for this role, after Ingrid Bergman, but I cannot see how anyone could have done more with this part than Valli.

I was so surprised at how much I enjoyed this film. There is a storyteller who talk-sings the tale while you watch it, in a growling voice. The characters are passionate and tender and even funny, especially the mother. It is also visually beautiful.

Saro Urzi who plays the blowhard father in this great film is also the blowhard captain of the wreck of a ship in BEAT THE DEVIL.

Outside of the brilliant Nick Nolte episode in NEW YORK STORIES, I have never gotten more pleasure out of a Martin Scorsese film than MEAN STREETS. To me, it is not only his most personal film, it is also his funniest and most inspired. And it is also the high point of Robert DeNiro's career. Sorry.

I understand that Ernst Lubitsch did not like this film. Falconetti was not "his" Joan. I imagine he envisioned a more defiant Joan.