Power of the Press

Sam Fuller's story of Power of the Press (1943) is still as current in questioning the ethics of freedom of the press today as it was in 1943 when Fuller penned the story. The screenplay by Robert Hardy Andrews upholds Fuller's vision of cr...

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Power of the Press

Sam Fuller's story of Power of the Press (1943) is still as current in questioning the ethics of freedom of the press today as it was in 1943 when Fuller penned the story. The screenplay by Robert Hardy Andrews upholds Fuller's vision of cr...

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Private Life Of Sherlock Holmes, The

Sherlock Holmes saw something of a resurgence in the 1970s. All sorts of directors took their stabs at the character, including Bob Clark (Murder by Decree), Herbert Ross (The Seven-Per-Cent Solution), and even Gene Wilder (The Adventure of Sherloc...

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Private Lives

Private Lives (1931) doesn't have what a snazzy premise. Observing a couple's on-again/off-again relationship may not sound like a rip-roaring story, especially when it's about the romantic misadventures of the rich and entitled. But th...

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Private Lives, DVD

Private Lives (1931) doesn't have what a snazzy premise. Observing a couple's on-again/off-again relationship may not sound like a rip-roaring story, especially when it's about the romantic misadventures of the rich and entitled. But th...

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Public Enemy, The

Making The Public Enemy, a story adapted from the book Beer and Blood about gangsters and booze-running gangs during prohibition, was a brave step by Warner Bros in 1931 that drew some flack at the time. Warner head of production Darryl F. Zanick s...

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Public Enemy, The DVD

Making  a story adapted from the book Beer and Blood about gangsters and booze-running gangs during prohibition, was a brave step by Warner Bros in 1931 that drew some flack at the time. Warner head of production Darryl F. Zanick said it was a way ...

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Pulp DVD

On paper, 1972's Pulp sounds like a dream come true for yours truly. Not only does the film feature screen legends Michael Caine and Mickey Rooney, the story is a quirky, Agatha Christie-style mystery, with a cynical writer as the lead characte...

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