

Blu Ray Review: Body and Soul
Now acting as his own producer, John Garfield was able to choose projects that interested him. Garfield had not played a boxer since They...


Book Review: John Hodiak: The Life and Career on Film, Stage, Radio
Classic Hollywood has many actors who were not icons at the level of Humphrey Bogart, Bette Davis, James Stewart, or Joan Crawford. There...


Blu Ray Review: Film Noir: The Dark Side of Cinema XXI
A new film noir set from Kino Lorber, this one containing three lesser known but truly significant films with top stars and directors. ...


Book Review: The Silents Go To War
Author Anita R. Appelbaum has released, thru McFarland publishers, an interesting and enlightening study that examines silent films...


Book Review: Story by Grover Jones
Whenever a book on a more obscure, underrated, and underappreciated figure in cinema’s history is released, there is something of a...


Blu Ray Review: My Favorite Spy
Bob Hope was at the height of his stardom when he starred in Norman Z. McLeod’s My Favorite Spy, now available on blu ray from Kino...


Book Review: Saluting The Blood of Heroes – Behind the Apocalyptic Film.
BearManor Media has released Danny Stewart’s latest film study, which offers a deep dive into David Webb Peoples’ The Blood of Heroes...


Book Review: The Films of Jesus Franco
McFarland has released a fascinating new study on Jesus Franco, whose prolific career netted over 180 films over several genres. This...


Book Review -- P.R.R. Poverty Row Royalty: The Films of Producer Sigmund Neufeld and his brother Director Sam Newfield
Film historian Thomas Reeder’s latest book from Split Reel is a very deep and thorough study of over 500 pages that explores the work of...


Book Review: King Vidor in Focus
Subtitled “On the Filmmaker’s Artistry and Vision,’ this new book from McFarland publishers by authors Kevin L. Stoehr and Cullen...