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Dressed to Kill

Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 Plenty of directors could be described as wearing their influences on their sleeves, but with De Palma, it seems more appropriate to say he holds his up and waves them around over his head so … Continue reading.

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Dark Passage

Written by Michael Clawson 80/100 You should always plan to have someone pick you up and drive you home after surgery. Bogie clearly wasn’t paying attention during the pre-op consultation. This is one of the most romantically optimistic of the noirs … Continue reading.

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Old School Kung Fu Festival: Joseph Kuo Retrospective

Written by Patrick Hao Joseph Kuo is the Roger Corman of kung fu cinema. He did not have the backing of a major studio like Shaw Brothers or Golden Harvest. He was not even making movies in Hong Kong. Rather, … Continue reading.

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Episode 122: Rescreening Letter from an Unknown Woman

“The highest reaches of the actor's art begin, I believe, at the point where words cease to play a part.”Max Ophüls, Director of Letter from an Unknown Woman Links: Apple Podcasts | Castbox | Deezer | Gaana | Google Podcasts … Continue reading.

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Bitter Rice

Written by Michael Clawson 80/100 Giuseppe De Santis’ Bitter Rice is two great movies woven together for the price of one. The first is a richly detailed neorealist account of seasonal rice-field workers in Northern Italy, and the second, a … Continue reading.

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Where the Sidewalk Ends

Written by Michael Clawson 80/100 Preminger's second noir outing with Dana Andrews (quickly becoming a favorite of mine) and Gene Tierney (most definitely a favorite), six years after Laura. Andrews is a hot-tempered city cop with a bad habit of … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Uncategorized Leave a comment November 25, 2021November 24, 2021

Retrospective Feature: Taxi Driver

Written by Rudolph Lambert Fernandez Among Columbia Pictures’s movies in the 20th century, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver (1976) is one of the last to bear their classic Lady and her torch logo. It wasn’t until the 1990s that a real-life … Continue reading.

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Our Hospitality

Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 Buster takes a rinky-dink train from his modest rural homestead to see to his late father’s estate, but falls for a girl along the way who turns out to be from the now-wealthy family that … Continue reading.

Drink in the Movies Classic Film Leave a comment October 27, 2021August 3, 2021

Capsule Review: I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 A soldier returns from WWI and searches for satisfying work, but being in the wrong place at the wrong time lands him in a chain gang, where he suffers through grueling work and miserable treatment … Continue reading.

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Naked Childhood (L’Enfance-nue)

Written by Michael Clawson 90/100 A searingly honest chapter in the life of an unruly foster child, Francois, who as the film begins, is handed back to Social Services by a youngish married couple who can’t bear his egregious misbehavior— … Continue reading.

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Still buzzing about the 2022 Academy Award Nominations? Drink in the Movies has reviews of all the Best Picture Nominees on our site. See if our thoughts coincide with the Academy or, more importantly, coincide with yours.
Judi Dench got an Academy Award nomination today for "Belfast" like it was the early 2000s. In honor of Dame Judi Dench's eighth nomination, tell us your favorite Academy Award nominated performance from the esteemed actress.
Sundance 2022 ended yesterday. Here are some of the reviews that have been published by DitM thus far, with more to come:
We conclude our series of posts sharing our contributor's top ten films of 2021 with DitM's co-host and Editor-in-Chief, Taylor Baker's top ten of 2021.
One of our newest contributors, Raúl Mendoza, shares his eclectic Top 10 Films of 2021.
Start your work week with our contributor, Patrick Hao's Top Ten of 2021.

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Still buzzing about the 2022 Academy Award Nominations? Drink in the Movies has reviews of all the Best Picture Nominees on our site. See if our thoughts coincide with the Academy or, more importantly, coincide with yours.
Judi Dench got an Academy Award nomination today for "Belfast" like it was the early 2000s. In honor of Dame Judi Dench's eighth nomination, tell us your favorite Academy Award nominated performance from the esteemed actress.
Sundance 2022 ended yesterday. Here are some of the reviews that have been published by DitM thus far, with more to come:
We conclude our series of posts sharing our contributor's top ten films of 2021 with DitM's co-host and Editor-in-Chief, Taylor Baker's top ten of 2021.
One of our newest contributors, Raúl Mendoza, shares his eclectic Top 10 Films of 2021.
Start your work week with our contributor, Patrick Hao's Top Ten of 2021.
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