Burt Lancaster

‘Atlantic City’: Louis Malle’s Nostalgic Juxtaposition of Deterioration and Renewal

  By Koraljka Suton   When acclaimed French New Wave director Louis Malle was approached by producer Alexandre Mnouchkine with…

3 years ago

‘Sweet Smell of Success’: A Visceral and Vicious Depiction of the Evil that Power-Hungry Men Do

  By Koraljka Suton   There's an old rule among directors that you see a film in its totality about…

4 years ago

‘The Train’: John Frankenheimer’s Monumental Tribute to Wartime Railway Resistance

  By Tim Pelan   There’s a probably apocryphal quote attributed to Winston Churchill in WWII, in which the man…

7 years ago

‘Sweet Smell of Success’, Alexander Mackendrick’s Most Accomplished Film that Hasn’t Aged a Day

Tony Curtis had to fight really hard to get the role of Falco in Alexander Mackendrick's Sweet Smell of Success.…

9 years ago

‘Brute Force’ is powerful cinema: A rare Laserdisc commentary with Jules Dassin

Both analog channel feature rare interviews with director Jules Dassin. The interview is conducted by Laserdisc producer Cary Roan; Roan…

9 years ago