John Huston Thursdays: ‘The Maltese Falcon’
This marks the first in a series of articles looking at the films of John Huston, one of the most celebrated filmmakers of the 20th Century and a fascinating man himself. It seems sensible to start at...
View ArticleJohn Huston Thursdays: ‘Across the Pacific’
First off, let me admit that I jumped the gun getting to Huston’s war documentaries before covering 1942’s Across the Pacific. But I’m kind of glad I did, because it provides a nice break between Let...
View ArticleJohn Huston Thursdays: ‘Treasure of the Sierra Madre’
After The Maltese Falcon, Treasure of the Sierra Madre is probably Huston’s most famous film—the two may vie for the title of best known. It’s a great movie in the sense that The Godfather and...
View ArticleJohn Huston Thursdays ‘Key Largo’
Huston doesn’t give much time to Key Largo in his autobiography, save for sharing his dissatisfaction with Warner Brothers in the late 1940s and some epic stories of his gambling debts. Offhandedly he...
View ArticleJohn Huston Thursdays: ‘The African Queen’
The African Queen is kind of an odd duck in the Huston pantheon. And I’m not just saying that because I love the phrase “…is an odd duck.” Seriously! The next time you’re with your friends and see a...
View ArticleWar Movie Mondays: ‘Sahara’ (1943)
This week’s pick is a unique look at behind the lines action during the North African campaign in the early days of World War II. Zoltan Korda directs the 1943 Columbia Pictures release of Sahara, a...
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