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A Curmudgeon Takes on John Ford’s The Brat (1931)
A Curmudgeon Takes on John Ford’s The Brat (1931)
  If there ever was a Hollywood filmmaker who resists the impulse for binary thinking, (good vs. bad, right vs. wrong), it’s John Ford. Saying [...]
John Huston & the Origins of Noir: Law and Order (1932)
John Huston & the Origins of Noir: Law and Order (1932)
    Pre-code films from Universal (many of them previously only available in duped copies or worn out prints) continue to be restored and made [...]
Mad about The Mad Game (1933)
Mad about The Mad Game (1933)
First, a confession: Before watching The Mad Game I was not a huge Spencer Tracy fan, feeling that at some point in his career he took his acting advice of [...]
A Pre-Code Sea Wolf?
A Pre-Code Sea Wolf?
A pre-Code version of The Sea Wolf? What more could my cold-but-still-beating heart of darkness desire? MoMA gave me this wish this week when they screened [...]