Link to PDF: UK Monthly Film Review Jan 2023 1.1 In the good old days, there was a monthly summary of new film releases issued by the BFI entitled Monthly Film Bulletin, which looked at all UK cinema releases for the preceding month giving production details, a synopsis, and a review. The publication ceased in…
Month: January 2023
Film Review – NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959, USA, 136m, PG) ***** Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller dist. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); pr co. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM); d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Ernest Lehman; pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.66:1 (Eurpoe); 1.85:1 (USA)); m. Bernard Herrmann; ed. George Tomasini; pd. Robert F. Boyle; ad. William A. Horning, Merrill Pye….
Film Review – THE BIRDS (1963)
THE BIRDS (1963, USA, 119m, 15) ****½ Horror, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures; pr co. Universal Pictures / Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Evan Hunter (based on the story by Daphne Du Maurier); pr. Alfred Hitchcock; ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.85:1 (USA); 1.66:1 (Europe)); ed. George Tomasini; pd. Robert F. Boyle. cast:…
Film Review – THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956)
THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH (1956, USA, 120m, PG) **** Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. John Michael Hayes (based on a story by Charles Bennett and D.B. Wyndham-Lewis); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Bernard Herrmann; ed. George Tomasini; ad. Henry Bumstead,…
Film Review – SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (1948)
SCOTT OF THE ANTARCTIC (1948, UK, 111m, U) ***½ Adventure, Biography, Drama, History dist. General Film Distributors (GFD) (UK), Eagle-Lion Classics (USA); pr co. Ealing Studios; d. Charles Frend; w. Walter Meade, Ivor Montagu; pr. Michael Balcon; ph. Jack Cardiff, Osmond Borradaile, Geoffrey Unsworth (Technicolor | 1.37:1); m. Ralph Vaughan Williams; ed. Peter Tanner; ad….
Film Review – FRENZY (1972)
FRENZY (1972, UK, 116m, 18) **** Thriller dist. Universal Pictures (USA), Universal Pictures / Rank Film Distributors (UK); pr co. Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. Anthony Shaffer (based on the novel “Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square” by Arthur La Bern); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Gilbert Taylor (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Ron…
Film Review – TO CATCH A THIEF (1955)
TO CATCH A THIEF (1955, USA, 106m, PG) **** Crime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures; pr co. Paramount Pictures; d. Alfred Hitchcock; w. John Michael Hayes (based on the novel by David Dodge); pr. Alfred Hitchcock (uncredited); ph. Robert Burks (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. Lyn Murray; ed. George Tomasini; ad. J. McMillan Johnson, Hal…
Film Review – THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)
THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963, USA, 172m, U) ****½ Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War dist. United Artists; pr co. The Mirisch Company; d. John Sturges; w. James Clavell, W.R. Burnett (based on the book by Paul Brickhill); pr. John Sturges; ph. Daniel L. Fapp (DeLuxe | 2.35:1); m. Elmer Bernstein; ed. Ferris Webster; ad. Fernando Carrere….
Book Review – TRICKS (1987) by Ed McBain
TRICKS (1987) ***½ by Ed McBain This paperback edition published by Pan Books, 1988, 247pp First published in 1987 © Hui Corporation, 1987 ISBN: 978-0-3303-0541-7 Blurb: One night. One shift. No rest. Featuring the 87th Precinct’s entire cast of characters, this Halloween takes them into the darkest corners of depravity the city has to offer. And…
Film Review – THE ENFORCER (1951)
THE ENFORCER (1951, USA, 87m, PG) ***½ Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. United States Pictures; d. Bretaigne Windust; w. Martin Rackin; pr. Milton Sperling; ph. Robert Burks (B&W | 1.37:1); m. David Buttolph; ed. Fred Allen; ad. Charles H. Clarke. cast: Humphrey Bogart (Dist. Atty. Martin Ferguson), Zero Mostel (Big Babe Lazick),…