Beautifully made by Max Ophuls and producer John Houseman and writer Howard Koch. Joan Fontaine just gets in under the wire age-wise as a young girl infatuated with pianist Louis Jourdan (the quintessential Louis Jourdan role).
I'm not always wild about old Vienna tales but it's done very well. Heartbreaking in that the kid dies of typhus and she dies, having wasted a lot of potential. I like the husband character who avenges the woman.
John Landis' classic? A fresh, energetic take on werewolf movies, where the horror is straight but it loves the legacy, and has plenty of humour. David Naughton is so likeable in the lead it's a wonder he didn't have a bigger career - Griffin Dunne also very winning, and Jenny Agutter is magical as the perfect fantasy nurse.
I enjoy how Landis keeps the tension and pace going via violent dream sequences. Transformation is extraordinarily well done.
John Waters' got his Pink Flamingo gang back for his hugely enjoyable spoof of crime pictures. Divine has the time of her life in the lead role. Plenty of shock and nudity, Divine in a dual role. Hits all the beats - origin story, trial, electric chair.
One of those tough, smart 50s Westerns with James Stewart in excellent form as a man on a mission to who's selling guns to the Apaches. Three strong characterisations in support - Donald Crisp's tough yet kindly tycoon, Alex Nicol as his useless son, Arthur Kennedy as Crisp's employee paid to look after the idiot son. There are some decent female characters parts too - a female rancher (Aline MacMahon) and Kennedy's wife (Cathy O'Donnell).
Very well made. Smart. Solid world building. Florence Pugh anchors a passive role with her beauty and charisma. Might've exploited the deaths more for scares. Hard to pick at thhough.
Yes, I am aware when it comes to Yordan it's often unclear who did what but anyway...
1) The Big Combo (1955)
2) Men in War (1957)
3) When Strangers Marry (1944)
4) El Cid (1961)
5) Johnny Guitar (1954)
6) The Naked Jungle (1954)
7) The Chase (1946)
8) The Harder They Fall (1956)
9) Joe Macbeth (1955)
10) Reign of Terror (1949)
These were all good scripts. Yordan had a strong track record.
