Tag: 1930s
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Hooptober 12.0 – The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Being Film #27 for Hooptober 2025 I don’t need to re-watch The Wizard Of Oz to recall with perfect clarity the impact of the flying monkeys had on my six-year-old psyche. I suspect for a large group of people my age watching the film was an annual tradition: VCRs and cable television were still uncommon…
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Hooptober 12.0 – White Zombie (1932)
Being Film #17 for Hooptober 2025 Sometimes a movie is so good, it doesn’t matter the condition you see it. In a world of 4K, Dolby Vision, IMAX, and other buzzwords for the highest of definitions, a picture ultimately rests on its construction and execution. That being said, I wish some of that visual pizzazz…
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Hooptober 10.0 – The Return of Doctor X (1939)
Being Film #18 for Hooptober 2023 The marathon called for a movie that had “X” in the title, and it was the perfect time to bring out a DVD I had for yers but never watched: my beloved Humphrey Bogart taking on horror in The Return of Doctor X. My heart knew this wasn’t going…
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Hooptober 10.0 – Saloum (2021)
Being Film #10 for Hooptober 2023 Let’s face it: for a streaming service Shudder has some of the best curation you can get. You might not think a film is horrific enough for a horror channel, but you’re always getting something interesting. I’ll take the latter any day, and Saloum is a great example of…
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Hooptober 10.0 – Mad Love (1935)
Being Film #9 for Hooptober 2023 Every few years I come back to Mad Love, the creepy dream horror that landed Petter Lorre in front of the majority of US moviegoers and served as the final feature outing as a director for cinematic genius Karl Freund. The film holds a special place in my heart:…
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Lost in the Mail: Chris’s 2022 Sight and Sound Ballot
What’s in a list, anyway? It’s something I’ve struggled with throughout my time as an online writer. But when you’re considering a set list of, as the BFI so brazenly puts it, the greatest films of all time, it becomes apparent that a list – any list – must encompass both a sense of inflexibility…