Anthology films are hard to nail down. You not only have to have a strong selection of stories that work, but the framing device often can make or break the film. So there was already a stacked deck against Ealing Studios, the English film studio known more for comedies like The Ladykillers and The Lavender Hill Mob. But by leaning into that sense of oddness, Dead Of Night works out just right, balancing stories that veer from silly to obscure to terrifying, and letting the frame reinforce the pervading weirdness.

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Something Like a Filmography: Stray Dog (1949)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: A bad day gets worse for young detective Murakami when a pickpocket steals his gun on a hot, … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Stray Dog (1949)

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Something Like a Filmography: The Quiet Duel (1949)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: A young idealistic doctor works at his father’s clinic in a small and seedy district. During the war, … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: The Quiet Duel (1949)

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Something Like a Filmography: Drunken Angel (1948)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: In this powerful early noir from the great Akira Kurosawa, Toshiro Mifune bursts onto the screen as a … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: Drunken Angel (1948)

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Something Like a Filmography: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: This affectionate paean to young love is also a frank examination by Akira Kurosawa of the harsh realities … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

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Something Like a Filmography: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)

Something Like a Filmography takes a (brief) look at the filmography of Akira Kurosawa. Twice a month, Chris and Jon share their impressions of each film, both on its own terms and in terms of Kurosawa’s legacy and its intersection in the Cinema Dual hosts’ lives. FROM THE BOX: In Akira Kurosawa’s first film after the end of World War II, future beloved Ozu regular Setsuko Hara … Continue reading Something Like a Filmography: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)

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Cinema Dual (TEST SITE)

Examining a life through the media we consume. In other words, I’m reviewing all of my physical music media in alphabetical order, one day at at a time. Except when I don’t, as has been the case for the past few years. Still, we march onwards…Coffee essential, but not mandatory

Tag: 1940s

Hooptober 12.0 – Dead Of Night (1945)

Something Like a Filmography: Stray Dog (1949)

Something Like a Filmography: The Quiet Duel (1949)

Something Like a Filmography: Drunken Angel (1948)

Something Like a Filmography: One Wonderful Sunday (1947)

Something Like a Filmography: No Regrets For Our Youth (1946)