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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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

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Hooptober 12.0 – Dead Of Night (1945)