Tag Archives: 1950s

Competition time | Win the gritty film noir classic While the City Sleeps on DVD

Posted on 11 October 2010 by peter

This competition has now closed While a sex maniac dubbed The Lipstick Killer prowls the streets of New York, media tycoon Walter Kyne (Vincent Price) pits his three top newsmen against each other to scoop the story, but in the … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Fritz Lang’s remastered film noir classic While the City Sleeps

Posted on 10 October 2010 by peter

Having established his noir credentials with the 1940’s films Ministry of Fear, Scarlet Street and The Woman in the Window, director Fritz Lang (the visionary behind the 1930s classics M and Metropolis) stepped back into the shadows for 1956’s pulp … Continue reading →

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Pete’s Peek | Douglas Sirk’s There’s Always Tomorrow is melodrama at its best

Posted on 21 February 2010 by peter

When it comes to glossy, glamorous Hollywood melodramas, richly textured with solid scripting, impeccable acting, and a fine eye for detail, director Douglas Sirk ranks amongst the best. Throughout the 1950s, cinema audiences couldn’t get enough of his full-blown soaps … Continue reading →

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At the Cinema | Revolutionary Road

Posted on 30 January 2009 by Jason Best

This portrayal of a marriage turning sour in 1950s American suburbia sees Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio reunited on the big screen for the first time since Titanic launched them both to stardom in 1997. Kate and Leo’s April and … Continue reading →

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