Waterloo Bridge (dir. James Whale, 1931): A refreshingly different pre-code film from the afore-discussed Red-Headed Woman and Baby Face, this one sticks to your basic melodrama motifs, very D.W. Griffith…
Is it an unfair conclusion that Oriental cinema is particularly drawn to the Greek/Shakespearean tragedy? Certainly postwar Japanese films reflect this possibility – Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood, The Bad Sleep…
With a particular attraction toward Japanese film, am trying to lessen the number of important works that I haven’t seen. One that can now be crossed of the list (in…
