Directed by John Huston The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is wonderfully ugly. In it three men set out to hit it rich mining for gold. Rather quickly they find what they're looking for, but the challenge then becomes keeping it. They must deal with forces from outside and forces from within, and in the end … Continue reading The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
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Transit (2018)
Directed by Christian Petzold Transit exists outside of time, at least any sort of familiar sense of time. It's Casablanca set in the modern day, but that blend of past and present, without getting into the more symbolic elements, makes our own social history feel so immediate. A period piece film having to do with Nazi-occupied France would … Continue reading Transit (2018)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Directed by Sam Fuller Skip McCoy (Richard Widmark) is a subway pickpocket who lives in a shack on the waterfront, likening him to a sewer rat, hiding in the shadows. He emerges only when he needs something and is otherwise content to live a solitary life. He's a part of an underground community of pickpockets, … Continue reading Pickup on South Street (1953)
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