Category: Classics & Hitchcock
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The African Queen (1951)
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Read more: The African Queen (1951)Here at Ruthless, we are famous for 80’s Action and Christmas Movie Reviews. One genre that is seriously underrepresented at Ruthless is the classics. Movies with dialogue that pops and sizzles, and with great acting and character development. The African Queen is one of my favorite classics and stars two of the greatest actors to…
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Ace In the Hole
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Read more: Ace In the HoleIf it took losing his family to the ovens of Auschwitz (including his mother) in order for Billy Wilder to see humanity so clearly…
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The 1939 movie year: First in a series.
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Read more: The 1939 movie year: First in a series.A recent question on Jeopardy reminded me 1939 was a banner year for the release of the greatest number of quality films ever in a single year. Most were the product of the studio system. I will briefly discuss some of my favorites, starting with my favorite film genre, the Western. Jesse James ( “He…
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Magnificent Obsession
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Read more: Magnificent ObsessionDouglas Sirk’s Magnificent Obsession is sheer, bold ridiculousness in eye-popping Technicolor…
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Das Boot
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Read more: Das BootDas Boot opens with a bunch of drunken sailors pissing on a U-Boat Captain and his officers. This is no doubt a metaphorical stab at the fact that the Nazi overlords essentially sent literal boatloads of U-Boat men into the meat grinder. 40,000 sailors went out in German subs. About 7,000 came back. Even…
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The Trouble With Harry
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Read more: The Trouble With Harry– Hitchcock is one of cinema’s great misanthropes, perhaps the greatest.
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Leave Her To Heaven
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Read more: Leave Her To HeavenHell Awaits
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Le Deuxieme Souffle
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Read more: Le Deuxieme SouffleA Second Wind within a theme of fatalism.
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It Happened One Night
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Read more: It Happened One NightI think this characteristic relates to is an explanation of why Capra’s body of work has evolved into being a touch-stone for political and social conservatives. They think that they are latching onto George Bailey, and Mr. Smith; in fact, they are really nostalgic for the dynamics of a patriarchal society that revolves around a…
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The Earrings Of Madame De…
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Read more: The Earrings Of Madame De…One of the finest works in any media regarding human nature.