Category: Classics & Hitchcock

“I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it all the same.”

Bad acting meets overripe dialogue.

“Dr. Strangelove,” like a good Ambrose Bierce short story or H.L. Mencken essay, takes pleasure in its cynicism.

Is it possible to be moved by a film that you don’t quite understand?

We see the emotions and behavior of individuals–courage, fear, rage–but the flow and outcome of the combat are mechanical.

one of the greatest camp classics of modern times

This might not be his best but in terms of cruelty and the unflinching avoidance of sentimentality, it best typifies why Bunuel remains…