Tag Archives: Samuel Fuller

Warning Shadows: Home Alone With Classic Cinema (book review)

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Cliff Burns

Warning Shadows:  Home Alone With Classic Cinema by Gary Giddins (2010; W.W. Norton Company) I like Mr. Giddins’ approach to film:  it’s personal, unaffected and eclectic. The essays that make up Warning Shadows take on the usual suspects—Welles and Bogart … Continue reading →

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More reviews, hot off the presses

Posted on April 9, 2011 by Cliff Burns

This morning, I added reviews of five more films to my roster. These most recent additions include:  Arthur Penn’s “The Chase” (Marlon Brando, Robert Redford), Mike Nichols’ “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts), Michael Winner’s “Lawman” (Burt Lancaster, Robert … Continue reading →

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New reviews of “Seance on a Wet Afternoon”, “The Killer Elite” & two others

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Cliff Burns

I’ve added reviews of 4 films to my roster:  Bryan Forbes’ “Seance on a Wet Afternoon”, Peckinpah’s “The Killer Elite”, Samuel Fuller’s “House of Bamboo” and the 1949 William Wellman western, “Yellow Sky” (starring Gregory Peck and Richard Widmark). For … Continue reading →

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