If you can’t do what you want to then you do the things you can. – The ensemble cast of Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins, in the song “Another National Anthem”. When it was initially released in 1950, ...
“Film noir,” the classic genre of crime and mystery films, isn’t usually considered uplifting. However, these films can be very entertaining and sometimes, surprisingly, inspiring. One such film is ...
"Boxing Wednesdays. Wrestling on Fridays." It's fight night at Paradise City, the low-rent, small-town sweatbox in Robert Wise's underappreciated 1949 palooka gem The Set-Up, one of five sterling ...
Left to right: Sam Jaffe as Doc Erwin Riedenschneider, Anthony Caruso as Louis Ciavelli and Sterling Hayden as Dix Handley in "The Asphalt Jungle." Photo courtesy ...
Marilyn Monroe standing in an open doorway looking at Don Haggerty in The Asphalt Jungle (1950) Image via MGM Studios During the 1940s, the classic film noir genre was a favorite among film fans and ...
Honocheck is astounded to find that his friend Lou Gordon may be involved in a ring that steals travelers checks. He risks his reputation and job to clear his friend's name. Police flood the area ...
The Asphalt Jungle (1950): Following his release from prison, master thief Doc Riedenschneider plans an intricate jewel heist with the backing of corrupt lawyer Alonzo Emmerich. Assembling a team of ...
The Asphalt Jungle is a brilliantly conceived and executed anatomy of a crime -- or, as director John Huston and scripter Ben Maddow put it, a left-handed form of human endeavor. Recently paroled ...
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