Film: The Poseidon Adventure
Call me barmy, but for some reason I’ve been feeling compelled to continue my tour through the “classics” of the disaster genre, and how could you omit something as iconic …
Film: Beneath the Planet of the Apes
Alas, the insightful subtexts of Planet of the Apes don’t exactly carry over into its clunky first sequel. Following the haunting, loaded ending of the first film, Beneath the Planet …
Film: Planet of the Apes
In the interest of continuing my tour of long-shadow classics, I ventured most recently to Planet of the Apes (1968), a film that doesn’t exactly electrify modern sensibilities but still …
Film: The Defector
Notable as Montgomery Clift’s final performance, The Defector (1966) is another obscure espionage relic from the Warner Archive. Clift plays James Bower, a brilliant physicist recruited by a scheming CIA agent …