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Farran Smith Nehme
Home Movies: Pool of London
By
Farran Smith Nehme
May 8, 2020
Basil Dearden, UK, 1951; Kino Lorber, DVD & Blu-Ray
Rep Diary: Roman Hollywood
By
Farran Smith Nehme
December 11, 2017
By all means, Rome: the eternal city is celebrated in Film Forum’s expansive series about studio films set there
The Last Man on Earth (1924) & It’s Great to Be Alive (1933)
By
Farran Smith Nehme
July 12, 2017
Single women run the world in a silent film fantasy and its musical remake
Short Take: The Beguiled
By
Farran Smith Nehme
July 3, 2017
(Sofia Coppola, USA, Focus Features, Opened June 23)
The Stranger (1967)
By
Farran Smith Nehme
June 2, 2017
Staring at the sea: Luchino Visconti’s rarely screened adaptation of Camus can’t outpace the charisma of its star
Tonka of the Gallows (1930)
By
Farran Smith Nehme
April 19, 2017
Heart of gold: a not-quite silent Czech film explores the fall (and fall) of a country girl gone bad
Beat the Devil (1953)
By
Farran Smith Nehme
February 24, 2017
John Huston plays himself: the new restoration of the auteur's Italian-set caper polishes its shambolic charm to a shine
Michèle Morgan
By
Farran Smith Nehme
February 3, 2017
French missing in the USA: on the unique charms of the
Port of Shadows
actress who never landed (or recovered from) her American crossover
The Lion in Winter Roars Back
By
Farran Smith Nehme
December 22, 2016
Dynasty: the wintry power struggles in Anthony Harvey’s award-winning drama still enthrall
Festivals: To Save and Project 2016
By
Farran Smith Nehme
November 4, 2016
Sex, explosions, and nitrate: this boisterous edition of MoMA's annual restoration series would make the Hays Office blush
All Hail King of Jazz!
By
Farran Smith Nehme
October 19, 2016
Dance revolution: a new book by James Layton and David Pierce delves into a rediscovered Technicolor musical revue
TCM Diary: Bernard Robinson, Hammer Horror Designer
By
Farran Smith Nehme
October 14, 2016
Behind the candelabra: an appreciation of the man who made
The Curse of Frankenstein
and
The Horror of Dracula
go for baroque
Sudden Fear (1952)
By
Farran Smith Nehme
August 11, 2016
Haute face: Joan Crawford's Oscar-nominated turn as a spurned heiress-playwright offers a new gold standard for 50s melodrama
TCM Diary: Tim Holt
By
Farran Smith Nehme
August 1, 2016
High in the saddle: the Western stalwart left his mark on
The Magnificent Ambersons
,
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
, and
Fifth Avenue Girl
, but kept coming back home
TCM Diary: Hedda Hopper, Character Actor
By
Farran Smith Nehme
July 6, 2016
Bigmouth strikes again: the short-lived film career of Hollywood's first lady of gossip
The High Times and Hard Fall of Carl Laemmle Jr.
By
Farran Smith Nehme
May 27, 2016
Justice for junior: on the privileged and piteous life of the father of Universal horror
Too Late for Tears (1949) + Woman on the Run (1950)
By
Farran Smith Nehme
May 6, 2016
Can't help it: two rescued and refurbished noirs that showcase femme fatales Lizabeth Scott and Ann Sheridan
Private Property (1960)
By
Farran Smith Nehme
April 22, 2016
Plastic houses for plastic people: rediscovering Leslie Stevens's long-lost film of sexual repression, class, and murderous intent in the 'burbs
Her Man (1930)
By
Farran Smith Nehme
April 7, 2016
Frankie and Johnny in Havana: Tay Garnett's nearly forgotten masterwork returns with a roiling sense of life and heart
The Face of Bette Davis
By
Farran Smith Nehme
March 16, 2016
Ignore the dirty looks: the eternal appeal of one of Hollywood's most distinctive visages
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