Chris Hughes

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A ★★★★½ review of Nosferatu (2024) Nosferatu exceeded my expectations. It’s a movie buff’s movie. In it Robbert Eggers makes reference to the original Bram Stoker novel Dracula, to F.W, Murnau’s Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror (1922,) ...

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A ★★★★★ review of Eraserhead (1977) Sad to learn that David Lynch passed away today. In my opinion Lynch was the most significant artist working in the cinematic form of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. His influence is already m...

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Twice as big as the iPad Pro?? Seems like a product no one is asking for, especially since iPad can’t run anything resembling MacOS.

If the idea is Vision Pro in a pair of glasses? That will never happen. Too much hardware that would need unrealistic miniaturization.

Barf.

Another great institution on the chopping block. Sad.

A ★★★★ review of Go (1999) Go. An enduring Christmas classic.

No holiday season is complete without it.

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This age of garbage billionaires needs to end.

A ★★★½ review of Bachelor Apartment (1931) Lowell Sherman and Irene Dunne elevate Bachelor Apartment beyond its middle of the road romantic comedy plot. In a nutshell this is another “poor girl meets rich man” story. This time the girl is Hele...

Mae Murray is BONKERS in this.

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A ★★★★★ review of Election (1999) Rewatch on the Criterion Channel.  Election is one of my all time favorite films. I saw it in first run three times. I think of it as a spiritual sequel to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986.) Of all the ...

One of my all time favorites.

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A ★★★★ review of Red Dust (1932) An exceptionally lusty pre-code drama, Red Dust is a variation on the then-popular “white woman in the jungle” genre that includes Sadie Thompson (1928), Across to Singapore (1928), Safe in Hell (1931...

Steamy pre-code delight.

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That is a good deal. I’ve been waiting for a discount on Marvel’s subscription. Thanks for the heads up, Scott.

A ★★★★½ review of Grand Hotel (1932) Rewatch on the TCM app. Grand Hotel was one of the first pre-code pictures I ever saw (I was maybe 18 or 19 at the time) and it’s the film that made me fall in love with Joan Crawford. She’s young and...

Young Joan Crawford.

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A ★★★½ review of Blink Twice (2024) Zoë Kravitz’s debut film Blink Twice is beautiful to look at. The cinematography is excellent and the color control is impressive. It has a cast packed with interesting actors and it moves along at an...

Extreme style and a packed cast:

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A ★★★½ review of Tower of London (1939) About ten minutes into it I realized I’ve seen Tower of London before, probably over 20 years ago. It’s a curious flick. Universal does an MGM style epic. The plot asks you to identify with a man who ...

Exceptional scene chewing by Karloff, Rathbone and Price.

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A ★★★★ review of Alien: Romulus (2024) Rewatch on Hulu.  I still rate this third overall in the series (excluding Ridley Scott’s prequels.) Given the strength of the first two and the general weakness of the other sequels that isn’t saying...

Alien: Romulus rewatch.

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A ★★★★ review of The Unseen (1945) Gail Russell is greet in The Unseen, a tight gothic noir about a mysterious murder witnessed by a little boy. Russell suffered from extreme stage fright and really struggled to get the job done. Her h...

Gothic noir? Good stuff.

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A ★★★★ review of Sapphire (1959) Sapphire was not what I was expecting. The plot is a basic police procedural around the death of a woman who may or may not have been a prostitute. But twist, she’s half black and was living as a whit...

A British, color noir with a frank take on racism in the UK c. 1960? Surprisingly engaging.

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A ★★★★½ review of D.O.A. (1949) Rewatch on MGM+ D.O.A. is a relentless ouroboros of a film with a story told in flashback about a hero who’s also the victim. It starts out light and breezy then ramps up the tension step by step to a...

Noirvember!

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Review of ‘Call Her Savage’ (1932) ★★★★½ My favorite Clara Bow film. She shows the best of her acting range in it, employing the best of her silent chops and adding in some great sound acting as well. Conventional wisdom has it that Clara…

Clara Bow talks! Check out my review on @letterboxd.social

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Review of ‘Street Scene’ (1931) ★★★★ Street Scene is an early talkie that is so sophisticated that it almost reads as modern. It’s a slice of life piece that takes place over one sweltering day outside of a typical tenement building.…

Street Scene is basically King Vidor’s 1931 Do the Right Thing. It’s a notably modern feeling film. Check out my review on @letterboxd.social

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Review of ‘I Am Suzanne!’ (1933) ★★★★½ I Am Suzanne! is a highly eccentric, deliberately stylized, pre-code musical romance that incorporates elements of horror, surrealism and subtle psychodrama. There isn’t anything quite like it in all…

Probably the weirdest pre-code musical outside of DeMille’s Madame Satan. Check out my @letterboxd.social entry on I Am Suzanne:

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Review of ‘Murders in the Rue Morgue’ (1932) ★★★★ Karl Freund’s gorgeous cinematography elevates Murders in the Rue Morgue. The film uses chiaroscuro lighting with inky shadows and sparkling highlights. There are strong elements of German…

One of the better Universal horror films. Murders in the Rue Morgue on @letterboxd.social

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Review of ‘The Black Cat’ (1934) ★★★½ The Black Cat has always been one of my favorites of the pre-code Universal horror films. It pits Lugosi against Karloff in their most essential aspects. No heavy monster makeups, no elaborate…

Today I had a look at Bella Lugosi and Boris Karloff in one of the most underrated of the pre-code Universal horror films: The Black Cat on @letterboxd.social

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Review of ‘The Signal Tower’ (1924) ★★★★ Railroad drama! A silent film staple. This is a perfect example of the genre. David works at a rail signal and switching station and lives with his wife Sally and son Sonny at a cottage nearby. When…

Continuing my effort to watch as many 100 year old films as still exist. Today it’s Wallace Beery in The Signal Tower from 1924 on @letterboxd.social

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Review of ‘Society of the Snow’ (2023) ★★★★ Get ready to experience the full gamut of emotions when watching Society of the Snow. It’s an especially moving film.

My brief review of the incredible Society of the Snow on @letterboxd.social

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Review of ‘The Merry Widow’ (1925) ★★★½ Von Stroheim’s 1925 The Merry Widow is another massive production with lavish sets, sumptuous costumes and and a cast that even includes uncredited background work by Joan Crawford and Clark Gable.…

John Garfield and Mae Marsh in Eric von Stroheim’s 1925 version of The Merry Widow on my @letterboxd.social feed.

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Review of ‘The Family Secret’ (1924) ★★★½ To date only five full length Baby Peggy films are known to survive. The Family Secret is likely representative of the many similar but lost films that “first series” child actor Baby Peggy made. …

My latest @letterboxd.social entry is up. Baby Peggy stars in another film that’s 100 this year.

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Review of ‘The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom’ (1924) ★★★½ The Cigarette Girl of Mosselprom is a rare example of early Soviet non-propaganda filmmaking. It’s a simple comedy/love triangle in which the Cigarette Girl is poised between one of her co-workers…

A film that’s 100 years old this year. The Cigarette Girl Of Mosselprom on @letterboxd.social

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