Confessions of a Film Philistine

An uneducated movie lover's assult on the Classics

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

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Alice ( Kathryn Beaumont ) grows bored with her studies when she sees the White Rabbit ( Bill Thompson ). Curious, she decides to follow him...
Sunday, July 13, 2025

This Gun for Hire (1942)

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A hired killer ( Alan Ladd ) is double-crossed and sets out for revenge. Pretty Ellen ( Veronica Lake ) is caught in the middle. World War I...
Friday, July 11, 2025

Murder She Said (1961)

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Jane Marple ( Margaret Rutherford ) witnesses a murder from her train window but the police find no evidence. So she poses as a domestic in ...
Sunday, July 6, 2025

Act of Violence (1948)

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Former POW Joe ( Robert Ryan ) stalks his war hero CO Frank ( Van Heflin ) because of things that happened during the war. Young Janet Leigh...
Monday, June 16, 2025

What Else I Watched, 2025Q2

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Bacall on Bogart (1988) Lauren Bacall hosts a retrospective of Humphrey Bogart from an episode of Great Performances . A fairly interestin...
Tuesday, June 10, 2025

My Little Chickadee (1940)

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Flower Belle Lee ( Mae West ) is kicked out of town because she was seen cavorting with a masked bandit. On a train she pairs up with a con ...
Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Svengali (1931)

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A foreign music teacher ( John Barrymore ) in Paris uses hypnotic powers to control the beautiful young Trilby ( Marian Marsh ) and make her...
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