Tagged: robert hamer

david bax / home video hovel / movies / reviews

May 1, 2020

Home Video Hovel: Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter, by David Bax

Film Movement Classics’ new four movie set of comedies starring Alastair Sim, which they’ve dubbed “Alastair Sim’s School for Laughter,” does not present the films in chronological order (though the essay by Ronald Bergen in the accompanying booklet does address...

david bax / monday movie / movies

April 27, 2020

Monday Movie: It Always Rains on Sunday, by David Bax

Robert Hamer’s It Always Rains on Sunday is, more often than not, advertised or presented as a noir crime film. Certainly the most common image associated with the marketing of the film–a dangerous-looking man (John McCallum) with his hand clasped...

2019 / david bax / movies / TCM Fest / TCM Fest 2019

April 18, 2019

TCM Classic Film Festival 2019: Part Two, by David Bax

One day, perhaps I’ll be so well-rounded a cinephile that I can spend all of TCM Fest hunting down rarities. But, until then, I will continue to occasionally use it as an excuse to cross some major blind spots off...