Kimberly Lindbergs Actors, Alain Delon, Movie Reviews, TCM, Toshiro Mifune, Ursula Andress, Westerns

TOSHIRO MIFUNE, JAPAN’S JOHN WAYNE

During Toshiro Mifune’s impressive career in front of the camera he was often referred to as the “John Wayne of Japan.” Like Wayne, Mifune was a powerful and commanding screen presence and one of his country’s biggest box-office stars. His rugged good looks and macho posturing seemed to represent a distinct kind of masculine ideal … Continue reading TOSHIRO MIFUNE, JAPAN’S JOHN WAYNE

Kimberly Lindbergs Actors, Actresses, Alain Delon, American Cinema, George Romero, Horror, Italian Cinema, Michelangelo Antonioni, Monica Vitti, Movie Reviews

THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: L’ECLISSE (1962)

While recently rewatching Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Eclisse (aka The Eclipse, 1962) I received the sad news that George Romero had died. The celebrated Italian art-house auteur and the American director behind the hugely popular Living Dead franchise aren’t typically associated with one another but I suspect that Antonioni’s work may have inspired Romero early in his career. In The Cinema of George … Continue reading THE LIVING AND THE DEAD: L’ECLISSE (1962)

Kimberly Lindbergs Actors, Alain Delon, Crime, FilmStruck, French Cinema, Movie Reviews

CRIME & PUNISHMENT: LE CERCLE ROUGE (1970)

August 10, 2017: FilmStruck is currently streaming 11 films featuring Alain Delon as part of their “Icons: Alain Delon” theme and for the next 4 weeks I’ll be spotlighting a few of my favorite titles in this collection. To learn more about the French actor please see a previous post I wrote in 2010 to celebrate … Continue reading CRIME & PUNISHMENT: LE CERCLE ROUGE (1970)

Kimberly Lindbergs Actors, Alain Delon, Crime, FilmStruck, French Cinema, Movie Reviews

HONOR AMONG THIEVES: FAREWELL, FRIEND (1968)

In the tradition of classic French heist films such as Touchez pas au grisbi (1954), Rififi (1955) and Bob le flambeur (1956), Farewell, Friend (aka Honor Among Thieves, 1968) takes viewers on a treacherous adventure where femme fatales lurk around every shadowy corner and crime rarely pays. But that doesn’t stop some fortune hunters from risking everything to make a quick buck or in … Continue reading HONOR AMONG THIEVES: FAREWELL, FRIEND (1968)

Kimberly Lindbergs 1968, Alain Delon, Federico Fellini, FilmStruck, Horror, Jane Fonda, Movie Reviews, Peter Fonda, Roger Vadim, Terence Stamp

DUELING DELONS: SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (1968)

  In the 1960s anthology (also known as omnibus or portmanteau) films became extremely popular and were attractive to producers who wanted to appeal to a broad range of viewers. The segmented format also encouraged audiences to make multiple trips to the concession stand, which pleased theater owners. Sex comedies were particularly trendy but the … Continue reading DUELING DELONS: SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (1968)

Kimberly Lindbergs Alain Delon, French Cinema, Horror

Like Father, Like Son – Doppelgangers

One of my most interesting recent discoveries is a short film made by director Julien Landais. It's titled DER DOPPELGANGER (2014) and stars Alain Delon's youngest son, Alain-Fabien Delon Jr. who was just 20-years-old at the time. What fascinates me about Landais’s film is that it seems to borrow some visual motifs from my favorite horror … Continue reading Like Father, Like Son – Doppelgangers

Kimberly Lindbergs Actors, Alain Delon, Ava Gardner, Books, British Cinema, Clint Eastwood, Directors, Eli Wallach, Ennio Morricone, Francois Truffaut, French Cinema, Giallo, Hammer Horror, Horror, Italian Cinema, James Dean, Jean-Paul Belmondo, John Phillip Law, Mario Bava, Modern Mondays, Movie Morlocks, Movie Reviews, Nicolas Roeg, Oliver Reed, Romance, Sergio Leone, TCM, Terence Fisher, Thrillers, Warner Archives

June & July at the Movie Morlocks

I haven't been online much the last few months for a number of reasons. First and foremost, I've been having some medical problems with my left eye and spending lots of time on my computer reading, watching vids and writing can often be problematic. My eyes get easily irritated and I'm prone to headaches, etc. … Continue reading June & July at the Movie Morlocks

Kimberly Lindbergs Alain Delon, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Bette Davis, Clint Eastwood, David Cronenberg, David Hemmings, David Lean, Horror, Katharine Hepburn, Ken Russell, Peter Lorre, Stanley Kubrick, Steve McQueen, Terence Stamp, Westerns

February & March at The Movie Morlocks

I've been neglecting Cinebeats again. Having a hard time getting back into the swing of things around here and other endeavors are keeping me from the blog. But I thought I'd finally update with a quick list of some highlights from my February & Mach contributions to TCM's Movie Morlocks. You can read all the … Continue reading February & March at The Movie Morlocks

Kimberly Lindbergs Actors, Actresses, Alain Delon, Alfred Hitchcock, Bette Davis, British Cinema, British New Wave, David Lean, Elizabeth Taylor, Francois Truffaut, Gay Interest, Gene Tierney, Horror, James Dean, Japanese Cinema, Jess Franco, Jon Finch, Julie Harris, Klaus Kinski, Lee Marvin, Lon Chaney Jr., Modern Mondays, Movie Morlocks, Natalie Wood, Oscars, Peter Lorre, Richard Johnson, Roger Corman, Roman Polanski, Sidney Poitier, TCM, Terence Fisher, Vincent Price

2013 at the Movie Morlocks

Jess Franco 1930-2013 What follows is a collection of links to some of my posts at TCM's Movie Morlocks from 2013. These are (in my estimation) the best and most interesting articles I wrote last year but you can read my entire output for 2013 at the Movie Morlocks if you peruse the archives. From … Continue reading 2013 at the Movie Morlocks