Film criticism can be so… boring. We here at NeverDead wanted to add our two cents. Here you will find film reviews and essays that we felt necessary to cover.
History Is Made at Night (1937): Devour Your Fate
By James T. Cunningham History Is Made at Night (1937), Directed by Frank Borzage, written by Gene Towne, C. Graham Baker, and Vincent Lawrence, and stars Charles Boyer, Jean Arthur, Colin Clive, Leo Carrillo, and Ivan Lebedeff. A work of art has this uncanny ability of exposing viewers to things unknown. There exists a hidden…
Gun Crazy (1950): Be Quick or Be Dead
By James T. Cunningham Gun Crazy (1950), Directed by Joseph H. Lewis, written by MacKinlay Kantor and Dalton Trumbo starring John Dall, Peggy Cummins, Berry Kroeger, Morris Carnovsky, Anabel Shaw, Harry Lewis, and Russ Tamblyn. If happiness is indeed a warm gun like John Lennon wrote, then Joseph H. Lewis’ Gun Crazy is an American…
Point Blank (1967): In Dreams You’re Mine All the Time
By James T. Cunningham Point Blank (1967), Directed by John Boorman, written by Alexander Jacobs, David Newhouse, and Rafe Newhouse starring Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn, Carroll O’Conner, Lloyd Bochner, John Vernon, and Sharon Acker. “Cell. Prison cell. How did I get here?” These are the first words spoken in John Boorman’s neo-noir masterpiece,…
Killer’s Kiss (1955): Goodbye, New York. Thanks for Everything.
By: James T. Cunningham Killer’s Kiss (1955), Directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Stanley Kubrick and Howard Sackler, starring Jamie Smith, Irene Kane, Frank Silvera, Jerry Jarrett, and Felice Orlandi. Viewing an artist’s early work is a special experience. There remains an unpolished edge to it. A hunger. This ‘shot out of a cannon’ sensibility…
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