In a Lonely Place

so much potential for out of context gloria grahame saying "dicks" in this. i love the movies!!! read more

9 en un lugar solitario. una de las peliculas menos conocidas de bogart, pero en ella esta una de sus mejores interpretaciones, un personaje complejo llena de aristas y en el que se ve implicado en un asesinato como principal sospechoso. excepcional y magistral. read more

mystery mondays #1 watched this on criterion collection blu-ray. great film noir, and surprisingly dark for a 1950's film. this, to me, is humphrey bogart's best performance of the movies i've seen him in. i will say that the poster is a lie. the finish isn't a surprise, but it for damn sure is well executed. read more

the most terrifying film i've seen in... perhaps ever. this classic black-and-white film scared me senseless, had me stop breathing for a while because i was so frightened. and i'm still looking for my jaw that i dropped sometime during the third act. i see this film as an examination of the fundamental differences between men and women and how impossible it is to bridge that gap between sexes: a woman may choose to accept her man's potential aggression (and promiscuity, which has historically been just as tolerated in traditional marriages all in the name of nature) as a matter of fact and... read more

Very adult film about a surly Hollywood writer, a would be actress, and a murder. Among the very best Bogart performances, yet this film is practically unknown. Top notch acting across the board. Bogart and Grahame are a terrific team (she is the designing actress), but also good are Frank Lovejoy, Jeff Donnell (as his wife), Martha Stewart (no not that one) as the murder victim, Art Smith as the agent, and Robert Warwick (just wonderful) as the washed-up actor. Everything in the story revolves around Hollywood and movie making, but this is NOT really a film about Hollywood; it's a murder read more