The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972)
May
17
1968
Director Gordon Davidson and the defense attorney (David Spielberg) on set. DP: Haskell Wexler.
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Gordon Davidson, 1972)
May
17
1968
Director Gordon Davidson and the defense attorney (David Spielberg) on set. DP: Haskell Wexler.
“Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?”Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)
May
16
Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor.
“What mystery, what beauty.”Stromboli (Terra di Dio) [Stromboli] (Roberto Rossellini, 1950)
May
8
birthdays
Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman on set on Sardinia. In the background the house Bergman's character moves into with her husband. DP: Otello Martelli.
May 8 is both director Rossellini and Bergman's character Karen's #birthday.
– Karen
“It's a weird, crazy idea, but that's the reason it intrigues me.”Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang, 1956)
May
7
Susan Spencer (Joan Fontaine) lighting Tom Garrett's (Dana Andrews) cigarette. DP: William E. Snyder.
– Tom Garrett
“It's spooky! It sounds… unholy!”The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, 1925)
May
6
Tweedledee (Harry Earles), Hercules (Victor McLaglen), and Echo – The Ventriloquist (Lon Chaney). DP: David Kesson.
– Echo
– You haven't forgotten us again, have you, Marion? – You know perfectly well I'm Julia Ross!My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)
May
5
Nina Foch as Julia Ross… or is she… Julia's lying on a made bed, looking over her shoulder at two middle-aged men and an elderly woman standing in the doorway to her room. DP: Burnett Guffey.
“Based on a true occult event”The Kirlian Witness (Jonathan Sarno, 1978)
Apr
27
A ficus hooked up to a polygraph. DP: João Fernandes.
– tagline
Распад [Raspad / Collapse / Decay] (Mikhail Belikov, 1990)
Apr
25
1986
A young boy looks over his shoulder into the camera. He's seated at an extended table, set with food for many. A man in the back is on the phone; a woman walks around cradling a newborn child. In the corner of the room a baby cot. DP: Vasiliy Trushkovskiy.
“Dry your eyes, baby; it's out of character.”Notorious (Alfred Hitchcock, 1946)
Apr
24
Devlin (Cary Grant) and Alicia Huberman (Ingrid Bergman). DP: Ted Tetzlaff.
And January 9.
– Devlin
“Moscow in flames, missiles headed toward New York. Film at eleven.”The Kentucky Fried Movie (John Landis, 1977)
Apr
9
11:42 A.M.
Scratched-up film stock showing an arid landscape with ISLE OF LUCY APRIL 9, 11:42 A.M. in bold red letters superimposed over it. DP: Stephen M. Katz.
– newscaster