Musings on Movies

  February 28, 2025   In Memoriam   Gene Hackman  January 30, 1930 - February 26, 2025   We were told it would be a big star, and it was. Wh...

  February 6, 2025   The Testament of Dr. Mabuse – Germany, 1933   There is an eleven-year gap between Fritz Lang’s 1922 film Dr. Mabuse, t...

January 11, 2025   Dr. Mabuse, The Gambler – Germany, 1922   If I didn’t know better, I’d swear that Fritz Lang’s 1922 film Dr. Mabuse, The...

 Well, here's a surprise... Release Date: February 11, 2025

  August 8, 2024   Whales of August, The – 1987, US   It’s almost a cliché to say of a movie that they don’t make them like that anymore , ...

July 20, 2024   On a Missed Opportunity in a “Classic”   From 1973 to 1974, the divorce rate in Sweden rose from 2% to 3.3%, a bump many peo...

  June 7, 2024   On One of the Strangest (and Most Pointless) Debates in Movie History   1997 was a fairly good one for films. The year saw ...