The Blackbird (1926)

“Life is what you make it.” A bizarre little crime melodrama from MGM and directed by Tod Browning (Freaks), The Blackbird features a “Jekyll & Hyde” type story with Lon…

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The Breaking Point (1950)

“The smugglers … the blood-money chiselers … and the danger-dame … they all owned a piece of the guy they called ‘Trouble’ …” A great and somewhat overlooked film-noirish adaptation…

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The Browning Version (1951)

“I am sorry because I have failed to give you what you had the right to demand of me as your teacher: sympathy, encouragement and humanity.” A devastating portrait of…

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The Burning (1981)

"Man, this guy is so burned, he's cooked! A fucking Big Mac, overdone!" A cut above (no pun intended!) the typical early 1980's slasher film starts with a prank gone…

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The Changeling (1980)

“That house is not fit to live in. No one’s been able to live in it. It doesn’t want people.” One of the greatest atmospheric horror films, The Changeling ranks…

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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

“So why did you try to kill him then?” … “Because we were friends.” In this offbeat, rambling road movie/crime thriller written and directed by Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter),…

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Tillie and Gus (1933)

“I’ll bend every effort to win this race, and I come from a long line of effort benders!” The great W.C. Fields teams up with Alison Skipworth as the title…

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Trans (1998)

"Anywhere is better than here." A little-known independent film directed by Julian Goldberger, Trans has a dreamlike, impressionistic style. It was filmed in and around Fort Myers, Florida. A teenage…

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Trash (1999)

“One of the first things you learn growing up in the parks is that life is tough and it ain’t always fair.” Two high school rednecks from the wrong side…

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Traveller (1997)

"Right now you have to take care of what you need to be taking care of and you may just find that the rest will take care of itself." Directed…

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