USA-Mexico/112m./Dir: John Huston/Wr: Guy Gallo/Cast: Albert Finney (Geoffrey Firmin), Jacqueline Bisset (Yvonne Firmin), Anthony Andrews (Hugh Firmin), Ignacio Lopez Tarzo (Dr. Vigil), Rene Ruiz ‘Tun-Tun’ (Dwarf)
The specter of death hangs over Geoffrey Firmin (Albert Finney), an ex-British consul staggering through the Day of the Dead festival in a small Mexican town in 1938. [...]
One year ago today, Booze Movies was born with the express purpose of shedding a light on the major role that alcohol has played in the history of the movies. Of course, the last thing a booze-soaked subject should be is dry, so I hope you’ve found my soused cinema reviews and features as [...]
Mark your calendars–On March 21st and 22nd, Tales of the Cocktail.com will be hosting the 1st Annual Cocktail Film Fest at the W Hotel in the French Quarter of New Orleans! The shindig will be hosted by none other than Miss Charming herself, Cheryl Charming. Three films will be screened, and corresponding food [...]
USA/B&W/103m./Dir: Stuart Heisler/Wr: John Howard Lawson & Lionel Wiggam/Cast: Susan Hayward (Angelica Evans Conway), Lee Bowman (Ken Conway), Eddie Albert (Steve Nelson), Marsha Hunt (Martha Gray), Charles D. Brown (Mike Dawson)
With its wonderfully melodramatic title, flashback structure, and “baby in danger” scenes, Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman is in many ways a prototype [...]
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