Nick's Film Jottings

Running, running... When we hear why Robert Ryan is pursuing Van Heflin, our loyalties are switched. But when Heflin gets picked up by Mary ...

Ah, yes, the "Who is Larry Cravat?" one, co-written with Howard Dimsdale who was blacklisted by HUAD and committed suicide with hi...

 Lorelai and Rory summoned us. Loved when Rory's fractured her arm and Lorelai sleeps in a chair at the end of the bed and we cut to her...

A needy film which wants you to like it, specifically through reusing elements from the first - and best - Bridget Jones  film (the 'wro...

Yes, no matter who wrote what (Billy or Raymond Chandler) - and let's not forget those choice lines of dialogue were probably co-written...

Written by Mark Chappell who co-wrote Netflix series Flaked , which is well rated. But this didn't work for me at all. It's in that ...

Has a truly memorable opening. Two naked men escape into the night New York streets. They's clearly something very wrong with them. And ...

It's also a Bruce Surtees double bill. There's something about Honkytonk Man   that seems personal to Clint, who was born in the Dep...

Two part two hour documentary shown ahead of Clint's 95th birthday. Overuses some 8mm footage badly, stock footage also quite bad, all f...

There's a great pull going on here because Ava has blackmailed her way into Head Writer position on Deborah's late night TV show, so...

Though various writers credited over nine episodes. In episode one, everything conspires against John Hamm. Following his wife's adulter...

Will music win out over terrorism? is one of the questions this intriguing and non-conformist drama poses. Music unites, terrorism divides. ...

The film Woody Allen made twice. Yes, he wasn't happy with Maureen O'Hara's performance, and as he related to biographer Stig Bj...

Why is this called Magnolia ? Q asked. It should be called ' Big Turgid Spider's Web '. She did enjoy it though. It's someth...

Hosted by Bryan Forbes but mainly consisting of audience questions, a noticeably long-haired audience. Like, why was the art direction on Ma...

The way Teresa Wright tenderly dries Dana Andrews' face. When Frederic March is drunkenly dancing with Myrna Loy there's a sudden, b...

As well as relating a fascinating moment in history, I sense Alan Bennett is also discussing the wider issue of how anyone can through menta...

A surprisingly clumsily made film produced by Roger Corman for AIP, a sort of sequel to Bloody Mama . The female protagonist is a young Barb...

Perfectly amiable comedy in which historian Alda realises his historical book is being turned into a cheesy comedy by director Saul Rubinek ...

"Mind your own business and there will be no rows" was actually the content of the first letter received in Littlehampton in 1920,...