‘In Harm’s Way’ – John Wayne and Kirk Douglas in the WWII Pacific, free on Kanopy !Featured, Academy Award nominee, BAFTA winner, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, drama, DVD, Free, Hollywood Classic, Kanopy, SVOD, war 05/28/202305/28/2023 Sean Axmaker Otto Preminger’s sprawling World War II drama opens with the attack on Pearl Harbor and follows its characters as the Navy rebuilds its fleet and launches its campaign to take back the Pacific.
Last chance: ‘Swamp Water’ – Jean Renoir heads south on Criterion Channel !Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, drama, Hollywood Classic 09/24/202209/24/2022 Sean Axmaker Dana Andrews is a trapper in the no man’s land of Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp in the first American film by the great French director Jean Renoir.
Last chance: Dana Andrews goes ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends’ on Criterion Channel !Featured, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Crime, Criterion Channel, DVD, film noir, Hollywood Classic, Last chance, SVOD 01/23/202201/22/2022 Sean Axmaker Otto Preminger’s 1950 noir reunites Andrews and Gene Tierney, the stars of Laura, for a more streetwise cop drama with a bare-knuckle attitude.
‘The Best Years of Our Lives’ – Coming home on Prime Video and Kanopy !Featured, Academy Award, Amazon Prime Video, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, Essential Viewing, Free, Kanopy, National Film Registry, SVOD 12/28/202112/28/2021 Sean Axmaker World War II vet William Wyler put his soul into this 1946 drama of veterans returning home, which earned seven Academy Awards.
‘Laura’ – The silkiest film noir of all on Criterion Channel !Featured, Academy Award, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion Channel, DVD, Essential Viewing, film noir, Hollywood Classic, Last chance, suspense, SVOD 12/25/202101/08/2022 Sean Axmaker Gene Tierney is the title character and Dana Andrews the driven cop in the romantic murder mystery from director Otto Preminger.
‘Boomerang’ – small town noir on Criterion Channel !Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a true story, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, film noir, Hollywood Classic, Kino Lorber, SVOD 11/22/202111/21/2021 Sean Axmaker Elia Kazan directs this semi-documentary film noir based on the true story of a small town murder and the rush to find the killer.
