‘He Ran All the Way’ – John Garfield’s last stand on Criterion Channel !Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Crime, Criterion Channel, drama, DVD, film noir, Have You Seen...?, Hollywood Classic, SVOD, thriller 11/19/202211/19/2022 Sean Axmaker Garfield gives one of his fiercest performances in his last film role in this film noir made in the shadow of the communist witch-hunts.
John Garfield hits ‘The Breaking Point’ on Criterion Channel !Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Criterion, Criterion Channel, DVD, film noir, Have You Seen...?, Hollywood Classic, thriller 11/16/202211/16/2022 Sean Axmaker 2 Comments The second screen adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s ‘To Have and Have Not’ adds a post-war setting and a working class angle to the story. Patrical Neal costars and Micheal Curtiz directs.
Edward G. Robinson is ‘The Sea Wolf’ on HBO Max !Featured, Academy Award nominee, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, drama, DVD, film noir, HBO Max, literary adaptation, SVOD, thriller 08/20/202209/01/2022 Sean Axmaker Michael Curtiz turns Jack London’s novel into a nautical noir thriller in this 1941 classic, costarring Ida Lupino, John Garfield, and Alexander Knox.
‘The Postman Always Rings Twice’ for Lana Turner and John Garfield on HBO Max !Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, literary adaptation, suspense, SVOD, thriller 11/18/202111/17/2021 Sean Axmaker The original film version of James M. Cain’s sultry crime classic of lust and murder is the glossiest film noir ever made.
