Watch on the Rhine (1943)

Directed by Herman Shumlin. Screenplay by Dashiell Hammett, with additional scenes and dialogue by Lillian Hellman, adapted from Hellman’s own stage play (which debuted on Broadway on April 1, 1941 – i.e., eight months before the attack on Pearl Harbor and the official entrance of the United States into World War II – and ran […]

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)

Directed by Sidney Lumet. Based on the novel by Agatha Christie, screenplay by Paul Dehn. Also: before we get very far, I feel compelled to slap a SPOILER WARNING on this post – which seems strange, given that this film is almost 50 years old, but since a new version came out last year…it’s probably […]