Flawed but commendable black comedy set during a twenty four hour period in a large teaching hospital in Manhattan. It begins exuberantly with narration describing the series of blunders and misdiagnoses that lead to the death of a perfectly […]
Entries from October 2005
The Hospital (1971)
October 31st, 2005 · No Comments
Tags: 24 hour time frame · Black comedy
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970)
October 24th, 2005 · No Comments
In this seamless blend of comedy, mystery and drama from filmmaker Billy Wilder, Sherlock Holmes (Robert Stephens) is introduced to us in this new twist on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s universe as a brilliant but pompous private detective […]
Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
October 20th, 2005 · No Comments
Kinetic and extremely well-made social document of a bank robbery turned hostage ordeal in Flatbush over one of the hottest days of the summer of ‘72.
The wily “Sonny” Wojtowicz (Al Pacino) and his slow-witted buddy Sal (John Cazale) intend no harm, but when everything about their robbery that could possibly go wrong does, they […]
Tags: Famous line
The Parallax View (1974)
October 16th, 2005 · No Comments
Warren Beatty stars as Joe Frady, a second rate investigative reporter who has a habit of making enemies wherever he goes. He receives […]
Tags: Paranoia









