Black and White
Films which are either partially or fully black and white
His Girl Friday
The Grant/Russell pair could have made a hundred movies if this one didn’t count as all of them.
The Bishop’s Wife
There isn’t a moment of romantic energy behind the interaction of Niven and Young in The Bishop’s Wife, and not one time that Cary Grant makes us happy to be on his side. Capra used to invite us to wonderful sleepy towns. Henry Koster takes us to one we’d rather sleep off.
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Amirpour crafts a startling image of repressed terror. A vampire film for the modern age.
Gojira (1954)
Its power and influence is all in a performance of a modern myth. Dark, apocalyptic, and unforgettable.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Everyone has their own agenda. No one has a straight answer. The birth of noir.