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The Southerner (April 30, 1945)
French director Jean Renoir directed this adaptation of George Sessions Perry’s novel Hold Autumn in Your Hand, which won the first National Book Award in 1941. (The novel was adapted by screenwriter...
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Mildred Pierce (Oct. 20, 1945)
If you’ve only seen the film adaptation of James M. Cain’s 1941 novel Mildred Pierce, you’re forgiven for never wondering whether the striking murder set piece that opens the film and informs the...
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The Unfaithful (June 5, 1947)
The opening narration of The Unfaithful informs us that while the film takes place in Southern California, it deals not with a problem of a particular place, but with a problem of our times. At first,...
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Ruthless (April 16, 1948)
He wasn’t a man … he was a way of life. The last line of Edgar G. Ulmer’s Ruthless could have been the capper to an epic tale of striving and loss, but after almost one hour and 45 minutes of...
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Whiplash (Dec. 24, 1948)
Whiplash (1948) Directed by Lewis Seiler Warner Bros. Sometimes a good ending is all I need. I enjoyed Whiplash, and there’s plenty of entertainment packed into its briskly paced 91 minutes, but it’s...
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