'A Hatful of Rain' with Lloyd Nolan, Anthony Franciosa and Don Murray 'A Hatful of Rain' script fails to find cinematic voice as most of the cast hams it up Based on a play by Michael V. Gazzo, A Hatful of Rain is an interesting attempt at injecting "adult" subject matters – in this case, the evils of drug addiction – into Hollywood movies. "Interesting," however, does not mean either successful or compelling. Despite real, unromantic New York City locations and Joseph MacDonald's beautifully realistic black-and-white camera work (and the pointless use of CinemaScope), this Fred Zinnemann-directed melodrama feels anachronistically stagy as a result of its artificial dialogue and the hammy theatricality of its performers – with Eva Marie Saint as the sole naturalistic exception. 'A Hatful of Rain' synopsis Somewhat revolutionary in its day (Otto Preminger's The Man with a Golden Arm,* also about drug addiction,...
- 5/11/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
I hope you've been keeping up with Falling Skies, the hit TNT show about an alien invasion of Earth. As you may recall from my Falling Skies review, I was a little hesitant about predicting viewer response after the first couple of episodes. I liked the show, but this is a tricky genre in terms of guessing how audiences will respond. Well, they apparently responded quite well, and you probably know that the show has been picked up for a second season.
Actually, I was especially curious about how fans would react to the last couple of episodes, and now that they've aired, I'd be interested to know what people thought of them.
But, it's finale time now, and this Sunday brings an episode you don't want to miss. It's all been building up to this, and the 2-hour finale is going to throw out a lot of interesting material,...
Actually, I was especially curious about how fans would react to the last couple of episodes, and now that they've aired, I'd be interested to know what people thought of them.
But, it's finale time now, and this Sunday brings an episode you don't want to miss. It's all been building up to this, and the 2-hour finale is going to throw out a lot of interesting material,...
- 8/2/2011
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
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