Author Rick Thompson

This article originally appeared in CTEQ: Annotations on Film, no. 1 (1998), published in Metro, no. 113/114 (1998), p. 131. It is reprinted with the kind permission of the author. At the same time that Orso...

The Big Red One (1980 USA 113 mins) Prod Co: Lorimar Prod: Gene Corman Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller Phot: Adam Greenberg Ed: David Bretherton Art Dir: Peter Jamison Mus: Dana Kaproff Cast: Lee Marvin, Mark...

The Tall T (1957 USA 77 mins) Source: Sony Pictures Classics Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Prod: Harry Joe Brown Dir: Budd Boetticher Scr: Burt Kennedy, based on the story “The Captives” by Elmore Leonard P...

The Getaway (1972 USA 122 mins) Source: ScreenSound Australia/Village Roadshow Prod Co: First Artists Prod: David Foster, Mitchell Brower Dir: Sam Peckinpah Scr: Walter Hill, based on the novel by Jim Th...

Prest-O Change-O (1939 USA 7 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: Leon Schlesinger Dir: Charles M. Jones Scr: Rich Hogan Anim: Ken Harris Mus: Carl W. Stalling Caveman Inki (1950 USA 7 m...

Kansas City (1996 USA 116 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Sandcastle 5 Productions (US)/CiBy2000 (France) Prod, Dir: Robert Altman Scr: Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt Phot: Oliver Stapleton Ed: Geraldine P...

Cabin in the Sky (1943 USA 98 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Prod: Arthur Freed Dir: Vincente Minnelli Scr: Joseph Schrank and (uncredited) Marc Connelly, from the musical play by Ly...

French CanCan (1955 France 105 mins) Source: Heritage Films Prod Co: Franco-London Films/Jolly Films Prod: Louis Wipf for Franco London Films Dir, Scr: Jean Renoir from an idea of André-Paul Antoine Phot...

A rich, multi-layered study of de Toth's landmark Western, Ramrod, considering it to be a turning point in film noir.

Viktor und Viktoria (1933 Germany 100 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: UFA Prod: Erich Pommer (uncredited), Eduard Kubat, Alfred Zeisler Dr, Scr: Reinhold Schünzle Phot: Konstantin Irmen-Tschet Ed: Arnfr...

From Pepe Le Pew to the Road Runner to Marvin the Martian, Chuck Jones entertained, thrilled and intrigued many generations down the years; Thompson pays tribute to this exceptional animator.

French CanCan (1955 France 105 mins) Source: Heritage Films Prod Co: Franco-London Films/Jolly Films Prod: Louis Wipf for Franco London Films Dir, Scr: Jean Renoir from an idea of André-Paul Antoine Phot: Mi...

Thompson gives us an informed, perceptive and essentially invaluable overview of the great Lewis.

Pickup on South Street (1953 USA 80 mins) Print Source: Prod: Jules Schermer for Twentieth Century-Fox Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller, from a story by Dwight Taylor Phot: Joe MacDonald Ed: Nick de Maggio Art D...

A discussion of this profoundly mysterious film.

Dirty Harry (1971, USA, 102 mins) Source: Warner Bros. Prod Co: A Malpaso Company Production/A Warner Brothers Release Prod, Dir: Don Siegel Scr: Harry Julian Fink & R.M. Fink and Dean Reisner; story by ...