The Film Yap

Despite some thrilling World War I air combat scenes, “Aces High” fails to deliver on the ground. Continue reading →

“The Lost Weekend” is an uncompromising look at alcoholism in an era when addiction was swept under the rug of polite society. Continue reading →

Alfred Hitchcock loved to adapt stage mysteries for cinematic thrills, like 1954′s “Dial M for Murder.” Continue reading →

This 1939 classic mixes rollicking adventure with sand-strewn heartbreak, as three brothers join a Foreign Legion outpost ruled by a sadistic sergeant. Continue reading →

“Panic in Year Zero!” is a perfect document of the Cold War mindset of the early 1960s, when the threat of nuclear annihilation was very real. Continue reading →