Tag Archives: crime movies

5 Things About Peggy Cummins in Gun Crazy

Posted on December 18, 2025 by sheila

It’s her birthday today. 5 Things About Peggy Cummins in Gun Crazy Introduction Joseph Lewis’ brilliant, erotic, and influential Gun Crazy was originally called Deadly Is the Female (which could be an alternate title for almost every film noir ever … Continue reading →

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August-November 2025 Viewing Diary

Posted on December 9, 2025 by sheila

I haven’t watched much this year, beyond what I was assigned to review. Of course at end of year I have to scramble to catch up, which I am still doing. Instead I watched a lot of true crime, re-watched … Continue reading →

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Review: The Thursday Murder Club (2025)

Posted on August 28, 2025 by sheila

I enjoyed this English caper! Great cast. I reviewed for Ebert.

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July 2025 Viewing Diary

Posted on August 5, 2025 by sheila

2025 has not been a movie-watching year for me, outside of the things I’ve been assigned to review. I was feeling really down on myself for not keeping up but honestly something had to give. I had to work on … Continue reading →

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Review: She Rides Shotgun (2025)

Posted on August 1, 2025 by sheila

I reviewed the film adaptation of Jordan Harper’s award-winning debut novel for Rogerebert.com.

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“I never made a message picture, and I hope I never do.” — Howard Hawks

Posted on May 30, 2025 by sheila

It’s his birthday today. My favorite director. I’ve written so much about his movies, here and elsewhere, it’d be too much to link to all of it. I’ve seen it all. Only Angels Have Wings is my favorite movie ever … Continue reading →

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September 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on October 7, 2024 by sheila

My First Film (2024; d. Zia Anger) In my Top 10 of the year (so far). I reviewed for Ebert. Sweetheart Deal (2024; d. Elisa Levine and Gabriel Miller) A very upsetting and beautifully made documentary, representing a decade of … Continue reading →

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April 2024 Viewing Diary

Posted on May 1, 2024 by sheila

To Be or Not to Be (1942; d. Ernst Lubitsch) It’s 82 years later. 82 years. And it’s still a little bit shocking this film even exists. The film lampoons Nazis, and Hitler, and tyranny, which – in 1942 – … Continue reading →

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Review: Barber (2023)

Posted on September 22, 2023 by sheila

A fairly typical crime drama – but the real subject is the new “woke Ireland” and all the tensions social change brings. And the secrets everyone still keeps. I love Aiden Gillen though – always good to see him. I … Continue reading →

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August 2023 Viewing Diary

Posted on September 3, 2023 by sheila

Oppenheimer (2023; d. Christopher Nolan) In general, I am not a Nolan fan (the only one of his I liked was Dunkirk), and I went into this hesitantly because I read an interview with him where he said the whole … Continue reading →

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