Tag Archives: Don Siegel

Reviews: Leaving the Criterion Channel October 31

October 30, 2020 flawintheiris

I'm a fan of deadlines — I might not get anything done otherwise. A few dozen features are soon to be dropped from the Criterion streaming channel include a number of classics, near classics, and oddities I've never seen (or haven't seen in ages), so I made a point of watching a few of them… Read More

The Beguiled (2017 and 1971) review — Gothic western seduces across generations

July 4, 2017 flawintheiris

2017: Written and directed by Sofia Coppola, from the book by Thomas Cullinan and the 1971 screenplay by Albert Maltz and Irene Kamp | 93 min 1971: Directed by Don Siegel, written by Albert Maltz and Irene Kamp | 105 min I've not read the novel, but the two features adapted from this Civil War gothic… Read More