Evil Under the Sun (1982, Guy Hamilton)
As innocuous as Evil Under the Sun can get–and expecting anything else from it seems unintended–the film does have a slightly discomforting feel about it. Perhaps it’s the extraordinary level of...
View ArticleMurder on the Orient Express (1974, Sidney Lumet)
There are two significant problems with Murder on the Orient Express. Unfortunately, both of them are aspects of the film’s genre. Well, one of them is an aspect of the genre and the other is related...
View ArticleDeath on the Nile (1978, John Guillermin)
I’d forgotten John Guillermin directed Death on the Nile. The opening credits, a static shot of the river, suggest a much different experience then the film delivers–between Guillermin directing, Jack...
View ArticleMurder on the Orient Express (1974, Sidney Lumet)
There are two significant problems with Murder on the Orient Express. Unfortunately, both of them are aspects of the film’s genre. Well, one of them is an aspect of the genre and the other is related...
View ArticleDeath on the Nile (1978, John Guillermin)
I’d forgotten John Guillermin directed Death on the Nile. The opening credits, a static shot of the river, suggest a much different experience then the film delivers–between Guillermin directing, Jack...
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