Howard Hawks

‘The Big Sleep’ (1946) goes from elite novel to respectable film

“The Big Sleep” (1946) features Humphrey Bogart as Philip Marlowe, five years after he played Sam Spade in “The Maltese Falcon.” Although in my review

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‘Ball of Fire’ (1941) a delightful early gem from Hawks, Wilder

“Ball of Fire” (1941) combines the “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” fairy tale with noir with slapstick, and it’s worthy of a smile for

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