One thing many fans of science fiction do that never fails to bug me is react to critical assaults on their beloved books with hot declarations that critics are never right, that academics pick awful books to make themselves look good, that anybody who professes to admire any book that aspires to more than potboiler […]
First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Gaslight aka Angel Street, The Murder in Thorton Street, A Strange Case Of Murder (1940). Directed by Thorold Dickinson. Screenplay by A.R. Rawlinson and Bridget Boland, from the play by Patrick Hamilton. Starring Anton Walbrook and Diana Wyngard. 84 minutes. ** 1/2 Gaslight (1944). Directed by George Cukor. Screenplay […]
Quick Explanation: From time to time, venerable properties already covered in this space will be remade again, prompting additional thoughts. This essay is hereby updated to cover Danny Boyle’s filmed stage version. First Commentary by Adam-Troy Castro Frankenstein aka Edison’s Frankenstein (1910). Directed by J. Searle Dawley. Written by J. Searle Dawley, from the novel […]