Schirmer Cinema – A Century of Cinema: Reviews by Scott Schirmer

Downhill (1927)

[6] Alfred Hitchcock's fourth silent film reunites him with handsome leading man Ivor Novello (The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog). Novello plays a college student who takes the blame for the sexual indiscretions of his best friend (Robin…

July 22, 2026

The Devil Rides Out (1968)

[7] Christopher Lee tries to rescue two young people from being baptized into a satanic cult in The Devil Rides Out (also titled The Devil's Bride in the U.S.). Lee is the one who brought Dennis Wheatley's novel to the…

July 21, 2026

Woman of the Year (1942)

[7] After ending her late '30s career slump with The Philadelphia Story, Katharine Hepburn followed up with another smash hit, Woman of the Year. It was her fateful first pairing with Spencer Tracy, with whom she'd make eight more films.…

July 20, 2026

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

[7] In this quintessential '30s gangster flick, James Cagney stars as a World War I vet who has a hard time finding a job when he returns home to New York City. He resorts to transporting liquor to speak-easies during…

July 19, 2026

Aliens (1986)

[10] Writer/director James Cameron accomplishes a rare feat with a sequel that doesn't shame the original and succeeds on its own merits. Aliens is so different in tone than the original Alien, I think of it as a sequel only…

July 19, 2026

A Perfect World (1993)

[8] Clint Eastwood directs and costars with Kevin Costner in A Perfect World. Costner plays an escaped convict who kidnaps a young boy (T.J. Lowther) as hostage while he tries to flee Texas for Alaska. Eastwood plays the ranger in…

July 19, 2026

The Odyssey (2026)

[4] Christopher Nolan is not one of my favorite directors. Occasionally he'll make a movie that emotionally grips me, like Inception or Interstellar, but I more often than not find his work cold and hollow -- like Oppenheimer or Dunkirk.…

July 17, 2026

James Bond

Hammer Films

Disney Animation