Here are my Amazon lists of feature films from various cinematic genres. Some lists also have related books or documentaries added to the subject matter.
Timeless Movies of the Imagination
Timeless eclectic, eccentric, and entertaining surreal films of the Imagination
Here is a choice collection of films which portray the dark social realism of Depression-era 1930’s cinema. They were either produced during that stormy decade, or made later in an attempt to recapture the wrenching despair and anguish, the savage violence and unbridled corruption which was endemic in that tragic time. In particular check out the many Pre-Code movies made before the strict enforcement of the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934.
Liberation and subversion, imperialism and class struggles, war and hypocrisy, betrayal and solidarity, are the variegated plot themes running through this eclectic collection of British films I have selected.
L.A. Noir – The Grim Backstory
Explore the darkness and decadence behind the vicious subterranean reality of crime and corruption in Los Angeles, the Sodom and Gomorrah on the Pacific West Coast.
Anarchteacher’s Film Noir Favorites
Over the years I have become a film noir, film gris, fanatic thanks to Turner Classic Movies (TCM) and the Internet Archive noir collection. To me, the darker, more hard boiled, more morally ambivalent or subversive, the better. To newcomers of this genre, I recommend two excellent books on film noir. They are The Dark Side of the Screen: Film Noir, by Foster Hirsch; and Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir, by Eddie Muller. Many noirs were written by, directed by, or starred persons who were latter blacklisted by the major Hollywood studios.
Smash The State And Have A Nice Day!
Testaments of Faith and Courage
World War II: A Documentary History
The 1960s — Nihilistic Gangsters or Counter Culture
Anarchteacher’s Cult Classic Favorites
12:06 am on December 7, 2020
