We here at Filmically Perfect believe that Orson Welles' worst film is better than some directors best film! There is no doubt in our minds that this IS one of his best, a twisted sadistic tale of love, murder and drugs on the border. And while

FP 118 The Treasure Of Sierra Madre (1948)

Jun 18th, 2017 31m 18s

There are few directors as good as getting under the skin of a character than John Huston. In this film, Huston pulls an astounding performance from Humphrey Bogart, whom he had made into a star some years earlier with The Maltese Falcon. And i

FP 117 The Getaway (1972)

Jun 18th, 2017 30m 22s

For those of you who thought "Finally! FP is doing a Alec Baldwin movie!" SHAME ON YOU! This is the one and only original film, directed by the masterful but highly self-destructive Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, and the

FP 116 White Heat (1949)

Jun 18th, 2017 30m 24s

James Cagney proves that he still has what it takes in this film, one of his last for Warner Bros. Playing the psychotic mama's boy Cody Jarrett, Cagney sets the world on fire (well, the top of it anyway) in Raoul Walsh's explosive drama!

FP 115 Young Man With A Horn (1950)

Jun 18th, 2017 30m 10s

Michael Curtiz proves there’s no genre he can’t handle with this music filled fictional biography of tightly wound jazz trumpeter. Kirk Douglas plays the eponymous Young Man and plays him much like the brash pugilist in Champion, which just pr

FP 114 Singing In The Rain (1952)

Jun 18th, 2017 30m 18s

Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly created pure celluloid gold with this musical tale of the upheaval of hollywood with the Coming of SOUND! Kelly and his cohorts Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds and the glorious Jean Hagen make beautiful music toget

FP 113 The Man From Laramie (1955)

Jun 18th, 2017 30m 14s

James Stewart and Anthony Mann team up for one last time--and the only time in CinemaScope--to bring to life one of the best and grittiest of the first round of “adult westerns” of the 1950s. Stewart inches ever farther from his nice guy person

FP 112 Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Jun 18th, 2017 29m 54s

Elvis Presley at his most Elvis-like-ness! In one of his few films not overseen by Hal B. Wallis, Elvis shines as the young ex-con/laborer who finds his singing talent while in the hoosegow, assisted by another singing con, played by the great

FP 111 The Natural

Jun 18th, 2017 30m 16s

Barry Levinson’s film of Bernard Malamud’s novel is Baseball as Mythology. It is also one of the most lyrical, beautiful, and sparse sports films ever made. And even though the ending of the film is RADICALLY different from the novel, we still

FP 110 Rabbit of Seville (1950) & What’s Opera, Doc? (1957)

Jun 18th, 2017 29m 50s

The Film Guys and Niki Dakota do it LIVE for the second time before a stunned audience at the FilmDayton Festival!Charles M. “Chuck” Jones was arguably one of the finest minds in animation. We devoted an entire episode to him some time back--

FP 109 Carnival Of Souls (1962)

Jun 18th, 2017 30m

Herk Harvey's horror tour de force is a low-budget delight and a perfect example of creativity triumphing over a lack of funds! A marvelously creepy and atmospheric film, featuring one of the most bizarre amusement piers of all time--"Saltair,

FP 108 T Men (1947)

Jun 18th, 2017 29m 36s

Anthony Mann and John Alton combine their amazing powers to bring one of the first and best police procedural/film noirs of the early post-war era! Shot mostly on location, with interiors at some small rented studio in Hollywood, T-Men proves