Mini-Review: Ozu's first color film is a reimagining of his 1934 silent classic "A Story of Floating Weeds." He uses sound and color to add further depth to his tale of fragile human emotions and changing values within Japanese society. In the time lapsed between the silent era and this remake, one can see how truly remarkable Ozu's compositions have become. His shots have become half stage play/half voyeurism, showing restraint while still pulling us into the corner to watch his subjects in joy and despair.

Mini-Review: A noir-informed western painted with bright, saturated colors. It's certainly not a conventional film for the genre, with Joan Crawford as the tough saloon owner locked in a battle to the death with Mercedes McCambridge's Emma. It presents the lady as a force to be reckoned with as opposed to the damsel in distress. Even the title character, Sterling Hayden's Johnny feels secondary when Crawford is setting the screen on fire with her sharp tongue and fast gun. Great stuff.

Mini-Review: Doom and gloom abound from Preminger. Angel Face is well-shot, well-acted and has a great score. Mitchum feels sort of wasted here, playing the lovesick dope to Jean Simmons' femme fatale. Simmons' turn as Diane is chilling and her sociopathy cements her as one of the high water marks for deadly women in cinema during the era.