Movie Diary 11/30/2008

They Live by Night (Nicholas Ray, 1948). This movie never loses its tender edge or its very specific kind of intimacy. And Gun Crazy, great as it is, owes it a nod.
The Haunted Castle (F.W. Murnau, 1921). This is a well-done mystery, but somehow in the next year Murnau would make the leap to Nosferatu. [...]