Carol Reed

Directed by Carol Reed and presented by the legendary J. Arthur Rank, Odd Man Out is one of the pinnacle achievements in post-war British cinema.

The Third Man Directed by Carol Reed Written by Graham Green U.K, U.S.A., 1949 *This review will avoid some of the story’s major details In the years immediately following the second World War, many of Europe’s countries were left in a pile of rubble, their economies destroyed, and their people still reeling from the all …

Throughout January, SOS writers will be biting the bullet and finally sitting down with a film they feel like bad film buffs for not having seen already. The Third Man Directed by Carol Reed 1949, USA When I sat down to begin writing this, the first thing I did was try to search for an …

Night Train to Munich Directed by Carol Reed United Kingdom, 1940  The title of Carol Reed’s 1940 wartime comedic thriller hardly tells the whole story.  Perhaps hoping to capitalize off of the success of the two-years prior The Lady Vanishes, Night Train to Munich would have you believe that it’s an equally contained picture.  That …

The Third Man is a testament to the power of moving images. Often enough in the minds of the public, the writing or the acting of a film are considered the only true artistic aspects, while the cinematography is pushed aside as merely a technical detail, only the paint and brush needed to create the …