Sarah Boslaugh

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Oct 20, 2026 6/10 Where Franz really shines is in the technical aspects of filmmaking, including cinematography by Tomasz Naumiuk..., production design by Heinrich Boraros, art direction by Anna Mayerová, and costume design by Michaela Horejsí. Go to Full Review Franz (2025) 75% - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Oct 17, 2026 9/10 Edith Head’s costumes make Phyllis appear both cheap and more than you can afford at the same time... Go to Full Review Double Indemnity (1944) 97% 95%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Oct 16, 2026 8/10 Case 137 is an intricate police procedure held together by a strong and complex performance by [Léa] Drucker... Go to Full Review Case 137 (2025) 95% - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Oct 15, 2026 6/10 Interviews with present-day Novak form the through-line, holding together an impressive lineup of clips from Vertigo (with commentary from Novak) and her other films... Go to Full Review Kim Novak's Vertigo (2025) 88% - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Oct 10, 2026 8/10 The Crying Game is a film of two halves: the first is set in Northern Ireland, the second in London. Go to Full Review The Crying Game (1992) 95% 78%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Oct 10, 2026 7/10 ...when exploring an immaculately kept inn, it can never be a good sign to find a tin of bloody teeth tucked away in a drawer. Go to Full Review Never After Dark (2026) 98% - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Sep 29, 2026 6/10 They Can’t Hang Me (1955) opens with a banger of a pre-title sequence...[before settling} into the more conventional territory of a police procedural... Go to Full Review They Can't Hang Me (1955) - - - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Sep 29, 2026 6/10 Time Is My Enemy lives or dies on the strength of the performances, and in this case it lives primarily through Price’s performance as a guy who has no bottom when it comes to looking out for himself. Go to Full Review Time Is My Enemy (1954) - - - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Sep 29, 2026 6/10 The Teckman Mystery spends most of its running time as a straight-up murder mystery which is resolved, Agatha-Christie style, by a character simply telling you what happened, but it also branches into police procedural... Go to Full Review The Teckman Mystery (1954) - - - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Sep 26, 2026 6/10 The movies were well on the way to killing vaudeville by 1930, but films like this one preserve at least some of the performances for posterity. Go to Full Review King of Jazz (1930) - - 59%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Sep 13, 2026 7/10 ...we get to know more about Rose, who is easily the most interesting character in the story. Go to Full Review Dogfight (1991) 88% 86%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Aug 29, 2026 8/10 The characters in this film take themselves and their love lives very seriously, but Bergman’s gently arch tone suggests that we needn’t do likewise. Go to Full Review Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) 100% 89%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Aug 22, 2026 8/10 Donald E. Westlake’s script, from a novel by Jim Thompson, proceeds like clockwork, while Oliver Stapleton’s cinematography is a marvel of grittiness in full color... Go to Full Review The Grifters (1990) 92% 70%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Aug 21, 2026 7/10 How to Divorce During the War is a low-key film for grownups that hides stern social criticism beneath the realistic portrayal of everyday lives. Go to Full Review How to Divorce During the War (2026) 100% - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Aug 15, 2026 7/10 ...viewing Seconds is like watching a story about 1960s America set in a haunted mansion that can only be viewed through the distortions of a funhouse mirror. Go to Full Review Seconds (1966) 79% 87%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Aug 8, 2026 8/10 Le silence de la mer is a film of ideas and a study in power relations which feels particularly relevant to the present day. Go to Full Review The Silence of the Sea (1949) 100% 90%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Aug 1, 2026 7/10 [Nightborn is] a horror film for adults and, like the best horror films, delivers the expected horror effects while also conveying a deeper meaning. Go to Full Review Nightborn (2026) 73% - -

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Aug 1, 2026 7/10 The Executioner, a comedy of the blackest hue, takes direct aim at the Franco regime... Go to Full Review The Executioner (1963) - - 89%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Jul 25, 2026 8/10 The Long Good Friday also offers a brilliant portrayal of London in the late 1970s and uncannily anticipates events just a few years in the future. Go to Full Review The Long Good Friday (1980) 97% 89%

Sarah Boslaugh TheArtsStl Jul 18, 2026 7/10 The Lone Wolf and Cub series is an episodic melodrama in the old-fashioned sense: the characters are familiar types, good and bad are clearly differentiated, [and] action takes precedence over character development... Go to Full Review Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972) 86% 90%