Film Reviews by PH

A black and white Polish film from 1959, recently restored with subtitles, Night Train is set on train moving overnight to the coast with the entertaining passengers pushing along the corridor past each other and the camera. Dialogue is sparse, the sound includes the moving train and an occasional mellow haunting jazz soundtrack.. There is a murderer aboard the train. The main characters are a tense man and an emotional woman. It is a visual delight from start to finish with enough plot to keep you guessing and lots of byplay among the other characters. It would have been fabulous to have been an extra on this film but second best is to watch it.

Cars and guns, is this a reflection of the States today? Overlong, predictable, garbled dialogue, intrusive music, is this the best Hollywood can come up with?

Can anyone tell me how Bob builds a house and supports his family for sixteen years with no income?