If the film is undoubtedly Sirk’s giddiest trash entertainment, it’s also the shallowest example of his less-heralded humanist acuity.
These two films show that Douglas Sirk’s genius bore fruit decades prior to his mid-1950s masterpieces.
Beyond their plot parallels, both films are further united by the grounding presence of Barbara Stanwyck.
The film was a decisive turning point for Sirk, kicking off a beloved string of loopy ’50s melodramatic masterpieces.
The Blu-ray boasts an exciting transfer of one of Douglas Sirk’s most visually resplendent films.
Art of the Real 2015: The Royal Road, The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk, & Becoming Anita Ekberg
Fundamentally, Jenni Olson’s The Royal Road is a paean to the Bay Area landscape.
All That Heaven Allows, Douglas Sirk’s definitive statement on human nature, now gets a definitive, sparkling Blu-ray release.
This beautifully composed, workmanlike noir will be enjoyable to those looking to trace the evolution of Sirk’s complex mise-en-scène.
Almost out of necessity, White finds a particularly prominent motif throughout Haynes’s work: a fascination with the out-of-line family.
This is a father-son love story, and it’s caustic, complex, and utterly compelling.
I’m a compulsive. It’s no surprise that my list is full of movies about compulsion.
The film lacks the fire and emotional depth of Almodóvar’s best work.
Kites plays like a Douglas Sirk melodrama interpreted by Sergio Leone and with a score by Enya.
The Film Foundation offers a Fuller understanding of film noir through one of the genre’s most unique participants.
A Time to Love and a Time to Die isn’t one of Douglas Sirk’s best films, but it’s most likely one of his most personal.
During the last 20 minutes of Interlude, Sirk goes in for the kill.
It opens with a breathless orgasm of proofs to Murphy’s Law.
Color me slightly underwhelmed.
Given its poetic nuances, it’s a shame that Shockproof succumbs to cliché.
Douglas Sirk, king of the ’50s Hollywood melodrama, considered A Scandal in Paris one of his favorite works.