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What the heck, I figure that this might be fun!
1 favorite = 1 favorite film from each year, working backwards from 2022.
I'm prepared to go as far back as the origins of film itself if it comes to that.
1952: Kansas City Confidential
BLAZING films here, esp. Ikiru, Singin' in the Rain, High Noon, The Quiet Man, The Machine That Kills Bad People (THAT TITLE), and even the Disney Halloween short, Trick or Treat.
Here, I go w/ my fave genre: the heist movie. Kansas City Confidential delivers a caper with a deliciously noir-esque flavor all its own.
An ex-con (a hard-boiled John Payne) takes a beating at the hands of the police for an armored car robbery he had nothing to do with. Naturally, he feels raw, so he aims to infiltrate the criminal gang responsible, taking them down from the inside.
If you like heist/noir films, this hits all the right notes, starting w/ that awesomely scummy gang of tough guys like Neville Brand, Lee Van Cleef, & Jack Elam. You have double-crosses galore, plotting, scheming, manipulating, AND the always stunning Coleen Gray as Mr. Big's law student daughter.
Purely satisfying.
