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Award-winning writer and film historian Steve Evans, aka Cinematic Cteve, examines classic and current cinema, with a freewheeling exploration of cultural subtext for this most influential of the popular arts.

Erudite. Uncensored. Razor sharp. Experience the inimitable writing of Cinematic Cteve, carrying on a torrid, lifelong love affair with the movies.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

Moving to a new location.

Please fly over to visit Steve at his new site . Thanks!

Friday, February 6, 2009

White Heat: a film noir to scorch the screen

White Heat was the last, great film noir of the 1940s, a picture that has lost none of its power to astonish and amaze. James Cagney stars ...

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Rediscovering The Browning Version (1951)

The Browning Version: Criterion Collection 1951// 90 Minutes // Not Rated Review by Steve Evans “I am of the opinion that occasionally an an...

Saturday, January 31, 2009

Charles H. Schneer (1920-2009): An Appreciation

Mention the name Charles H. Schneer and blank stares and head scratching will surely follow. But film buffs of a certain age will instantly ...

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Guilty Pleasures

“Learn to see the ‘worst’ films; they are sometimes sublime.” — Ado Kyrou, Surrealisme au Cinema What does bad cinema share in common with s...

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Oscar Winners 2009: Steve Predicts

Oscar nominations were announced this morning to little fanfare and few surprises. As it happens, 2008 was a ho-hum year for cinema, punctua...

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Five Affecting Films

Friends shake their heads in bemusement when they discover I have devoted more than 25,000 hours (a conservative estimate) to watching films...

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About Me

Steve Evans: Steve has devoted much of his life to viewing and studying films. At last estimate, he had seen more than 15,000 motion pictures during a lifelong love affair with the cinema. An award-winning writer, film historian and movie critic, Steve's work has appeared in more than 50 newspapers and magazines, as well as online film sites including IMDb.com, Rotten Tomatoes.com and DVD Verdict.com. He received a master's degree in communication from the University of Virginia and a bachelor's degree with honors in journalism from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has a dangerous and evidently incurable addiction to B-movies, films noir and The Criterion Collection. Steve can also connect himself to Citizen Kane in three steps.

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