John Frankenheimer

PROPHECY Review: This Forgotten Mutant Bear Adventure Is a B-Movie For the Ages
PROPHECY: This Forgotten Mutant Bear Adventure Is a B-Movie For the Ages

John Frankenheimer’s forgotten 1979 B-movie “Prophecy” cashed in on the “Jaws” trend with an awesome man-versus-killer bear adventure.

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE: A Cold War Thriller for the Internet Age

Frank Sinatra, whose 100th birthday would have been this December, was one of the great entertainers of the 20th century. He had an exceptional voice that made him perhaps the most influential vocalist in history, but Sinatra doesn’t sing a note in his best movie, the Cold War thriller The Manchurian Candidate (1962). This deft political drama, which wouldn’t have been made without Sinatra’s intervention, uncannily predicts many of the tumultuous events of the 1960s and beyond.

Film Inquiry Recommends: John Frankenheimer Films

Over at our official Facebook page, we are currently posting daily Film Recommendations, with each week being a different theme. This is a collection of those recommendations! This week’s theme is John Frankenheimer films.