22 - 28 APRIL 2023

In the 1999 edition of Quinlan’s Film Directors Michael Bay and William Beaudine sit side-by-side. Whilst The Rock and Armageddon just pass muster . . . . Pearl Harbor and the Transformers franchise are as hollow as an empty tin can. I am unable to convince myself that the likes of Mom and Dad (a 1944 exploitation classic, banned until 1957 as it featured childbirth), Gas House Kids Go West and Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla are more of an insult to the viewer’s intelligence, but I’ll keep watching and comparing notes. Someone has to!
HUMAN DESIRE (1954) Saturday 22 April 9.30-11.20pm TP (Channel 82)    
TP produces another welcome drama from Columbia’s vaults; this time it is Hollywood’s version of Emile Zola’s novel La Bête Humaine. Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford are the leads who make up the three sides of a fatalistic triangle. The great Fritz Lang directs. 
NELLY AND NADINE: RAVENSBRÜCK 1944 (2022) Tuesday 25 April 10.00-11.30pm BBC 4    P         
Welcome back, Storyville! This is the fascinating story of two women who fell in love under the most arduous of circumstances, separated and then spent the rest of their life together. 
JESSE JAMES MEETS FRANKENSTEIN’S DAUGHTER (1966) Weds 26 April 2.55-4.30pm Legend (Ch 41)       
Ha – thank you again, Legend! The esteemed scientist’s offspring is continuing with the family recycling business; John Lupton is the outlaw this time – his role as Tom Jeffords in the decent 1950s TV series Broken Arrow must have seemed a world way. Work is work, I suppose! If you’d rather watch a 5-star classic, Bride of Frankenstein (1935) is on Legend tomorrow, 3.00-4.30pm.