About David Krauss
A lifelong movie buff, David possesses a special fondness for classic films from Hollywood's Golden Age. He holds a degree in film history and criticism from Northwestern University, and over the past 20 years has written film-related articles for several national and regional magazines. He's been a staff writer at High-Def Digest since 2009.
Down Three Dark Streets pulls back the curtain on the FBI as it chronicles a trio of investigations in a semi-documentary style. Broderick Crawford and Ruth Roman star in this splintered tale that’s salvaged by an array of f...
Average joe Sterling Hayden finds trouble galore with a desperate Ruth Roman, who’s holding highly coveted blueprints for intercontinental ballistic missiles in her purse(!) in 5 Steps to Danger. The all-but-forgotten, low-b...
The Prize didn’t win any prizes from the Academy, but this slick mix of suspense, glamor, wit, and intrigue just might be more entertaining than this weekend’s Oscar telecast. Who knew winning a Nobel Prize could be so...
A middle-aged, sex-starved Joan Crawford falls for hunky, often shirtless Jeff Chandler, but there’s a good chance he’s really a killer who preys on rich, lonely older women in Female on the Beach. (How’s that fo...
Irene Dunne and Cary Grant were a match made in movie heaven. Thanks to their peerless talent – and the brilliance of director Leo McCarey – The Awful Truth stands as one of Hollywood’s funniest and smartest screwball comedi...
Like most songwriter bio-pics, My Gal Sal plays fast and loose with the facts, but this amiable if undistinguished salute to composer Paul Dresser showcases an up-and-coming (and breathtakingly beautiful) Rita Hayworth to terrific...
Under Capricorn may be an Alfred Hitchcock film you’ve never heard of, but it’s an Alfred Hitchcock film you need to see. Though it’s not one of his best, this Gothic thriller set in 1830s Australia is better tha...
Private eye Lew Harper returns in The Drowning Pool, a surprisingly satisfying follow-up to 1966’s Harper. Paul Newman is back as the roll-with-the-punches investigator and his real-life wife Joanne Woodward tags along for t...
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is beyond preposterous from a story standpoint, but all the grit and toughness we expect from director Fritz Lang are on full display in his final American film. Though it pales when compared to The Woman...
Another fine effort from director Fritz Lang, While the City Sleeps paints a cynical portrait of a media empire that shamelessly exploits a brutal killing while trying to solve the crime. A big name cast and literate screenplay en...
Did director Fritz Lang invent film noir? The Woman in the Window is pretty strong evidence to support that argument. Though Kino’s Blu-ray doesn’t give this stylish, engrossing thriller the restoration it deserves, th...
Screen legends Carole Lombard and James Stewart were certainly Made for Each Other, and their marvelous chemistry helps this dated comedy-drama about a newly married couple maintain its appeal.