The Informer
Directed by Andrea Di Stefano
In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones. From TMDB
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On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 64% based on 58 reviews, with an average rating of 5.8/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "The Informer may prove a passable diversion for less demanding thriller fans, but most of its ingredients have been recycled from superior entries in the genre." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 61 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gives the film 3 out of 5 stars, and wrote: "It might have made better sense as an episodic drama on television but it is brash and watchable, its world reeking with cynicism and fear." Tim Robey of The…
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34 of 34 · most liked firstNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Film 1935: The Informer (John Ford)
unlabelledView post →Watched a lot of good movies in February. New watches included six contenders for the upcoming Oscars, my favorite was THE SECRET AGENT. I loved THE INFORMER (1929) and GOD'S OWN COUNTRY (2017). My favorite film, which may end up on my favorite 2026 watches, is Alice Rohrwacher's LA CHIMERA (2023).
unlabelledView post →Steiner composed over 300 film scores with RKO Pictures & Warner Bros., and was nominated for 24 Academy Awards, winning 3: The Informer, Now, Voyager, Since You Went Away. His works include King Kong, Little Women, Jezebel, Casablanca, The Searchers, A Summer Place & Gone with the Wind.
unlabelledView post →OCD compels me to spreadsheet. Crunched the greatest-films-of-all-time lists. Here are the top 1,461 presented as a daily countdown to the end of the Trump Administration. #Film #Resist #MovieSky #Movies #1,412 -- The Informer (1935) dir. John Ford
unlabelledView post →For his performance as a treacherous Irish Republican in the 1935 film The Informer, McLaglen won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Quiet Man, both directed by John Ford.
unlabelledView post →FILM FREAK FRIDAY #FilmFreakFriday UPTIGHT (196) This incendiary film is just beginning to be rediscovered. Jules Dassin (THE NAKED CITY, NIGHT AND THE CITY, RIFIFI) directed, A black adaptation of the novel THE INFORMER, previously filmed by John Ford. A brilliant film. Available on Watch TCM. 🎥
unlabelledView post →Dassin's UPTIGHT begins with actual footage of MLK's funeral procession. His murder is the inciting incident for the film. A Black take on THE INFORMER, it's a howl of rage that feels timely. DVR it.
unlabelledView post →A few other Max Steiner's Movie Scores: King Kong (1933) The Informer (1935) Jezebel (1938) Dark Victory (1939) Casablanca (1942) Now, Voyager (1942) Adventures of Don Juan (1948) Johnny Belinda (1948) The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) A Summer Place (1959) #TCMParty #KingKong
unlabelledView post →365 films in danger of being forgotten 1. Over 50 years old 2. Not on Sight & Sound's list of 250 best films 3. Not on "my 60 beloved films" 4. Not on my "1 film 100 best directors" 265/365 John Ford - The Informer (1935) #Filmsky #MovieSky #MovieChallenge #FilmChalleng
unlabelledView post →He's highly enjoyable in that, and it's a great movie, but I think he's got more range in any number of movies, from The Informer to Wee Willie Winkie to the silent What Price Glory?.
unlabelledView post →#60 - The Informer (1935) ★★★★ Review: letterboxd.com/vinceunderwo...
unlabelledView post →23 October 1880 – 1959 Una O'Connor, (b. Agnes McGlade), 78, Irish-US actress. #Hitchcock Murder! (1930) * The Invisible Man * David Copperfield * Bride of Frankenstein * The Informer * The Adventures of Robin Hood * The Sea Hawk * Witness for the Prosecution (Broadway 1954, film 1957)
unlabelledView post →The Informer adaptations have their own interesting history. The first was a 1929 German silent film (recently restored). The second more successful Oscar winning 1935 film was directed by John Ford (in fact O'Flaherty's first cousin). The 1935 film altered the protagonist... 1/2
unlabelledView post →Now reading - a beautiful ‘61 Folio edition of Liam O'Flaherty’s THE INFORMER. Never read any of his before, and fascinated to learn he was John Ford’s cousin (Ford adapted The Informer for film in ‘35). Might follow it up with FL Green’s ODD MAN OUT, sticking with a theme #booksky #amreading #books
unlabelledView post →Movie years project Year 1935 (96/122) Now Watching 📽️ #4/6 The Informer dir. John Ford rec'd by @cdashiell.bsky.social, @kianross.bsky.social, @stevequick.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →Had a film professor in college whose favorite director was John Ford. I had seen some of his films but did a deeper dive because of that class. The Informer, The Searchers, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Mister Roberts...dude made some movies!
unlabelledView post →There's a old film called The Informer, about the IRA. The informer is played by Victor McLaglan, an American actor, famous for playing a drunken Irishman in films with John Wayne, who was born in Kent! Just saying.
unlabelledView post →I can watch Guinness and Sellers together, definitely! And I'm always up for noir. "The Informer" (the 1935 John Ford film) is one of my all time favorite movies.
unlabelledView post →Man, if you ever wanted proof of what a great director John Ford was, the man had Una O'Conner in one of his movies and she was...tolerable! THE INFORMER. Great flick. Exact opposite of what comes to mind when you think "John Ford movie." Chilly noir. Scorsese put a clip of it in THE DEPARTED.
unlabelledView post →This film and The Informer are two of my favorite Ford films.
unlabelledView post →The Informer (1935) is an actually good movie that was a massive Oscar-winning hit that was once considered part of the canon. It was slowly dropped as "snitches get stitches" wasn't a welcome theme during McCarthyism. I think a movie that explicitly endorses racism can be dropped.
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #JoelKinnaman #TheInformer Joel Kinnaman’s 113-Minute Crime Thriller Is Officially a Streaming Must-Watch http://dlvr.it/TV2MvY
unlabelledView post →The (movie) The Informer HD 1080p (Prime)(US) $4.99 (Drama) (iMDB) 7.4 Cast: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Una O'Connor
unlabelledView post →Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieNews #AnaDeArmas #TheInformer #STARZ Ana de Armas' Forgotten 'Sicario' Replacement Quietly Becomes an American Streaming Hit http://dlvr.it/TS6VR6
unlabelledView post →Margot Grahame, February 20, 1911, Canterbury, Kent, England - January 1, 1982, London, England, in 56 film and television productions from 1930 to 1959. "The Informer" 1935, "The Three Musketeers" 1935.
unlabelledView post →59/100 A guy, who got an early parole to inform for the FBI, unwittingly gets involved in the killing of an undercover officer. Things go down hill from there. So does the movie, in a way. It's very sluggish with a complicated series of events that's vastly overwhelmed with the drama of it all. The acting is exceptional (except, perhaps, his wife who only appears to have one expression), the writing is good, and it's a well made film. But it is squarely a drama and not a very active one at…
neutral · AI labelView post →Lya de Putti January 10, 1897, Vojcice, Slovakia - November 27, 1931, New York, NY theater and film actress in "The Burning Soil" 1922, "Phantom" 1922, "Variete" 1925, "The Sorrows of Satan" 1926, "The Informer" 1929.
unlabelledView post →10:47 PM - Brooke Blair & Will Blair - Ready to Go (Excerpt) From the 2019 movie "The Informer"
unlabelledView post →The (movie) The Informer (HD) is available today on (iTunes)(UK) for £3.99 Cast: Joel Kinnaman, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Karma Meyer, Ana de Armas, Rosamund Pike, Clive Owen Genre: (Crime) Trailer & Reviews : www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_inform...
unlabelledView post →Boxer + film star Vic McLaglen was born #OTD in 1886. McLaglen had a remarkable life + along the way, in 1909, was the first man to fight newly-minted World HW Champ Jack Johnson - in an exhibition in Vancouver. In 1936 he bagged a Best Actor Oscar for his role in The Informer.
unlabelledView post →162. (7 days late) "The Informer" was a 1929 British part-talkie film directed by Arthur Robison (1883-1935) for British International Pictures. It was based on the 1925 novel of the same name and the plot involves the IRA. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inf...
unlabelledView post →The movie that nabbed John Ford his first Oscar win, The Informer, was an attempt to translate themes of the Irish War for Independence for an American audience, and in so doing did poor justice by the actual struggle and politics over there.
unlabelledView post →This Sunday in the A-to-Z Part Deux challenge we have the letter “X” Xavier Lake (Stunt Performer) and the movie Xavier worked on that I’ll be reviewing is… The Informer (2019) Currently available to stream on both Kanopy and Netflix
unlabelledView post →At times, this is quite an engrossing crime drama about a convict who goes back into prison to help the FBI tackle a dodgy European drug lord and in so doing confronts his fair share of betrayal and authority corruption too. Joel Kinnaman holds this violent thriller together quite well but the rest of the cast really struggle to make much impact and it does dip in the middle somewhat. Somebody, somewhere, has clearly decided that Ana de Armas is one to watch - thus far in her career, however,…
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