The Big Clock (opens in new tab)

John Farrow, 1948, ★★★½ Based on Kenneth Fearing’s 1946 novel of the same name, The Big Clock was released in 1948, and Hollywood took a second swing at it with No Way Out in 1987. As I write this in 2026, another 39 years have passed and we’re due for a third iteration, which has me thinking. I was 11 when No Way Out came out, and though I hadn’t seen it before now, and it’s dated in many ways, its world doesn’t seem wildly different to me from the one we live in now. The Big Clock, on the o...