Jan 29th 
The Thing from Another World**    
aka: The Thing

(US 1951)                                  

An alien spaceship crashes in the frozen Arctic, and its sole survivor is preserved but thaws out to terrorize a small outpost of USAF-led scientists.
Shivering through January with this atmospheric but rather talky and ultimately tame sci-fi horror (certainly when compared with the more horrific 80s remake), one of the first of the flying saucer craze of the 1950s, with strong elements of Howard Hawks (who produces and most likely had a strong hand in the direction).

Written by: Charles Lederer, based on the story "Who Goes There" by J.W. Campbell Jnr.
Producer: Howard Hawks.
Director: Christian Nyby.
Starring: Kenneth Tobey, Robert Cornthwaite, Margaret Sheridan, Douglas Spencer, Bill Self, James Arness (fleetingly, as the Thing).
Photography: Russell Harlan.
Music: Dmitri Tiomkin.