South Central New Mexico

“Believe in Me” (2006), starring Jeffrey Donovan, Samantha Mathis, Bruce Dern, filmed in Clovis, Portales, Elida, Floyd, Moriarty and Albuquerque, rated PG. Based on the true story of small town Oklahoma high school basketball coach, Jim Keith, “Believe in Me” is a feel good movie about what happens when a coach expecting to teach boys is forced to take over a girls’ team in the 1960s. The movie portrays pre-Title IX girls’ sports and the attitudes facing young athletes who…

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“The Atomic City” (1952), starring Gene Barry, filmed in Los Alamos, Puye Cliff dwellings The acting debut of Gene Barry, who plays a Los Alamos physicist whose son has been kidnapped, this low-budget thriller is a manifestation of the paranoia of Communism and the growing fear of nuclear Armageddon during the Cold War. The opening scene has a documentary feel: As the first full-length movie allowed to be filmed in Los Alamos, the tone reflects the top secret security atmosphere…

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“A Date with Death” (1959), starring Gerald Mohr, Liz Renay and filmed in Roswell, N.M. One of the first films to use subliminal messages, or as described in trailers, “Psychorama,” this crime drama is perhaps better known for what went on behind and within the scenes than the finished product. A separate YouTube clip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVsioKw0sP8) describes the Psychorama process, dispelling its potential dangers: “The only purpose of Psychorama is to increase your enjoyment of the picture by making you feel…

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