Film Noir Classics: THE LONG GOODBYE
Before Robert Altman’s Neo Noir The Long Goodbye (1973) which revolves around the character of private detective Philip Marlowe, another film was made called...
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Film Noir Classics: BLOOD SIMPLE
To celebrate the month of Noirvember I wanted to delve into the first wave of film noir and its post-modern form that is every...
Film Noir Classics: PANIC IN THE STREETS
Above a jazz club in New Orleans a poker game run by Blackie (Jack Palance) is being held. One of the players, a foreigner...
ARGO
Did you ever think that Ben “Gigli” Affleck would become a respected Hollywood director who now has three great films under his directing belt?...
Film Noir Classics: KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL
A mysterious masked man (Preston Foster) planning a robbery is putting together a special trio of underworld thugs to help him pull it off....
Film Noir Classics: CRY DANGER
The lightning speed of a commuter train racing along behind the bold opening credits of Cry Danger (1951) lets us know right away we’re...
Film Noir Classics: D.O.A.
In the opening moments of Rudolph Mate’s suspense heavy film noir masterpiece D.O.A. (1950) star Edmond O’Brien is filmed in a tracking shot as...
Film Noir Classics: T-MEN
In Anthony Mann’s semi-documentary, procedural film noir T-Men (1947) we get a first hand account of how the U.S. Treasury Department operates with a...
Film Noir Classics: THE BIG COMBO
The sounds of upbeat jazzy music by composer David Raksin in the opening credits of Joseph H. Lewis’ The Big Combo (1955) lead straight...
Film Noir Classics: QUICKSAND
After starring as the goody two shoes character Andy Hardy throughout the 1940’s, Mickey Rooney decided to take a role against type in this...
