Film Noir Classics: THE HITCH-HIKER
Based on the true story of Billy Cook a psychotic killer, Ida Lupino’s The Hitch-Hiker (1953) is a prime example of what makes film...
Tagged: Film Noir
ISLE OF THE DEAD
When I first saw Isle of The Dead (1945) it was following Turner Classic Movies’ premiere of Martin Scorsese’s documentary Val Lewton: The Man...
SUNSET BOULEVARD is ready for its hi-def close up
We’re extremely excited to hear that one of our favorite furious film noir classics Billy Wilder’s masterpiece Sunset Blvd. is coming to Blu Ray...
The Films of Don Siegel: The Big Steal
Two years after making the film noir classic Out of The Past (1947) together, Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer co-starred in this South of...
POSTERS: Sunset Boulevard
An aspiring screenwriter named Joe Gillis (William Holden) isn’t having luck in Hollywood, he’s up against the wall and is on the verge of...
Kiss Me Deadly (BluRay Review)
The classic film noir genre usually dealt with many of the same types of subject matter such as gangsters, double crosses and femme fatales,...
POSTERS: Touch of Evil
Ever since first seeing Touch of Evil (1958) it has been one of my favorite films. It is often cited as one of the...
Film Noir Classics: DETOUR
Detour (1945) is an early example of film noir (or black film) it’s name referring to the darkly stylized aesthetic the films had. This...
50 FURIOUS FILM FIENDS
Movies just wouldn’t be as exciting if they didn’t contain those colorfully warped characters known as “villains”. Often times these people are merely twisted,...
Charles Laughton’s The Night of The Hunter
Charles Laughton’s only outing as a director The Night of the Hunter (1955) has been recently released on DVD by the good folks at...
