Giallo is the Italian word for yellow and is a reference to the cheap yellow paperback horror/thriller books that were sold in Italy during the mid 20th century. It is also a term used to describe the Italian subgenre murder-mystery films that became popular in the late 60s and early […]
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An old fashioned sepia toned Paramount Pictures logo at the start of Roman Polanski’s 1974 Neo Noir masterpiece Chinatown acts as a cinematic portal that sends us back into the past. The romantic horns of “Love Theme From Chinatown (The Main Title) by composer Jerry Goldsmith are enchanting as the […]
One of my personal favorite movies from the 1970s, Roman Polanski’s crime-mystery neo-noir Chinatown is hitting Blu Ray April 3rd! Set in the late 1930s, Jack Nicholson plays J.J. “Jake” Gittes, a Los Angeles gumshoe who is hired to keep tabs on Hollis Mulwray an engineer for the cities’ Department […]