Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid Back in the 40’s and 50’s Hollywood was churning out dozens of films noirs every […]
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Film Noir Disregarding the many complaints of my SEO-plug-in that I should rename my post tags and such, I’m writing […]
Victoria Earlier this year I saw Russian Ark. It’s a beautiful film shot in one single take inside the Winter […]
And Then There Were None. One of the best whodunnits of all time, with a nice cast and a killer story.
We're No Angels is a delightful but seemingly forgotten Christmas comedy from the mid-50's with an all star cast.
The Last of Sheila is a little known, but good, whodunnit from the early 1970's. It revolves about a deadly game and contains many clever plot twists.
The Naked City is the city of New York. In it live 8 million people. This film tells the story of a few of those people. Ordinary people like you and I.
Fury is a chilling film noir about a man wrongfully accused of murder. A mob sets his prison on fire. Presumed dead, he takes revenge on the mob.
The Petrified Forest is a nice early film noir about several people's lives intertwining in a small gas station and diner in the desert. It's an early Bette Davis film, and it's also the one that started Humphrey Bogart's career.
The Dark Mirror is a relatively unknown film noir from 1946. It's about identical twins committing a murder, but which one did it? Can it ever be proven? A double dose of Olivia de Havilland in this film noir thriller directed by Robert Siodmak.
Hands off my loot! Touchez Pas au Grisbi is a calm but brilliant French gangster film starring legendary actor Jean Gabin and a very young Jeanne Moreau.