The 30 best film noir movies of all time, from Double Indemnity to Sunset Blvd, center on an idea: It can be really hard to live in America.
This week’s new releases are mixed efforts offering minor pleasures – worth seeing, but perhaps after the week’s catalogue titles, which include a Chaplin classic, an ‘80s masterpiece, a film noir essential, and more. Let’s dive in: Film | By Jason Bailey Rare, Valuable 'Batman' Pr...
This post is part of For the Love of Film (Noir): The Film Preservation Blogathon. In looking for a film to write about for the Film Noir blogathon, I initially felt most motivated by what I wanted to avoid. Film noir was a dark, nasty, immediate kind of cinema movement that sprang ...
Marlowe had real potential, given the strength of the cast – Jessica Lange, Diane Kruger, Colm Meaney, Alan Cumming, and Danny Huston were in there – and Jordan’s passion for noir style has pervaded his oeuvre. If all involved had made the film twenty years ago it might have been ...
All the tropes were there for a classic time loopy loop switcheroo. It was practically spelled out in the script, wasn’t it? But the film ends, and… it’s not. A serious case ofWTF. “OK, Mikey, calm down, deep breaths, meditate. Let’s wind back the clock, OK!“ ...
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Also ranks #11 onThe Greatest Classic Noir Movies, Ranked Also ranks #11 onThe 90+ Best Film Noirs Of All Time I Am Legend Photo: I Am Legend Warner Bros. Will Smith and Willow Smith (as father and daughter) Released:2007 Directed by:Francis Lawrence ...
Henry Hathaway’s Kiss of Death (1947) is a quintessential entry into film noir, examining these very themes with unforgettable performances and atmospheric visuals. The film remains a striking examination of a man walking the thin line between hero and villain, understanding the streets whilst ...
Lupino tackled social issues like rape, mental illness, and women trapped by social conventions in her films. She was first woman to direct film noir (The Hitch-Hiker) and knew many of the roles of production inside and out, though she was not above pretending not to know certain things ...