Why is it called Film Noir? Why did the French get to name something relating to American films? For a time, American films were not seen or more accurately, not allowed in France. During World War II, the Nazi armies had taken control of France and had banned American films in the th...
The mysteryPenthouse— about a quintet of buddies who find a dead body in their rented flat — is purportedly a remake of the 2008 Belgian filmLoft. Bollywood news sitePeepingMoon reportedthat filming wrapped back in January, 2021, so fingers crossed that we won’t have to wait mu...
Sin City is a neo-noir crime thriller based on Frank Miller's graphic novel series of the same name.The film is primarily based on three of Miller's works: The Hard Goodbye, about a man who embarks on a brutal rampage in search of his one-time sweetheart's killer; The Big Fat Kill...
who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromise...
Of course, the fact that each person in the crew, including Dani’s mom, had magic to help smooth out the rough edges was always a plus. Want to know what happened at the Gardner Museum? Maria Poissant and her crew is what happened....
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Following is a 1998 independent neo-noir crime thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It tells the story of a young man who follows strangers around the streets of London and is drawn into a criminal underworld when he fails to keep his distance. After Behind She went out,...
fallFive museum shows to visit during your late summer travelsBringing a ‘problem’ play to the CommonAn abundance of classical concerts to keep you spellbound this summer‘UnPrisoned’ returns for a second season on Hulu‘John Williams’ Film Night’ is so nice, this year they’ll do it ...
Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi (Juliette Binoche), the actress who plays Mary Magdalene takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the myth. The director of the film, Tony Childress (Matthew Modine), who also play...
In this 1995 neo-noir film, directed by Bryan Singer, audiences watch as Verbal Kint (Kevin Spacey), a small-time con man with cerebral palsy and one of two survivors of a massacre, unloads a convoluted story about what led his criminal companions to their death and Keyser Söze, the ...