Wednesday, October 22, 2025

‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’: A Tinseltown Allegory that Ends Unhappily Ever After

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Michael Sarrazin , Jane Fonda , 'They Shoot Horses, Don't They?' ( 1969 ). Harrowing Tale of Dance Marathons and the Depression-...
Thursday, September 25, 2025

Mark Stevens: his quartet of searing films noir still light up screens today

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Lucille Ball , Mark Stevens , ' The Dark Corner ' (1946). By Paul Parcellin M ark Stevens made a string of taut crime dramas in the ...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

Two Super-Charged Road Movies Take the Not So Scenic Route Through America

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Barry Newman as Kowalski, 'Vanishing Point' (1971). A high-speed chase through the desert turns him into an overnight folk hero. By ...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Imposter noir: 51 films about swapping, losing and faking identities

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Olivia de Havilland, 'The Dark Mirror' (1946). "There is only one plot – things are not what they seem."    — Jim Thompson...
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Monday, July 21, 2025

‘Pale Flower’: Gambling dens, yakuza and a mysterious woman who lives on the edge

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A taste for danger. Saeko (Mariko Kaga), "Pale Flower" (1964). By Paul Parcellin “ Pale Flower ” (1964) I t’s clear from the start...
Thursday, July 3, 2025

‘The Killers’: A much loved noir that’s the spitting image of another American classic

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Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster, ‘The Killers’ (1946).  By Paul Parcellin “ The Killers ” (1946) S ome say “The Killers” is the “Citizen Kane” o...
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Tuesday, June 17, 2025

Off the Hook: A bedridden heiress glimpses the face of doom in ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’

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Barbara Stanwyck, ‘Sorry, Wrong Number’ (1948). Crossed phone lines deliver chilling news to a woman stranded in her apartment. Post war pro...
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