Showing posts with label Robert Ryan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert Ryan. Show all posts
Sunday, February 16, 2025

Headshrinker Noir: 10 Films With Mind Games, Crime

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Ingrid Bergman, "Spellbound" (1945). From Dedicated Healers  to Evil Control Freaks, Noir Psychiatrists  Want to Pick Your Brain B...
Sunday, January 5, 2025

Whiteout Noir: 6 Films With Cold Blooded Crimes In Wintery Places

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Ward Bond, Robert Ryan, "On Dangerous Ground" (1951). Murder has a different look atop a crisp blanket of snow By Paul Parcellin W...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Noir Must Be Shot in Black and White, Right? Guess Again

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Marilyn Monroe, "Niagara" (1953). Raw Emotions Sizzle When Noir is in Color By Paul Parcellin I can already hear the howls of prot...
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Sunday, March 24, 2024

Is It or Isn’t It? “Clash by Night” is a Gripping Drama, Alright, But Some Insist It Doesn’t Make the Cut as an Authentic Noir Because It Lacks One Crucial Element

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Barbara Stanwyck, Paul Douglas, Robert Ryan, "Clash by Night" (1952). Contains Spoilers By Paul Parcellin “Clash by Night” has   t...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Knockout Punch Noir: The Runyonesque, Raw-Boned World of Prizefighting Inspires Tales of Corruption, Violence and Redemption

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Humphrey Bogart, “The Harder They Fall” (1956).  By Paul Parcellin This post contains spoilers, so you may want to see the films before read...
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Friday, March 11, 2022

Red Scare Noir: Communists on the Waterfront

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Janis Carter, John Agar and Thomas Gomez in ‘The Woman on Pier 13’ (1949). ‘The Woman on Pier 13’ (1949) W hen the Berlin Wall went up in 19...
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