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Showing posts with label classic movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label classic movie. Show all posts
Saturday, April 12, 2025

‘The Long Good Friday’: A Gangster Noir That Saw the Future

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Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, "The Long Good Friday" (1980). Mobster’s World Blown to Bits in an Easter Wave of Terror
 Contains spoi...
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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Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Danger Lurks in the Shadows of Noir-Tinged ‘Cat People’

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Under hypnosis, Simone Simon, 'Cat People' (1942). By Paul Parcellin This article contains spoilers, so you may want to see the film...
Sunday, August 14, 2022

Hey, College Boy, Wanna Rob a Casino?

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Four vets attending college on the GI Bill and a cabaret singer try to rob a Reno casino and  pull off the perfect crime.  ‘Five Against the...
Tuesday, September 16, 2014

You Only Live Once: Outlaws on the Road

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Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda in 'You Only Live Once.' D irector Fritz Lang's masterpiece of German cinema, “M” (1931), delves ...
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