Showing posts with label crime film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime film. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 9, 2025

‘Scarlet Street’ at 80: Flirtations with a femme fatale can often lead to trouble — and sometimes murder

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At her service. Joan Bennett, Edward G. Robinson, 'Scarlet Street' (1945).  By Paul Parcellin Contains spoilers W hen “Scarlet Stree...
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-...
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...
Wednesday, May 28, 2025

‘Out of the Past’: 13 Signs that Jane Greer is About to Destroy You

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Jane Greer, 'Out of the Past' (1947). Dressed in mink and deadly. Warnings abound, but the only thing Mitchum can sputter is 'Ba...
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...
Sunday, March 30, 2025

When Gangsters Collide with the Dark Side: 65 Mobbed Up Films Noir

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Jean Hagen, Sterling Hayden, "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950).  In Noir, Racketeers Aren't Like the Ones In Your (Grand)Father'...
Sunday, March 2, 2025

‘Murder by Contract’: This Guy Kills Me

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Vince Edwards, Caprice Toriel, 'Murder by Contract' (1958). Dreams of a suburban home, picket fence and a garden can lead a man to h...