Showing posts with label crime film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label crime film. Show all posts
Saturday, November 23, 2024

Why did Lee Marvin Give the Cops the Finger?

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Lee Marvin, as Charlie Strom, a man in a quandary. One of hitman Charlie Strom's victims didn't try to run and save his own life, an...
Monday, November 11, 2024

Amnesia Noir: 30 Films Worth Remembering

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Alan Ladd, William Bendix, “The Blue Dahlia” (1946). When Returning War Vets and Others Suffer Memory Blackouts, Murder is Often Afoot By Pa...
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Saturday, November 2, 2024

'The Killers': Nagging Questions In a Haze of Gunsmoke

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Left, Burt Lancaster, “The Killers” (1946). Right, Lee Marvin, “The Killers” (1964). In both versions, sports heroes have tragic downfalls a...
Monday, October 21, 2024

Busted But Not Broken: Greylisted Actor Made Indy Noirs

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Virginia Christine, Edward G. Robinson, “Nightmare” (1956). Edward G. Robinson's testimony before the House Un-American Activities Commi...
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024

What does a Dancer, an Actor, a Magician and a Disenchanted Cop Have in Common? They All Meet in a “City that Never Sleeps”

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Marie Windsor, Gig Young, Chill Wills, "City That Never Sleeps" (1953). A cloud of failure hangs over a handful of Chicagoans who...
Saturday, August 10, 2024

When Noir Got Into the True Crime Game — Docudramas: How True Were They?

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Ted de Corsia, "The Naked City" (1948) — just one of the 8 million stories. By Paul Parcellin Maybe it was the rigors of World War...
Friday, June 28, 2024

Feverish Dreams, Persecution Fantasies, Tormented Anti-Heroes: There’s Something About Cornell Woolrich’s Stories that Pulls Us in Like a Magnet — You’d Think it Would Do Just the Opposite

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Kevin McCarthy, Gage Clarke, "Nightmare" (1956). He Murders as He Sleeps! Contains spoilers By Paul Parcellin When it comes to cra...