Showing posts with label neo noir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label neo noir. Show all posts
Friday, December 26, 2025

Burn, Hollywood, burn! Four noirs reveal the horrors of the screenwriting trade

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Humphrey Bogart, Gloria Grahame, ‘In a Lonely Place’ (1950). By Paul Parcellin Y ou’ve probably heard that screenwriters get little respect ...
Wednesday, November 12, 2025

A cunning serial killer is on the loose and police are baffled

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Song Kang-ho , 'Memories of Murder' (2003). Searching for clues and coming up empty. By Paul Parcellin ‘ Memories of Murder ’ (2003)...
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...
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...
Friday, January 12, 2024

Two Couples Who Murder: “Double Indemnity” Faces Off Against “Body Heat” — And It’s Not Even Close

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Left, Kathleen Turner, William Hurt, "Body Heat" (1981). Right, Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, "Double Indemnity" (19...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Acting Through Clenched Teeth: Quirky Timothy Carey Performed in a Number of Noirs and Neo-Noirs … and Was Kicked Off Almost as Many as He Appeared In

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Timothy Carey, “The Killing” (1956). By Paul Parcellin Timothy Carey was the kind of actor who refused to fade into the background — even a...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2023

The Key to Marlowe’s Conundrum is In a Can of Cat Food

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Elliot Gould, "The Long Goodbye" (1973) One of my favorite neo-noirs is “The Long Goodbye” (1973), Robert Altman’s adaptation of t...
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Sunday, January 15, 2023

When Tinsel Town Turns the Camera on Itself

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Rod Steiger, 'The Big Knife' (1955). Face it, scandals make good news copy and the Los Angeles entertainment industry produces a bu...
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