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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...
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Femmes Fatale Are Deceptively Charming, Dangerous and Often Lethal; But One Among Them Tips the Scales When It Comes to Evil Doings — And She’s Probably Not The One You’re Thinking Of
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Elisha Cook Jr., Marie Windsor, “The Killing” (1956). By Paul Parcellin Be forewarned: Many spoilers are included throughout the text below....
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Wednesday, September 21, 2022
‘L.A. Confidential’: Wounded Cops Take On the System
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From left, Det. Ed Exly (Guy Pearce), Det. Bud White (Russell Crowe) and Det. Jack Vincennes (Kevin Spacey). "L.A. Confidential" ...
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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