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vintage film
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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...
Sunday, May 11, 2025
The Big Knockoff: 14 Films With Armored Car Heists
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Burt Lancaster, Tom Pedi, “Criss Cross” (1949). Rolling bank vaults a favored target of daring hijackers By Paul Parcellin I f the movies ...
Sunday, April 27, 2025
‘Gun Crazy’ Has a Classic Robbery Scene … But We Never See the Actual Holdup
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John Dall, Peggy Cummins, 'Gun Crazy' (1950). For a dizzying moment spectators become accomplices to a crime By Paul Parcellin “ Gu...
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, February 16, 2025
Headshrinker Noir: 10 Films With Mind Games, Crime
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Ingrid Bergman, "Spellbound" (1945). From Dedicated Healers to Evil Control Freaks, Noir Psychiatrists Want to Pick Your Brain B...
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