Showing posts with label vintage film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage film. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

'Ivy' is pure evil under shimmering gaslight

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Joan Fontaine, 'Ivy' (1947). A black widow dressed in white. By Paul Parcellin Contains spoilers “ Ivy ” (1947) E ven before the act...
Wednesday, January 7, 2026

Live it up! 11 essential nightclubs of noir

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Karen Morley, 'Scarface' (1932). By Paul Parcellin I n noir, nightclubs are smokey hideaways where criminality thrives under moody l...
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Thursday, September 25, 2025

Mark Stevens: his quartet of searing films noir still light up screens today

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Lucille Ball , Mark Stevens , ' The Dark Corner ' (1946). By Paul Parcellin M ark Stevens made a string of taut crime dramas in the ...
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...