Friday, January 26, 2024

Gumshoe Confidential: Would-Be White Knights, Reluctant Heroes and Rotten Apples, Otherwise Known as Private Detectives, Walked the Mean Streets of a Noir Hellscape

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Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, “The Maltese Falcon” (1941). By Paul Parcellin Private eyes, those lone ranger...
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Friday, January 19, 2024

An American Story: Murder In the Living Room

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Left: Gloria Swanson, William Holden, "Sunset Blvd. (1950) Center: Gene Nelson, Phyllis Kirk, Sterling Hayden, "Crime Wave" (...
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, January 3, 2024

In the trenches: deep in the heart of Hollywood the rough and tumble world of bargain basement noir thrived for a while

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Joan Blair, John Hubbard, "Whispering Footsteps" (1943). Script’s running too l ong? Grab a handful of pages,  rip them out, shoot...
Sunday, December 24, 2023

Alton and Mann: A Partnership in Post-War Noir

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Dennis O'Keefe, Marsha Hunt, Claire Trevor, "Raw Deal" (1948).  They made only a handful of films together, but John Alton and...
Thursday, December 14, 2023

Three Films that Set a Noir Mood: How John Alton Helped Define the Light and Shadows of Film Noir

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Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, "The Spiritualist" (1948). 'It's not what you light, it's what you don’t light.'  ...
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