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Sunday, January 19, 2025
D.O.A.: Small Town Man Visits Big City, Murder Follows
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Frank Gerstle, Edmond O’Brien, “D.O.A.” (1949). The doctor delivers some astonishingly bad news. Frank Bigelow needs to find the truth, but...
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Sunday, January 5, 2025
Whiteout Noir: 6 Films With Cold Blooded Crimes In Wintery Places
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Ward Bond, Robert Ryan, "On Dangerous Ground" (1951). Murder has a different look atop a crisp blanket of snow By Paul Parcellin W...
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Wednesday, December 25, 2024
New Year’s Noir: 8 Crime Films Bring You Dark Tidings
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Allen Baron, “Blast of Silence” (1961). Noir for the year's last day. Was that a popping cork or the report of a firearm? By Paul Parcel...
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Pulp Into Pictures: 21 Cornell Woolrich Stories That Made It To the Big Screen; Plus “Never Open That Door”
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Ángel Magana in "Never Open That Door" (1952). Bedarkened, beshadowed Argentinian film noir treated to a stunning restoration, dis...
Sunday, December 1, 2024
Dark Candy in Your Stocking: 25 Christmas Noirs
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Robert Montgomery, “Lady in the Lake” (1946), an odd seasonal thriller. By Paul Parcellin S ometimes you need relief from the hectic days th...
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...
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