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Sunday, March 30, 2025

When Gangsters Collide with the Dark Side: 65 Mobbed Up Films Noir

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Jean Hagen, Sterling Hayden, "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950).  In Noir, Racketeers Aren't Like the Ones In Your (Grand)Father'...
Friday, March 7, 2025

Barber Aims to Be a Dry Cleaner, Blackmail, Murder and Suicide Result

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Frances McDormand, Billy Bob Thornton, "The Man Who Wasn't There" (2001).  Why Did an Acclaimed Coen Brothers Noir Tank at th...
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Sunday, March 2, 2025

‘Murder by Contract’: This Guy Kills Me

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Vince Edwards, Caprice Toriel, 'Murder by Contract' (1958). Dreams of a suburban home, picket fence and a garden can lead a man to h...
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...
Sunday, February 2, 2025

Could You Repeat That? — 36 Noirs That Unfold In Flashbacks

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Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, “Double Indemnity” (1944).  They pop up in all kinds of movies and TV shows, but flashbacks are the stuff ...
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