Friday, 25 October 2013
Baby Face Nelson (US, 1956)
Mickey Rourke in the title role as an aggressive, trigger happy mobster.
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Phantom Lady (US, 1944)
One of many notable noirs directed by Robert Siodmak, and one of a few noirs to feature the daintily beautiful Ella Raines.
Friday, 20 September 2013
La Grande Bellezza (IT/FR, 2013)
An Italo-Franco coproduction, visually striking, inventive and colourful.
Sunday, 15 September 2013
Dark Mirror (US, 1946)
A psychological film from the noir period, with a few instances of noir-inflected background photography, but not a real noir.
Friday, 13 September 2013
Black Angel (US, 1946)
Another lunchtime noir with Peter Lorre in it. How bad.
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
99 River Street (US, 1953)
A fairly representative noir, with its slightly imperfect plotting, and some notable nocturnal dockside photography.
Sunday, 8 September 2013
Night and the City (UK, 1950)
A wiseguy American hustler muscles in on the wrestling underworld of London, but is soon out of his depth.
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