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.