This is a reasonably good little noir, undeservedly dismissed by both IMDB voters and in Michael Keaney's Film Noir Guide.
A noir it is, Lelie Brooks is excellent as the ruthless, perversely alluring socially climbing sexpot.
The archive.org version is of good quality.
Thursday, 28 February 2013
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Angel Face (US, 1952)
An OK crime drama with some incidental noir photography.
Saturday, 16 February 2013
My Beautiful Laundrette (UK, 1985)
Contrived, overrated and undeservedly lauded as an early in-yer-face gay liberation film.
That said, there's a clear directorial 'something' here; the nightclub scenes in particular offer an interesting glimpse of mid-80's London.
Of its time, difficult to see how some aspects of this movie would be acceptable in today's PC dictatorship.
That said, there's a clear directorial 'something' here; the nightclub scenes in particular offer an interesting glimpse of mid-80's London.
Of its time, difficult to see how some aspects of this movie would be acceptable in today's PC dictatorship.
Inner Sanctum (US, 1948)
A flimsy enough noir-ish piece, perked up somewhat by the presence of Lee Patrick, who also appears in The Maltese Falcon. The opening scene of the movie is its 'noirest' and there's an interesting variation on it later on.
A public domain film, legally viewable online.
A public domain film, legally viewable online.
Bullhead (BE/NL, 2011)
Rising star Matthias Schoenaerts puts in another intense toughguy performance (cf Rust and Bone) in what is again an original, complex and interesting and by times brutal movie. There is, despite the subject matter and general downbeat tone, some notably poetic quotidian visuals.
Leave her to Heaven (US, 1945)
An overrated and slightly boring film, sometimes classified as a noir. It's in bright techicolor.
Zero Dark Thirty (US, 2012)
As expected, it's a patriotic pro-American film, and also good drama.
Unpleasant aspects of the op aren't shied away from, but there's no mistaking the message here.
Unpleasant aspects of the op aren't shied away from, but there's no mistaking the message here.
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