Category: Film Noir

Sarah Pirozek’s #LIKE: A Paranoid Descent Into the Horrors of Men Online

On By C.H. NewellIn Film, Film Noir, Marc Menchaca, Revenge Thriller, Sarah Pirozek, Sarah Rich, Thriller1 Comment

A 21st century amateur detective story. A grieving sister sleuths when the law, again, fails women.

Father Gore’s Favourite 50+ Films Directed by Women

On By C.H. NewellIn Amy Berg, Andrea Arnold, Drama, Female Directors, Film, Film Noir, Horror, Liliana Cavani, Mystery, Psychological Thriller, Revenge Thriller, ThrillerLeave a comment

50+ of Father Gore's favourite films directed by women, from the 1930s to current day.

Bad Day at Black Rock: An Open, American, Hardboiled Wound

On By C.H. NewellIn 1955, Bad Day at Black Rock, Crime, Don McGuire, Drama, Ernest Borgnine, Film, Film Noir, John Sturges, Lee Marvin, Millard Kaufman, Mystery, Robert Ryan, Spencer Tracy, WesternLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWpvrb6i9bI Bad Day at Black Rock. 1955. Directed by John Sturges. Screenplay by Millard Kaufman; adapted by Don McGuire & based on a story from Howard Breslin. Starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, John Ericson, Ernest Borgnine, Lee Marvin, Russell Collins, & Walter Sande. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Not Rated. 81 minutes. Crime/Drama/Mystery …

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Altman’s The Long Goodbye is Perfect Post-Modern Film Noir

On By C.H. NewellIn 1973, Crime, Drama, Elliott Gould, Film, Film Noir, Leigh Brackett, Raymond Chandler, Robert Altman, Sterling Hayden, ThrillerLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKNo8yzXxyM The Long Goodbye. 1973. Directed by Robert Altman. Screenplay by Leigh Brackett; based on the novel by Raymond Chandler. Starring Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell, Henry Gibson, David Arkin, Jim Bouton, Jack Knight, David Carradine (uncredited), Rutanya Alda, Jack Riley, & Arnold Schwarzenegger (uncredited). E-K-Corporation/Lion's Gate Films. Rated R. 112 …

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Violent Segregation and Cartoon Heart in Who Framed Roger Rabbit

On By C.H. NewellIn Animation, Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Comedy, Crime, Film, Film Noir, Robert ZemeckisLeave a comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYNqYC_jNAg Who Framed Roger Rabbit. 1988. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Screenplay by Jeffrey Price & Peter Seaman; based on the novel Who Censored Robert Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf. Starring Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Charles Fleischer, Stubby Kaye, Alan Tilvern, Richard LeParmentier, Lou Hirsch, Betsy Brantley, Joel Silver, Paul Springer, Richard Ridings, Edwin …

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