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Recent Posts
- Great New Noir Music Video from Louie Ludwig – “The world is a grinding wheel”
- Born to Kill (1947): “a violent, ironic and macabre paroxysm”
- Cinematic Cities: New York (1937) – Some Things Never Change
- Film Noir and Living in the Past: “If a man’s life can be lived so long and come out this way”
- Pickup (1951): Trash Noir
- Existential Terror: The Essence of Film Noir?
- Film Noir Influences: The Replicant is D.O.A
- All I want for Christmas
- Noir City X: San Francisco Jan 20-29
- Film Noir and the Classic Hollywood Narrative
- The Window (1949): The City as a Prison
- Wall St: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
- Noir Digest: Conflict and a Rogue Cop
- Femme Noir: “In her own mad mind she’s in love with you”
- Film Noir Origins: Angels Over Broadway (1940)
- Film Noir Origins: Métropolitain (France 1939)
- Film Noir Origins: Private Detective 62 (1933)
- Film Noir Origins: Paid (1930)
- New Books on Noir: From Screwball to Dragnet
- Cinematic Cities: Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Articles Archive
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The Window (1949): The City as a Prison
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 4 CommentsFilmed on the streets of New York and in deep focus, The Window challenges Jule’s Dassin’s The Naked City (1948) as the first documentary noir... -
Wall St: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
Posted on December 6, 2011 | No CommentsWarren William a ruthless retailing executive running a dept store in the depth of the Great Depression in this clip from the 1933 pre-coder Employee's Entrance sticks it to an even bigger bastard - his banker... -
Femme Noir: “In her own mad mind she’s in love with you”
Posted on November 25, 2011 | 1 CommentStrange brew, kill what’s inside of... -
Film Noir Origins: Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Posted on October 16, 2011 | 1 CommentFilm Noir Origins: Angels Over Broadway (1940) Directors Ben Hecht & Lee Garmes | DP Lee Garmes | Art Director Lionel Banks... -
Film Noir Origins: Métropolitain (France 1939)
Posted on October 7, 2011 | No CommentsFilm Noir Origins: Métropolitain (France 1939) Director Maurice Cam | DP’s Nicolas Hayer, Pierre Méré, and Marcel Villet... ... -
Film Noir Origins: Private Detective 62 (1933)
Posted on September 30, 2011 | 1 CommentFilm Noir Origins: Private Detective 62 (Warner Bros. 1933) Director Michael Curtiz | DP Tony Gaudio | Art Director Jack Okey... -
Film Noir Origins: Paid (1930)
Posted on September 18, 2011 | 4 CommentsFilm Noir Origins: Paid (1930) - Director Sam Wood | DP Charles Rosher | Art Director Cedric Gibbons.... -
New Books on Noir: From Screwball to Dragnet
Posted on September 2, 2011 | 2 CommentsTV Noir: The Twentieth Century by Ray Starman and Screwball Comedy and Film Noir: An Analysis of Their Imagery and Character Kinship by Thomas C. Renzi... -
Cinematic Cities: Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Posted on August 28, 2011 | 2 Comments -
Cinematic Cities: Skyscraper Souls (1932)
Posted on August 23, 2011 | 2 CommentsA Cinematic City: Skyscraper Souls (MGM 1932) directed by Edgar Swlwynand art direction by Cedric Gibbons .................................................................................................................... ......
