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- Deception (1946): Expressionist Noir Melodrama
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- The Night Shift: Scene of the Crime
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- The Dark Clowns
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Noir City X: San Francisco Jan 20-29
Posted on December 21, 2011 | 1 CommentNOIR CITY celebrates its 10th anniversary with a 10-day San Francisco program at the Castro Theatre starting January 29, 2012 celebrating Frisco noir, including a brand new 35mm print of The Great Gatsby (1949), starring Alan Ladd, which has been buried for decades. Noir maestro Eddie Muller has persuaded Universal Pictures to strike a preservation print for NOIR CITY. -
Film Noir and the Classic Hollywood Narrative
Posted on December 17, 2011 | 2 CommentsAmerican films noir from the classic cycle have essentially the same narrative structure as other Hollywood movies, and that the entertainment value of a movie lies in the delicate balancing of pleasure and anxiety. -
The Window (1949): The City as a Prison
Posted on December 11, 2011 | 5 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... -
Noir Digest: Conflict and a Rogue Cop
Posted on December 4, 2011 | 2 CommentsThe two films noir covered in this edition of the digest are less than gripping. But they do raise interesting issues... Conflict (1945) and Rogue Cop (1954) -
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....
