No actor is more associated with the genre of film noir or better suited to interpret its tropes than Humphrey Bogart. His filmography covers a wide range from comedy to westerns, but noir was his specialty. Playing shrewd, playful characters with strict moral codes inhabiting a corrupt world, Bogart appeared in more than twenty noir […]
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Touch Of Noir: Nicolas Winding Refn’s ‘Drive’, A Film Worthy Of The Label Noir
Ahead of next week’s release of Nicolas Winding Refn’s latest film Only God Forgives, which reunites him with Drive star Ryan Gosling, it is only fitting to explore the deep film noir roots of the intensely stylish, highly acclaimed Drive. It’s not surprising that Refn won the prize for Best Director at Cannes with this […]
‘The Lone Ranger’ Ends With A Bang, If You Can Stay Awake Long Enough To See It Happen
‘The Lone Ranger’ has a great big-bang ending — it’s staying awake to witness it that’s tough.
Touch Of Noir: Fritz Lang’s Noir Nightmares ‘Scarlet Street’ and ‘The Woman In The Window’
Film noir was born from the evocative shadow play of German Expressionism. As one of the greats of Expressionist cinema, it is only fitting that after fleeing the Nazis Fritz Lang would reinvent himself by making highly stylized noir films in Hollywood. Fritz Lang is best remembered for his classics Metropolis and M, but […]
LAFF Film Review: ‘The Conjuring’ Is A Fright Fest Of Fun
You have to prepare yourself to live in fear of what is coming while watching The Conjuring. It’s going to get you no matter how impenetrable you may think you are to scary movies.