BESTSELLER!
Readers Favorite Award Finalist!
-
-
-
-
-
-
Recent Posts
Archives
- July 2015
- April 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- October 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
Categories
Use TweetAddr To Manage Your Twitter Account
-
Tag Archives: film noir
The Best of Film Noir – Pickup on South Street
This week in The Best of Film Noir we’re looking at Pickup on South Street, the 1953 classic starring Richard Widmark, Jean Peters and Thelma Ritter, and directed by Samuel Fuller. What starts as a simple pickpocket by a sleazy … Continue reading
Posted in Film Noir Fun
Tagged best of film noir, femme fatale, film noir, Jean Peters, noir hero, pickup on south street, Richard Widmark, Thelma Ritter
6 Comments
The Best of Film Noir – White Heat
This week in The Best of Film Noir we’re looking at a film that many would say isn’t film noir…but as you will see, it is. White Heat, released in 1949, stars James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, and Edmund O’Brien. White … Continue reading
Posted in Film Noir Fun
Tagged best of film noir, film noir, James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, White Heat
2 Comments
The Best of Film Noir – Thieves’ Highway
This week in The Best of Film Noir, we’re taking a look at Thieves’ Highway, a 1949 movie starring Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, and Lee J. Cobb, and directed by Jules Dassin. I picked this movie because, as I write … Continue reading
Posted in Film Noir Fun
Tagged best of film noir, femme fatale, film noir, noir hero, thieves' highway
Leave a comment
The Best of Film Noir – Odd Man Out
This week in The Best of Film Noir, I’m taking a look at a film from across the pond called Odd Man Out. This Anglo-Irish film noir stars James Mason and Kathleen Ryan, and was directed by Carol Reed (best … Continue reading
The Best of Film Noir – City That Never Sleeps
This week in The Best of Film Noir, we’re taking a look at the movie, City That Never Sleeps. As Eddie Muller, a film noir expert, says: Any movie that is narrated by the city itself earns special honors for … Continue reading
The Best of Film Noir – D.O.A.
This week in the Best of Film Noir, we’re taking a look at another classic in the film noir genre, D.O.A. Released in 1950, D.O.A. was directed by Rudolph Mate, and the film has a frenetic plot that keeps you … Continue reading
The Best of Film Noir – Gun Crazy
How about a best of film noir called Gun Crazy? Does that say it all or what? I have to admit, this is one I haven’t seen in a long time, but it’s on my DVR so I’m looking forward … Continue reading
The Best of Film Noir – The Third Man
This week in The Best of Film Noir, we’re examining a classic noir, The Third Man. Directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotton, Alida Valli, Orson Welles and Trevor Howard, The Third Man is considered by many to be … Continue reading
The Best of Film Noir – Tomorrow Is Another Day
This week in The Best of Film Noir we’re looking at a flick that many probably haven’t heard of. Tomorrow Is Another Day is a film noir that starts out in true noir style, but then heads in the direction … Continue reading
Posted in Film Noir Fun
Tagged femme fatale, film noir, noir hero, Tomorrow Is Another Day
2 Comments
The Best of Film Noir – Notorious
This week in The Best of Film Noir, we’re looking at Notorious, a classic film directed by the incomparable Alfred Hitchcock. I have to confess, I am a huge Hitchcock fan. He was an absolutely phenomenal director and storyteller. Seriously, … Continue reading