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DVD Review: Columbia Film Noir Classics, Vol. 1
This handsome, comprehensive package offers superior special features, including observations by noir experts Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, James Ellroy and Eddie Muller more...
The Narrow Margin Packs a Wide Wallop
It was supposed to be a simple B-movie, made on the cheap and destined for the bottom of a double bill. But The Narrow Margin turned out to be a taut film noir classic. more...
Murder, My Sweet Among Best Films Noir
Murder, My Sweet is a masterful early film noir, a brilliant mix of convoluted plot, hard-boiled dialogue, nightmarish atmosphere and comically cynical narration. more...
Movie Review: The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Maltese Falcon marked the auspicious directing debut of John Huston, who also wrote the screenplay and was blessed with an exceptional cast of superb players. more...
D.O.A. is rightfully regarded as a landmark film because of an intriguing premise: the hero tells us right up front he must solve his own murder - before he drops dead. more...
Few B-movies are as admired for their pacing and prescience as 1949's Gun Crazy, which equated guns with sex and directly inspired a classic American film 18 years later. more...
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The Blue Dahlia a Film Noir Murder Mystery
By: Christine Nyholm
Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake star in The Blue Dahlia (1946) is a classic film noir based on a story written by detective writer Raymond Chandler. more...
Crimes of Passion a Classic Film Noir in LA
By: Christine Nyholm
Crimes of Passion, made in 1957, is a film noir starring Barbara Stanwyck, a sociopathic newlywed helping her policeman husband (Sterling Hayden) advance in the LAPD. more...
By: Pema Levy
The Big Sleep, classic hardboiled fiction from Raymond Chandler, with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, embodies 1940s Hollywood and the old film noir genre. more...
The Glass Key (1942) - Classic Movie Review
By: Ian Terry
Stuart Heisler's adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's novel still influences Hollywood, with a tale of dubious alliances and loyalty. more...
Classic Film Review: The Maltese Falcon
By: Will Roszczyk
A film noir twisting and turning and presenting Bogart at the top of his game, The Maltese Falcon is a classic Hollywood movie packed with subterfuge and manipulation. more...
Classic Film Review: The Big Sleep
By: Will Roszczyk
Quite often referred to as the quintessential film-noir, The Big Sleep stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in a gripping, feisty murder mystery. more...
Sunset Blvd. (1950) - Classic Movie Review
By: Ian Terry
Tinseltown is held under the microscope in Billy Wilder's Sunet Blvd., a fascinating, unique piece of cinema history. more...
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