It doesn’t have to be a dark and stormy night for you to watch film noir (but it sure helps), because the often-downbeat genre can be enjoyed anytime. Just released on Blu-ray and DVD by KL Studio Classics, The Man…
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Five Recent Releases You Might Have Missed
We get it. Life is busy. It seems every day is full of work and personal obligations. Given the fast pace of our society it’s only natural that some things are going to fall to the wayside. We can’t help…
Read more →Five Film Noir Favorites You Might Have Missed
The dark underbelly of life is explored in the film noir genre, and we’ve got five hard-boiled tales of suspense and grittiness that you may not have seen. So join us for this journey into the seedy and uncertain world…
Read more →Check Out The Underrated Dick Powell Noir Classic “Pitfall”
Based on a novel by Jay Dratler, 1948’s Pitfall is a captivating — if somewhat underrated — film noir gem that stars Dick Powell as a bored husband and insurance adjuster who becomes involved with beautiful model Lizabeth Scott, the…
Read more →Edmond O’Brien Solves His Own Murder in “D.O.A.”
Guest blogger Rick Armstrong writes: As a man crosses the street into a police station, huge 3-D letters fill the screen with the film’s foreboding title. The camera follows along behind the man as he staggers down a hallway to…
Read more →Film Noir: A To Z
Guest blogger Rick 29 writes: One of the most popular features at the Classic Film and TV Cafe is the site’s “A to Z” list. Awhile back, the Cafe tackled film noir–a daunting task because there so many good ones….
Read more →Flaxy Martin (1949): Heartlessness Hidden in a Mink Coat
Virginia Mayo is the “girl with the heart of ice” who lets her mob lawyer boyfriend (Zachary Scott) take the fall for a killing she committed in Flaxy Martin. Guest blogger Kristen Lopez shines a light in the 1949 noir drama, which co-starred Dorothy Malone.
Read more →Taking a Look at Out of the Past Now
A private eye hired to track down a shady businessman’s fugitive mistress makes the potentially fatal mistake of falling for her. Guest writer Barry P. takes a look at Jacques Tourneur’s 1947 film noir gem Out of the Past, with Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer and Kirk Douglas.
Read more →They Met in the Dark: WWII Noir with James Mason
Disgraced British Navy officer James Mason seeks to clear his name in the 1943 espionage thriller They Met in the Dark, co-starring Joyce Howard. Meet guest writer Mike Perry, who shines a light on the noir-flavored drama.
Read more →First Time Watch: Double Indemnity
We’re helping turn November into “Noirvember” with this classic post, as writer Brian Sieck offers his thoughts after seeing Billy Wilder’s 1944 suspense gem Double Indemnity, with Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray, for the first time.
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