1944 was a seminal year for Film Noir with the release of some of the greatest films in the genre such as Double Indemnity,Phantom Lady, Laura, To Have And Have Not, The Woman In The Window and The Ministry Of Fear. This year also gave us arguably the greatest of the lot, Murder, My Sweet.… Continue reading Murder, My Sweet(1944)
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Cry Of The City(1948)
Cry Of The City is a Film Noir which plays out like a 1940’s Greek tragedy. It is a poignant and powerful tale of injustice, love, the desire for a second chance and the inability to avoid the hand in life dealt to us by fate. Not only does the film make us fully support and sympathise… Continue reading Cry Of The City(1948)
Dark Passage(1947)
Dark Passage is one of the most underrated and interesting of all the 1940’s Noir films. Quite why this one isn’t discussed more often is beyond me. It’s a very different looking Film Noir than most and also offers us a glimpse of a far more vulnerable Humphrey Bogart. The Humphrey Bogart we see in this… Continue reading Dark Passage(1947)
Stray Dog(1949)
"He felt he would suffocate on the bus. A baby was crying. The cheap perfume of the woman next to him was nauseating." This voiceover is heard almost three minutes into the film as we see Toshiro Mifune's young detective Murakami squashed together with fellow passengers(standing room only) on an overcrowded bus hurtling through the… Continue reading Stray Dog(1949)
Walking Down The Dark Alleys Of Film Noir
Happy Noirvember. Yes it’s that time of year again, time to once again celebrate all things Film Noir. Put on your trench coats and hats, pour yourself a glass of bourbon and sit back and revel in a cinematic world of shadows, thrills, double-crosses, sexual tension, Femme and Homme Fatales and plenty of darkness and… Continue reading Walking Down The Dark Alleys Of Film Noir
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