Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, October 9, 2023
Today at 12 midnight PDT (technically 12 am PDT Tuesday morning) on TCM:
This is one of film noir's finest, 1950’s Gun Crazy,
Just some film musings of a more succinct, spontaneous and sometimes seditious nature:
Monday, April 3, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” concerns whether or not a true Film noir can end on an uplifting, positive or hopeful note.
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Sunday, March 12, 2023
“Noir or Not Noir” (Part 2)
In various Film Noir related chat rooms, I’ve been routinely asked whether certain films should be classified as “Film Noir.”
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
“Noir or Not Noir” (Part 1)
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Monday, February 20, 2023
A few quick thoughts on the BAFTA Awards which I recorded and just watched:
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Saturday, February 18, 2023
Today’s “Dish of the Day” concerns a challenging question regarding U.S. Film Noir's Classic Timeline (1940 - 1958).
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Friday, February 10, 2023
In Facebook chatrooms that focus on films noir, there are always those who challenge others as to what is or is not qualified to be categorised as such. In the latest pronouncement that I saw, someone kept insisting (without explaining “why”) colour films made during the classic time period in the U.S. (i.e. 1940 - 1959) could not be considered film noir.
Read MoreExploring The Artefacts is a series in which I examine some unique and significant components, or by-products, of cinema storytelling that are often under-appreciated.
Read MoreFrom the dawn of cinema, it took about 40+ years for what came to be known as film noir (or "black film") to appear on the scene. In the U.S. these types of crime films were not purposely made and it took some French film critics in the mid 1940s to first identify and define their collective traits.
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