My wife has become a noir addict. I don't know the cure. Anyway, we're about halfway through Noir City 2024. I'll tell you about the films that I really liked. Victims of Sin was by far the best film I've seen at the festival this year. A beautiful singer/dancer gets pregnant – a major mistake … Continue reading More Darkness: Noir City so far
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What’s leaving Criterion at the end of October
It's scary! You turn your TV to the Criterion Channel, and the film you wanted to see has suddenly disappeared! Don't let that happen! Full recommendations A+ Do the Right Thing (1989) Spike Lee's masterpiece just may be the best fiction film ever made about modern race relations in America. For a 34-plus-year-old film, it … Continue reading What’s leaving Criterion at the end of October
Columbia Noir at the Criterion Channel
It's a dirty, corrupt, and evil world, filled with lust for money, lust for power, and just plain old lust. And it just got dirtier on Wednesday, when the Criterion Channel opened up a collection of Columbia Noir. Yes, the lady with the torch is looking over the crime-filled streets. The collection contains 26 movies … Continue reading Columbia Noir at the Criterion Channel
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