Tag: film noir

• 7 Hard-Boiled Lessons from Noir Films Old and New

  Originally published at Cinema Sugar. These are dark times. It’s tempting to feel that it’s never been darker, that the weight of our modern struggles is unprecedented.  But I take comfort in knowing that film noir—a genre that has existed for almost 100 years—has been there before. It’s seen some shit. To show this, I’ve…

  Nov 28, 2022

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• Top 5 Noir Movies

  Originally published at Cinema Sugar. 1. Double Indemnity This isn’t the first major noir (fedora-tip to The Maltese Falcon) but damned if it isn’t the genre’s absolute peak: femme fatale, no-nonsense narration, crime gone wrong, investigator on the case. It’s hard to pick Billy Wilder’s best movie but this has to be near the top.…

  Nov 4, 2022

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• The Third Man

  Originally published in the NCC Chronicle on September 21, 2007, as part of the “Chad Picks Classic Flicks” series. With the parade of loathsome summer threequels having turned the corner, and with Oscar season nearing full bloom, I can finally take refuge in some good cinema. But with my schoolboy-like excitement for new good movies…

  Sep 21, 2007

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