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Category Archives: Film Noir
The Shanghai Gesture
Melbourne Cinematheque is currently screening a series of films by the legendary Viennese-born auteur Joseph von Sternberg. It’s as good an opportunity as any to post this great review of one of the strangest and most powerful film noirs I have … Continue reading
Hunger and other films about doing time
I haven’t spent a lot of time in prisons and don’t want to. But I won’t deny they make tremendous story settings. This was brought home to me again over the weekend after watching Hunger, Steve McQueen’s 2008 depiction of … Continue reading
Posted in 60s American crime films, 70s American crime films, 80s American crime films, Adrian McKinty, Australian crime film, Bryan Brown, Film Noir, James Woods, Stuart Rosenberg
Tagged A Prophet (2002), Adrian Mckinty, Alan Parker, Big Doll House (1971), Brute Force (1947), Burt Lancaster, Caged (1950) Agnes Morehead, Christopher Dale Flannery, Cold Ground, Cool Hand Luke (1967), Ernest Brawley, Everynight... Everynight (1994), Fast Walking (1982), Ghosts of the Civil Dead (1988), Hunger (2008), Jackson County Jail (1976), Jacques Audiard, James Woods, McVicar (1980), Michael Fassbender, Midnight Express (1980), Night and the City (1950), prison films, Steve McQueen, Stir (1980), Stuart Rosenberg, The Cold, The Rap, Thieves Highway (1949)
Drive
After months of anticipation I finally got to see Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive on the weekend. I can’t remember the last time I saw a really good crime movie at a mainstream multiplex cinema. Maybe Ben Affleck’s The Town, although … Continue reading
Eight reasons to love Kiss Me Deadly
It’s a tough call, but one of my favourite films noirs is Robert Aldrich’s 1955 movie, Kiss Me Deadly. I’ve seen it at least fives times, most recently a couple of nights ago, and still find things about it to appreciate … Continue reading
