Film Noir New Releases for April 2022
If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...
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awolverton77
Dec 9, 20214 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: The 1940s
Last year's list from the 1940s Please note that all genre films will have their own postings later in this journey. You’d think from...
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awolverton77
Dec 8, 20214 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: The 1930s
My 1930s discoveries from last year Because I’ve largely eliminated genre pictures from these lists (they’ll be covered separately), I...
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awolverton77
Nov 28, 20216 min read
Film Noir New Releases for December 2021
If you’re new to my monthly Film Noir Releases posts, welcome! My goal is to cover all the first-time releases to Blu-ray and DVD,...
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awolverton77
Nov 15, 20211 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 14: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (Paramount, 1950) directed by Billy Wilder Okay, so I don't have anything to say about this film yet, because our Great...
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awolverton77
Nov 12, 20212 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 12: Dark Passage (1947)
Dark Passage (Warner Bros., 1947) directed by Delmer Daves There was a time when I dismissed Dark Passage as a picture containing too...
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awolverton77
Nov 10, 20214 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 10: The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Desperate Hours (Paramount, 1955) directed by William Wyler I find home invasion movies both fascinating and disturbing. According to...
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awolverton77
Nov 9, 20213 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 9: Nightmare Alley (1947)
Nightmare Alley (20th Century Fox, 1947) directed by Edmund Goulding Tyrone Power was tired of going back and forth as the romantic lead...
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awolverton77
Nov 8, 20213 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 8: Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number (Paramount, 1948) directed by Anatole Litvak “What does a dame like you want with a guy like me?” This line points to...
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awolverton77
Nov 7, 20214 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 7: The Breaking Point (1950)
The Breaking Point (Warner Bros., 1950) directed by Michael Curtiz I just finished watching A Bullet Is Waiting (1954), and although it’s...
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awolverton77
Nov 6, 20213 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 6: Born to Kill (1947)
Born to Kill (RKO, 1947) directed by Robert Wise Born to Kill was directed by Robert Wise, universally recognized as one of the nicest...
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awolverton77
Nov 6, 20212 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 5: Three Strangers (1946)
Three Strangers (Warner Bros., 1946) directed by Jean Negulesco Three Strangers is an unconventional noir containing a supernatural...
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awolverton77
Nov 4, 20213 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 4: They Won't Believe Me (1947)
They Won’t Believe Me (RKO, 1947) directed by Irving Pichel “He’s been a bad husband and a bad citizen. But did he commit murder?” That’s...
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awolverton77
Nov 1, 20212 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 1: Laura (1944)
Laura (20th Century Fox, 1944) directed by Otto Preminger If my Letterboxd entry is correct (and I suspect it is not), the last time I...
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awolverton77
Sep 11, 20218 min read
A Film Noir Disguised as a Western? An Exploration of Quantez (1957)
Quantez (1957) Directed by Harry Keller Produced by Gordon Kay Screenplay by R. Wright Campbell Story by Anne Edwards, R. Wright Campbell...
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awolverton77
Jun 13, 20215 min read
2021 Summer Reading Challenge: The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 (2018)
The Art of American Screen Acting, 1912-1960 (2018) Dan Callahan McFarland & Company Trade paperback, 242 pages Includes 28 photos,...
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awolverton77
Jun 5, 20213 min read
2021 Summer Reading Challenge: Edmond O’Brien: Everyman of Film Noir (2018)
Edmond O’Brien: Everyman of Film Noir (2018) Derek Sculthorpe McFarland & Company 246 pages Includes an appendix of O’Brien’s...
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awolverton77
Feb 18, 20212 min read
Who's That Guy? Moroni Olsen (1889-1954)
He’s the voice of the Magic Mirror in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), the first movie I ever saw in a theater, which means that...
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awolverton77
Dec 31, 20209 min read
What I Watched in December 2020
Even though there's plenty of time to squeeze in another movie or two in 2020, I think this is going to do it. What a year... My December...
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awolverton77
Dec 8, 20204 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2020: The 1930s
Continuing my journey through the decades with the best movies I watched for the first time from the 1930s. I'm a little better versed on...
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