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The Damned Don't Cry (1950) and Caged (1950) Coming Soon to Blu-ray

May 31, 20231 min read

The Damned Don't Cry (1950) and Caged (1950) Coming Soon to Blu-ray

Last week, anticipating yesterday's gallbladder surgery (which went very well, I can thankfully say), I made two short videos about...

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Apr 30, 20231 min read

May 2023 Film Noir New Releases

Two box sets (actually three), two releases from Warner Archive, and much more are waiting for you in the New Releases in Film Noir video...

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Forgotten Films: The Gypsy Moths (1969) John Frankenheimer

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Jan 31, 20234 min read

Forgotten Films: The Gypsy Moths (1969) John Frankenheimer

Like many R-rated movies I saw advertised in the newspaper when I was a kid, The Gypsy Moths is one that passed by me. I had almost...

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Collateral Damage Meets Humanity: Dogfight (1991) Nancy Savoca

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Jul 10, 20221 min read

Collateral Damage Meets Humanity: Dogfight (1991) Nancy Savoca

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Jan 5, 20226 min read

Film Noir New Releases for January 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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Noirvember 2021, Episode 12: Dark Passage (1947)

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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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Noirvember 2021, Episode 4: They Won't Believe Me (1947)

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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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Film Noir New Releases for November 2021

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Oct 23, 20217 min read

Film Noir New Releases for November 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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Dec 19, 202011 min read

The Best Discoveries of 2020: Westerns

Man, I had a great time with this genre in 2020! I’ve always enjoyed westerns, but once the pandemic hit, I found myself watching several...

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Dec 1, 20203 min read

Film Noir New Releases in December 2020

Since today is December 1, I’m already behind the eight ball here, so be warned: this will be a whirlwind look at what’s new in film noir...

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Oct 26, 202012 min read

Film Noir New Releases in November 2020

Noirvember arrives with a little bit of everything, including noir titles making their Blu-ray debut, significant rereleases, TV noir,...

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May 1, 20207 min read

What I Watched in April 2020 Part 2

Just a word about this and all of my lists: I don’t write these to say, “Hey, look at all the cool stuff I’ve been watching,” but rather...

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Saving the Economy or Saving Lives? Wait, You're Talking about a Western from the 1950s???

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Apr 29, 20203 min read

Saving the Economy or Saving Lives? Wait, You're Talking about a Western from the 1950s???

Wichita (1955) Directed by Jacques Tourneur Produced by Walter Mirisch, Victor Heerman Story and screenplay by Daniel B. Ullman...

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I Sat Down to Watch a Western, and a Film Noir Broke Out: Station West (1948)

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Apr 20, 20204 min read

I Sat Down to Watch a Western, and a Film Noir Broke Out: Station West (1948)

Station West (1948) Directed by Sidney Lanfield Produced by Robert Sparks Screenplay by Frank Fenton, Winston Miller Based on the novel...

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Mar 1, 20207 min read

What I Watched in February 2020

I knocked out 33 movies in February. Unfortunately none of them had anything to do with either my Alfred Hitchcock or Ingmar Bergman...

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Noirvember 2019: Split Second (1953) Dick Powell

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Nov 24, 20191 min read

Noirvember 2019: Split Second (1953) Dick Powell

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Noirvember 2019: Out of the Past (1947) Jacques Tourneur

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Nov 22, 20195 min read

Noirvember 2019: Out of the Past (1947) Jacques Tourneur

Out of the Past (1947) Directed by Jacques Tourneur Produced by Warren Duff Screenplay by Daniel Mainwaring Based on the novel Build My...

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Noirvember 2019: Crime Wave (1954) André De Toth

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Nov 5, 20195 min read

Noirvember 2019: Crime Wave (1954) André De Toth

Crime Wave (1954) Directed by André De Toth Produced by Bryan Foy Written by Crane Wilbur Adapted by Bernard Gordon, Richard Wormser...

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Noirvember 2019: The Window (1949) Ted Tetzlaff

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Nov 3, 20197 min read

Noirvember 2019: The Window (1949) Ted Tetzlaff

“If you see a thing with your own eyes, it can’t be a dream, can it?” For Noirvember 2019, I plan to revisit several of the film noir...

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Film Noir New Releases in September 2019

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Aug 28, 201910 min read

Film Noir New Releases in September 2019

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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