The Best Movies of 2018: A Preview (or Maybe Just a Rant)
I absolutely love lists. Maybe that’s because, as a teenager, I was fascinated with The Book of Lists (1977) by David Wallechinsky,...
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awolverton77
Dec 30, 20182 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: Film Noir from the Classic Era (1940-1959)
After four Noirvembers, four Noir City DC, and three Noir City San Francisco festivals, and countless movies and books about them, I...
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awolverton77
Dec 29, 20187 min read
Film Noir Releases in January 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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awolverton77
Dec 27, 20183 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 2000s
As I mentioned in my last post, the 1990s and 2000s tend to get the short shrift in my movie-watching schedules, so this list will be...
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awolverton77
Dec 24, 20184 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1990s
The 1990s remain my least-explored decade, partly due to so many life issues happening at the time (graduate school, getting married,...
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awolverton77
Dec 21, 20183 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1980s
Even though I started college in 1980 and finished in 1985 (and took at least one course every summer), I still managed to watch a ton of...
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awolverton77
Dec 20, 20186 min read
Do We Belong Here? Jeremy Saulnier's Hold the Dark (2018)
Hold the Dark (2018) Directed by Jeremy Saulnier Written by Macon Blair Produced by Russell Ackerman, Eva Maria Daniels, Neil Kopp, Anish...
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awolverton77
Dec 19, 20183 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1970s
After the 1940s, the 1970s is my favorite decade for movies, although you probably wouldn’t know it from this list, one of the shortest...
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awolverton77
Dec 15, 20183 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1960s
I was somewhat surprised to find so many movies from the 1960s on my Best Discoveries of the Year list, a total of 15, matched only by my...
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awolverton77
Dec 13, 20184 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1950s
If you removed all the Westerns from the 1950s films I saw in 2018, I’d have a much smaller list. The appearance of so many Westerns is...
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awolverton77
Dec 12, 20183 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1940s
The 1940s is my favorite decade for movies, in particular because it provided an opportunity for the flourishing of film noir, but also...
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awolverton77
Dec 10, 20182 min read
The Best Discoveries of 2018: The 1920s and 1930s
Early cinema has always been a mostly unexplored land mass for me, but I'm working on it. Thanks to a couple of friends who've made some...
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awolverton77
Dec 9, 20181 min read
The Best Rediscoveries of 2018: Rewatches
Movie fanatics constantly struggle to achieve just the right ratio of “new-to-me” movies to re-watches. You always want to discover...
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awolverton77
Dec 6, 20184 min read
The Best of 2018: Books on Movies
Every movie fan who wants to learn more about movies, their history (individually and collectively), how they work, and the people behind...
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awolverton77
Dec 1, 20183 min read
Film Noir Releases in December 2018
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 30, 20183 min read
Noirvember 2018 Wrap-Up
Noirvember 2018 ends today and while it was a good one, it was also bittersweet. My focus for this year’s event was both British noir...
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awolverton77
Nov 30, 20182 min read
Noirvember 2018, Episode 30: The Lady Gambles (1949)
The Lady Gambles (1949) Directed by Michael Gordon Produced by Michael Kraike Written by Halstead Welles Screenplay by Roy Huggins Story...
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awolverton77
Nov 29, 20182 min read
Noirvember 2018, Episode 29: The House Across the Lake (1954)
House Across the Lake (aka Heat Wave) (1954) Directed by Ken Hughes Produced by Anthony Hinds Written by Ken Hughes Cinematography by...
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awolverton77
Nov 28, 20182 min read
Noirvember 2018, Episode 28: The Counterfeit Plan (1957)
The Counterfeit Plan (1957) Directed by Montgomery Tully Produced by Alec C. Snowden, Richard Gordon Written by James Eastwood...
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awolverton77
Nov 27, 20182 min read
Noirvember 2018, Episode 27: The Chase (1946)
The Chase (1946) Directed by Arthur Ripley Produced by Seymour Nebenzal Screenplay by Philip Yordan Based on the novel The Black Path of...
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