Best Discoveries of 2021: The 1970s
After the 1940s, my favorite decade is the ‘70s. Although this is when I grew up, there are still many films from that decade I’ve yet to...
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awolverton77
Dec 11, 20215 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: The 1960s
Last year’s list The 1960s tends to get the short shrift of my movie-watching time, stuck between film noir of the 1950s and the...
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awolverton77
Dec 10, 20215 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: The 1950s
Last year's discoveries from the 1950s Please note that all genre films will have their own postings later in this journey. Forbidden...
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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, 20211 min read
2021 Discoveries in Movies and Books
I take great joy in discovering new-to-me movies and books and making lists about them. On this page you'll find several different...
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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
Dec 7, 20215 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: The 1920s
From last year, my Best of 2020: The 1920s Today begins my journey through my favorite movie discoveries from (mostly) each decade. Some...
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awolverton77
Dec 6, 20213 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: Crime Fiction
Here’s last year’s discoveries in crime fiction, and this year I have even more titles: Dark Passage (1946), Nightfall (1947), Cassidy’s...
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awolverton77
Dec 5, 20213 min read
Best Discoveries of 2021: Books on Movies
Today I’m kicking off my Best Discoveries of 2021 lists, a series of books and movies I enjoyed during the year in a variety of...
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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 22, 20212 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 19: The Bitter Stems (1956)
The Bitter Stems (Los tallos amargos, Artistas Argentinos Asociados, 1956) directed by Fernando Ayala Los tallos amargos won the...
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awolverton77
Nov 19, 20212 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 18: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (Monogram, 1948) directed by William Nigh, based on a novella by Cornell Woolrich Despite their love for each...
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awolverton77
Nov 18, 20212 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 17: The Sniper (1952)
The Sniper (Columbia, 1952) directed by Edward Dmytryk It is difficult for modern audiences to appreciate how bold The Sniper was in...
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awolverton77
Nov 17, 20211 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 16: The Missing Juror (1944)
The Missing Juror (Columbia, 1944) directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) We’re going low-budget today with a fun little...
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awolverton77
Nov 16, 20212 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 15: Chicago Syndicate (1955)
Chicago Syndicate (Columbia, 1955) directed by Fred F. Sears When an accountant is scheduled to tell all to journalist David Healey...
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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 15, 20211 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 13: The Beast Must Die (1952)
The Beast Must Die (La bestia debe morir, 1952) directed by Román Viñoly Barreto Based on the 1936 novel by Nicholas Blake (pen name for...
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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 11, 20212 min read
Noirvember 2021, Episode 11: The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well (Toho, 1960; American release 1963) directed by Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa directed at least four film noir or...
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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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