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Showing posts with label Film noir. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Film noir. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 22, 2009

A "Blast" of a Dark Christmas

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It’s hard to pick a conclusive “end” to the film noir cycle, but the brilliantly bleak b&w 1962 hitman saga Blast of Silence has got to...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

Film noir and Western collections on YouTube

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I have been planning a post surveying the literally thousands and thousands of classic films that are currently available on YouTube, posted...
Friday, December 19, 2008

Have yourself a noir little Christmas

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Go ahead, "Baby Boy Frankie Bono," revisit the Blast of Silence I put up on YT earlier this year as part of a review of the Crite...
Thursday, August 7, 2008

"You Have to Know a Man Like a Brother to Kill Him": review of Blast of Silence (1961)

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For film noir fans, one of the most significant recent DVD releases was the Criterion Collection editon of Blast of Silence . The 1962 film ...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

“End of the Road”: review of Classe Tous Risques

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The best film noirs are invariably about doomed characters, men and women who initially rail against, and then make peace with the fact tha...
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