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2 days ago · Nicholas Christopher, Somewhere in the Night (1997) While many critics refer to film noir as a genre itself, others argue that it can be no such thing. Foster Hirsch defines a genre as determined by "conventions of narrative structure, characterization, theme, and visual design." Hirsch, as one who has taken the position that film noir is a genre, argues that these elements are present "in ...
- Italian Neorealism
Italian neorealism (Italian: Neorealismo), also known as the...
- German Expressionism
Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry...
- Robert Siodmak
Early life. Siodmak was born in Dresden, Germany, the son of...
- Stranger on The Third Floor
Stranger on the Third Floor is a 1940 American film noir...
- The Set-Up
The Set-Up is a 1949 American film noir boxing drama...
- The Big Combo
The Big Combo is a 1955 American film noir crime film...
- Italian Neorealism
4 days ago · The series opens with John Sugar (Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”) shot in black-and-white, busting a perp for kidnapping a mother and her child. After the kidnapper is caught, suddenly, the show erupts into color. Audience members learn that Sugar is a private detective specializing in finding missing people.
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2 days ago · Edmond O’Brian (1915-1985) leading man in film, stage, and TV. O’Brian film noir movies: DOA, 777 Ocean Drive, A Double Life, The Turning Point, The Hitchhiker, White Heat, Between Midnight and Dawn, The Shield For Murder. Cary Grant. Cary Grant (1904-1963) the ultimate stylish and debonair leading man.
5 days ago · The Coen brothers have used conventions of film noir, a genre which had it’s uprising and glory years between 1940 – 1959 (Friedman et al. 486), when creating films of modern society. Three of these films that I will look closer into are Blood Simple (1984), Fargo (1996) and The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001). By drawing examples from ...
3 days ago · Plot In 2029, no mutants have been born in 25 years, and an aging Logan suffers as his healing ability is failing. Working as a limousine driver in El Paso, Texas, he and mutant tracker Caliban take care of 97-year-old Charles Xavier, founder of the X-Men, in an abandoned smelting plant in northern Mexico. Xavier suffers from dementia that causes him to have destructive telepathic seizures ...
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1 day ago · National films. €128 million (23.03%) The cinema of Italy ( Italian: cinema italiano, pronounced [ˈtʃiːnema itaˈljaːno]) comprises the films made within Italy or by Italian directors. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and the stylistic aspect of film has been one of the most important factors in the history of Italian film.
3 days ago · In reviews this morning, Dennis has taken a look at Raphael Sbarge’s 2022 Laemmle Theatres documentary Only in Theaters on DVD from Kino Lorber. The film chronicles the 80+ year history of the family-owned cinema chain, which is based in L.A., and looks at the family’s efforts to see it survive the current challenges facing the industry.
