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Duel In the Sun - Lewt and Pearl shoot it out, both killing each other, dying in each other's arms in mid-kiss:

Lewt: You always said you could shoot. I never believed ya.
Pearl: Lewt, I love...

Duel In the Sun - Lewt and Pearl shoot it out, both killing each other, dying in each other's arms in mid-kiss:

Lewt: You always said you could shoot. I never believed ya.
Pearl: Lewt, I love...

If you don't mind an element of fantasy - and isn't all literature fantasy on one level - then you might get a kick out of Larry Correia's new book - Hard Magic.
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Catherine McLeod, who would have been ninety today, was a regular guest star in a number of the great TV series from the golden age - 77 Sunset Strip, 87 Precinct, Hawaiian Eye, Perry Mason, Maverick...

News that DOA was being turned into a musical at the Overtime Theatre this October on Broadway (casting call now!) prompted me to think about the two movie versions.

You will remember the plot...

Just one more thing.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9wL4HK0np8
Peter Falk in The Bloody Brood

By the way, does anyone know Columbo's first name............

The latest in the growing list of immersive theatre experiences is a noir-production called The Black Diamond that will take place throughout the clubs, pubs and abandoned warehouses of the East End...

A good thread of arguments here. I don't think it matters a great deal - after all, we're only talking about a shared interest in movies - but I know I've been guilty myself in the past of describing...

Writer/Producer David S. Goyer is not short on imagination. As well as being involved in Batman Begins and Blade, he's also been the captain behind some of the most intriguing TV shows in recent...

Described as probably one of the best films you'll ever see - Dragnet Girl is probably also one of the rarest - being a silent Japanese proto-noir movie from 1933.

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News that the Nelson Film Society was doing a retrospective of French film noir and was including the great film noir Touchez Pas au Grisbi (Don't Touch The Cash!) (1954) started me reminiscing about...

Dutch model Lara Stone's love affair with noir imagery continues with a shoot for Peter Lindbergh in the July edition of Vogue USA:

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Today would have been Jane's 90th birthday. Celebrate today by watching one of her great noir movies.

For Robert Mitchum, she was His Kind of Woman (1951):
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Nicole Kidman, forty-four today, is often considered Australia's greatest living export (except by Russell Crowe of course) but is in fact American-born, her birthplace being Honolulu. Her parents...

The late sixties and early seventies saw a crime wave of poorly edited B-movies from Italy that I fell in love with - the poliziotteschi - or police-related movies. Linked in heart to the giallo of...

I should have pointed out - the guy in the lead post is the actor in Edinburgh - apologies for the confusion!

Both the Phuket Film Festival and the Shanghai Film Festival are showcasing Yuthlert Sippapak’s new movie FRIDAY KILLER. It's said to be the first in a trilogy by the great Thai director who has...

Funny how the mind works. I was reading about a new production of Casablanca at the Oran Mor pub in Edinburgh. Completed in a single lunchtime, with time left to enjoy a pie and a pint, it's the...

Just watched The World, Then The Fireworks again and couldn't help wondering what your favourite movie based on a Jim Thompson novel might be. Here's a few to think on:

The Getaway (1972) - Steve...

Happy Birthday to Dorothy McGuire - who would have been ninety-five years old today.

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Born in Nebraska, Dorothy is perhaps best...

How about:

Regis Twomey
Barry Kelley
Mike Mazurki
Evelyn Keyes
Janet Blair

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A new production of The Bad Seed by the Street Theatre Company in Nashville seems to be causing quite a stir in a positive way. The extraordinary tale of little Rhoda Penmark, a sweetly-smiling...

The Robber is about a career criminal who also enjoys running. It's based on the true story of Johann Rettenbeeger and stars Andreas Lust and Franziska Weisz. The twist in the tale is that this bank...

The FBI Vault is a goldmine for those interested in the noir era:

http://vault.fbi.gov/

The section on popular culture is particularly fascinating. Just choosing personalities at random...

What Katie Did is a British retro lingerie label that specialises in producing garments with authentic materials from the forties and fifties:

http://www.lamagia.co.uk/what-katie-did

It's been...