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I agree, I would have preferred to have Muller done the commentary just by himself. It is the same with a shared commentary on CRIME WAVE, lots of panting and wolf whistling by Ellroy every time a...

I am very fond of Eddie Muller's commentaries of THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL and THE SNIPER, both films set in Muller's birth town San Francisco. He has so much knowledge about the history of his...

Even LADY OF BURLESQUE and some Douglas Sirk minor films from the 1950s: THERE ALLWAYS BE TOMORROW and ALL I DESIRE.

I can live with the fact that the Kino DVD comes bare bones, even when some extras and a commentary (especialy by San Francisco expert Eddie Muller) would have been nice. The tranfer of the film is...

Well, that is good news, I saw NO MAN OF HER OWN long ago and found it (then) quite good. And while we're on Stanwyck: how about WITNESS TO MURDER and GAMBLING LADY?

McPherson: "Nice little place you here here"

Lydecker: "It's lavish, but I call it home!"

It is witty lines like this that make me return again and again to this film. I think LAURA is quite...

Lonelyhearts (1958), with Montgommery Clift and Robert Ryan; not as cynical as the original novel by Nathanael West but thanks to the actors still pretty dark.

It is all here on this website in an enormous amount of richness, in depth and from any possible angle, with examples and people's own opinions. If you take the trouble to look you will find enough...

When the hero or heroine enters a room and switsches on the radio (and from the mid 50s: television) and just AT THAT VERY MOMENT the announcer brings a news flash that is vital to his/her situation...

Interesting Steve: Things that only work in the movies! Like entering a dark room and switching on ONE table light and suddenly the room is full of threatening and omnious shadows. When I enter my...

Some ladies:

No Man Of Her Own (1950) with Barbara Stanwyck

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945) with Nina Foch. She didn't really take a new personality, a new fake identity was forced upon her.
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What I like about Cat People is the urban setting. All the main characters have jobs and we are introduced to their workplace. OK, Irena works at home but even there we see the attributes and tools...

I remember well watching these series on German television end of the 1960s, early 1970s. Television was not so spectacular in the Netherlands in those days (only one channel, later two) and German...

1. In a Lonely Place.
Sensitive, menacing, violent, mysterious, warm, romantic, manic. This role shows Bogart’s widest range.

2. Dark Passage
I know, the film is hokum but I have a soft spot...

My favourite non-noir classic films are mostly French, German and Italian. My best loved American movies are noir!

1. Les Enfants du Paradis (1945)
2. Les Dames de Bois de Boulogne (1945)
3. Le...

Well, that is very revealing Steve! By the 1940s Bogart was coming into his own and feeling comfortable in his roles and his career, mainly because the support he received by his directors, Huston...

Why did Ida Lupino refuse to work again with Bogart? I thought they were a great team in High Sierra. Was there friction on the set or was she affraid Bogart would outshine her in their next film...

Yes, Joan Fontaine was very well used by Hitchcock in Rebecca and Suspicion, he used her innocence and naivitee to project his dark plot movements so audiences could identify with her. It is more her...

Born To Be Bad (mentioned above) arrived yesterday and I watched it last night. I am not sure this is the right threat to discuss this but BTBB is NOT a film noir, despite being directed by Nicholas...

I agree, the only location that doesn't look like a studio set is the all night swimming pool but that scene could have been filmed anywhere, probably somewhere in Los Angeles. I don't think they...

God, I would love to see this! Ryand AND Lupino in another film (I loved their chemistry in On Dangerous Ground). I am trying to collect all Robert Ryan films, he is the most fascinating actor for...

]I never saw a complete Theda Bara film, only a few minutes here and there in documentaries. Didn't she always have to pay for her sins in the end? That would be very 'un-noir'. But I agree with...

And she was the girl in the bar who go beaten up by Lee Marvin in The Big Heat. It must have been one of her first bit parts (I can't remember if she even had some text) and I think she was a blonde....

I didn't know the film was based on a novel. But I checked it out and the book is still available in various editions on Amazon.fr for very low prices. Might be worth ordering. Guy already mentioned...

Yes, this is an easy one, I even think this image is on the poster (and the cover of the DVD). Still, a striking image. He looks a bit like Robert Ryan in this shot, but he isn't (it is Mark Stevens).