awolverton77Nov 22, 20212 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 14, 20205 minNoirvember 2020, Episode 14: El Vampiro Negro (1953) Note: With the start of Noir City International yesterday, I plan to include as many of those films as possible in my Noirvember 2020...
awolverton77Oct 30, 20202 minNoirvember 2020 PreviewIt’s the most wonderful time of the year… Shadows, rain-soaked city streets, betrayal, deception, hopelessness, misdirection, greed,...
awolverton77Oct 26, 202012 minFilm Noir New Releases in November 2020Noirvember arrives with a little bit of everything, including noir titles making their Blu-ray debut, significant rereleases, TV noir,...
awolverton77Jul 3, 202010 minWhat I Watched in June 2020With my return to work at the library, June got off to a slow start, but I made a nice recovery in the home stretch. Hopefully you’ll...
awolverton77Nov 20, 20193 minFilm Noir Releases in December 2019If 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,...
awolverton77Oct 26, 20194 minNoirvember 2019 PreviewAlthough I watch a lot of film noir, write about it, and attend as many Noir City festivals as I can, I’m really not what I would...
awolverton77Sep 13, 20195 minThoughts on Noir City Chicago 2019Someone asked me at work a few days ago whether I was planning to visit all the Noir City venues. That’s certainly a temptation and maybe...
awolverton77Jul 2, 20195 minSummer Reading Challenge 2019: Noir City Sentinel Annual 3 Noir City Sentinel Annual 3: The Best of the Noir City Sentinel 2010 Eddie Muller, publisher Donald Malcolm, editor Michael Kronenberg,...
awolverton77Jan 24, 20191 minNext Stop: Noir CityI'll be headed to Noir City soon, so the blog will be on hiatus until I get back. While I won't be posting here during the festival, I...
awolverton77Nov 25, 20183 minNoirvember 2018, Episode 25: The Castle of Sand (1974)The Castle of Sand (1974) Directed by Yoshitarō Nomura Produced by Shinobu Hashimoto, Yoshihara Mishima, Masayuki Sato Written by Seicho...
awolverton77Nov 14, 201810 minNoirvember 2018, Episode 14: The Prowler (1951) I’m delighted to be joined today by Kristina Dijan, senior writer for The Dark Pages: The Newsletter for Film Noir Lovers and the author...
awolverton77Oct 24, 20183 minNoir City DC 2018 Part VI: A Lesson in "B" Movies“We restore films,” Eddie Muller said as he kicked off Sunday’s first double feature: The Unsuspected (1947) and High Tide (1947). “Let’s...
awolverton77Oct 22, 20183 minNoir City DC 2018 Part VNoir City DC welcomed Eddie Muller, President of the Film Noir Foundation and host of TCM’s Noir Alley Friday night (10/19/18), eagerly...
awolverton77Oct 15, 20182 minNoir City DC 2018 Part IIIRewatching This Gun for Hire (1942) this weekend made me wish I’d been present for the film’s initial release when audiences first...
awolverton77Oct 14, 20182 minNoir City DC 2018 Part III realize that even after only two days of Noir City DC, I am woefully behind on my coverage of the event. Friday night's second double...
awolverton77Oct 13, 20183 minNoir City DC 2018 Part IYou may not find many darkened alleys in this DC community, no window blinds inducing deep shadows, no gambling dens (that I know of),...
awolverton77Oct 11, 20181 minNoir City DC Starts Tomorrow!Don't snooze! Get your tickets now for Noir City DC, which starts tomorrow, February 12 and runs through the 25th at the AFI Theatre and...
awolverton77Oct 5, 20182 minPreparing for Noirvember 2018So many film noir fans have been celebrating Noirvember (a term coined by Marya at Cinema Fanatic) for much longer than I have, but next...
awolverton77Sep 28, 20185 minFilm Noir Releases in October 2018If 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,...