Collateral Damage Meets Humanity: Dogfight (1991) Nancy Savoca
“The rules of the dogfight were simple: Everyone puts in fifty bucks. And the guy with the ugliest ‘date’ wins.” This text, meant to...
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awolverton77
- Jan 5
- 6 min
Film Noir New Releases for January 2022
If 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,...
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awolverton77
- Nov 12, 2021
- 2 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 12: Dark Passage (1947)
Dark Passage (Warner Bros., 1947) directed by Delmer Daves There was a time when I dismissed Dark Passage as a picture containing too...
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awolverton77
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 4: They Won't Believe Me (1947)
They Won’t Believe Me (RKO, 1947) directed by Irving Pichel “He’s been a bad husband and a bad citizen. But did he commit murder?” That’s...
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awolverton77
- Oct 23, 2021
- 7 min
Film Noir New Releases for November 2021
If 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,...
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awolverton77
- Dec 19, 2020
- 11 min
The Best Discoveries of 2020: Westerns
Man, I had a great time with this genre in 2020! I’ve always enjoyed westerns, but once the pandemic hit, I found myself watching several...
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awolverton77
- Dec 1, 2020
- 3 min
Film Noir New Releases in December 2020
Since today is December 1, I’m already behind the eight ball here, so be warned: this will be a whirlwind look at what’s new in film noir...
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awolverton77
- Oct 26, 2020
- 12 min
Film Noir New Releases in November 2020
Noirvember arrives with a little bit of everything, including noir titles making their Blu-ray debut, significant rereleases, TV noir,...
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awolverton77
- May 1, 2020
- 7 min
What I Watched in April 2020 Part 2
Just a word about this and all of my lists: I don’t write these to say, “Hey, look at all the cool stuff I’ve been watching,” but rather...
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awolverton77
- Apr 29, 2020
- 3 min
Saving the Economy or Saving Lives? Wait, You're Talking about a Western from the 1950s???
Wichita (1955) Directed by Jacques Tourneur Produced by Walter Mirisch, Victor Heerman Story and screenplay by Daniel B. Ullman...
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awolverton77
- Apr 20, 2020
- 4 min
I Sat Down to Watch a Western, and a Film Noir Broke Out: Station West (1948)
Station West (1948) Directed by Sidney Lanfield Produced by Robert Sparks Screenplay by Frank Fenton, Winston Miller Based on the novel...
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awolverton77
- Mar 1, 2020
- 7 min
What I Watched in February 2020
I knocked out 33 movies in February. Unfortunately none of them had anything to do with either my Alfred Hitchcock or Ingmar Bergman...
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awolverton77
- Nov 24, 2019
- 3 min
Noirvember 2019: Split Second (1953) Dick Powell
Split Second (1953) Directed by Dick Powell Produced by Edmund Grainger Screenplay by Irving Wallace Story by Irving Wallace, Chester...
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awolverton77
- Nov 22, 2019
- 5 min
Noirvember 2019: Out of the Past (1947) Jacques Tourneur
Out of the Past (1947) Directed by Jacques Tourneur Produced by Warren Duff Screenplay by Daniel Mainwaring Based on the novel Build My...
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awolverton77
- Nov 5, 2019
- 5 min
Noirvember 2019: Crime Wave (1954) André De Toth
Crime Wave (1954) Directed by André De Toth Produced by Bryan Foy Written by Crane Wilbur Adapted by Bernard Gordon, Richard Wormser...
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awolverton77
- Nov 3, 2019
- 7 min
Noirvember 2019: The Window (1949) Ted Tetzlaff
“If you see a thing with your own eyes, it can’t be a dream, can it?” For Noirvember 2019, I plan to revisit several of the film noir...
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awolverton77
- Aug 28, 2019
- 10 min
Film Noir New Releases in September 2019
If 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,...
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awolverton77
- Jun 28, 2019
- 10 min
Film Noir New Releases in July 2019
If 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,...
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awolverton77
- Jun 8, 2019
- 5 min
Growing Up with Movies: Vision Quest (1985)
Vision Quest (1985) Directed by Harold Becker Produced by Joh Peters, Peter Guber Screenplay by Darryl Ponicsan Based on the novel Vision...
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awolverton77
- May 28, 2019
- 9 min
Film Noir Releases in June 2019
If 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,...
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