My 2019 movie resolutions were quite ambitious. Two of those resolutions involved watching at least one box set of movies and one season...

Uncut Gems (2019) Directed by Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie Produced by Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Sebastian Bear-McClard Written by Ronald...

If you’ve been following my 2019 Movie Discoveries lists up to now, I thank you. I'll warn you that my discoveries lists from the 1990s...

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,...

As I work my way though the vast, shadowy world of film noir, I’m enjoying the discovery of so many obscure titles as well as...

I once foolishly dismissed the entire decade of the 1980s as either an embarrassment or a cinematic wasteland. This wasn’t the beginning...

I really became a movie fan in the 1970s and I can tell you it was a wonderful time. I was born in the ‘60s, but the ‘70s - and...

I tend to neglect movies from the 1960s, and I’m not sure why. Maybe because I grew up in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s and have seen so...

(Just for fun, here's my 1950s discoveries list from 2018.) If the 1940s and 1970s are my favorite decade for films, the 1950s are...

As I mentioned in last year’s post from this same period, the 1940s is my favorite decade for movies. I’m not sure I really understood...

(Also see last year’s discoveries from the ‘20s and ‘30s.) Confession time. First off, I hate confession time, but I must be honest with...

If you like film noir, you’ll probably like some of these crime fiction novels I discovered for the first time in 2019, some of which...

The Irishman (2019) Directed by Martin Scorsese Produced by Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, Emma Tillinger Koskoff,...

I often ask myself why we rewatch anything. Of course I know the answer, at least on some level, which I’ll touch on in a moment. But...

Naked Alibi (1954) Directed by Jerry Hopper Produced by Ross Hunter Screenplay by Lawrence Roman Based on the story “Cry Copper” by...

It’s a juggling act: watch another movie, or read books about movies, writing that might give you a greater understanding and...

The Philosophy of TV Noir (2008) Steven M. Sanders, Aeon J. Skoble, eds. The Philosophy of Popular Culture series Mark T. Conard, series...

I've had a great time reading on blogs and social media how everyone has spent their Noirvembers. As I indicated in late October, I knew...

It’s that time again... We’re still a few weeks away from 2020, but this is the point when I start reflecting on the movies (and TV...

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