Film Noir New Releases for March 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
- Jan 28, 2022
- 7 min
Film Noir New Releases for February 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
- Jan 5, 2022
- 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
- Dec 24, 2021
- 8 min
Best Discoveries of 2021: Film Noir
(Last year's Part I and Part II) A brief introduction: I watched a fair amount of film noir in 2021, but not nearly as many as I saw in...
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awolverton77
- Dec 5, 2021
- 3 min
Best Discoveries of 2021: Books on Movies
Today I’m kicking off my Best Discoveries of 2021 lists, a series of books and movies I enjoyed during the year in a variety of...
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awolverton77
- Nov 28, 2021
- 6 min
Film Noir New Releases for December 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
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
Noirvember 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...
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awolverton77
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 18: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes (1948)
I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (Monogram, 1948) directed by William Nigh, based on a novella by Cornell Woolrich Despite their love for each...
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awolverton77
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 17: The Sniper (1952)
The Sniper (Columbia, 1952) directed by Edward Dmytryk It is difficult for modern audiences to appreciate how bold The Sniper was in...
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awolverton77
- Nov 17, 2021
- 1 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 16: The Missing Juror (1944)
The Missing Juror (Columbia, 1944) directed by Budd Boetticher (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.) We’re going low-budget today with a fun little...
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awolverton77
- Nov 16, 2021
- 2 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 15: Chicago Syndicate (1955)
Chicago Syndicate (Columbia, 1955) directed by Fred F. Sears When an accountant is scheduled to tell all to journalist David Healey...
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awolverton77
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 14: Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Sunset Boulevard (Paramount, 1950) directed by Billy Wilder Okay, so I don't have anything to say about this film yet, because our Great...
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awolverton77
- Nov 15, 2021
- 1 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 13: The Beast Must Die (1952)
The Beast Must Die (La bestia debe morir, 1952) directed by Román Viñoly Barreto Based on the 1936 novel by Nicholas Blake (pen name for...
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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 11, 2021
- 2 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 11: The Bad Sleep Well (1960)
The Bad Sleep Well (Toho, 1960; American release 1963) directed by Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa directed at least four film noir or...
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awolverton77
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 10: The Desperate Hours (1955)
The Desperate Hours (Paramount, 1955) directed by William Wyler I find home invasion movies both fascinating and disturbing. According to...
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awolverton77
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 9: Nightmare Alley (1947)
Nightmare Alley (20th Century Fox, 1947) directed by Edmund Goulding Tyrone Power was tired of going back and forth as the romantic lead...
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awolverton77
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 8: Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Sorry, Wrong Number (Paramount, 1948) directed by Anatole Litvak “What does a dame like you want with a guy like me?” This line points to...
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awolverton77
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
Noirvember 2021: The Complete List
I'll keep adding to this list throughout Noirvember, so keep checking back right here. Thanks for reading! Laura (1944) Devil in a Blue...
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awolverton77
- Nov 7, 2021
- 4 min
Noirvember 2021, Episode 7: The Breaking Point (1950)
The Breaking Point (Warner Bros., 1950) directed by Michael Curtiz I just finished watching A Bullet Is Waiting (1954), and although it’s...
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