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 19, 20212 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 18, 20212 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 17, 20211 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 16, 20212 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 15, 20211 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 15, 20211 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 12, 20212 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 11, 20212 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 10, 20214 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 9, 20213 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 8, 20213 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 7, 20211 minNoirvember 2021: The Complete ListI'll keep adding to this list throughout Noirvember, so keep checking back right here. Thanks for reading! Laura (1944) Devil in a Blue...
awolverton77Nov 7, 20214 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 6, 20213 minNoirvember 2021, Episode 6: Born to Kill (1947)Born to Kill (RKO, 1947) directed by Robert Wise Born to Kill was directed by Robert Wise, universally recognized as one of the nicest...
awolverton77Nov 6, 20212 minNoirvember 2021, Episode 5: Three Strangers (1946)Three Strangers (Warner Bros., 1946) directed by Jean Negulesco Three Strangers is an unconventional noir containing a supernatural...
awolverton77Nov 4, 20213 minNoirvember 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...
awolverton77Nov 3, 20213 minNoirvember 2021, Episode 3: A Life at Stake (1955) A Life at Stake (Hank McCune Productions, 1955) directed by Paul Guilfoyle “Aren’t you getting a little fresh, Mr. Shaw?” “Yeah, maybe I...
awolverton77Nov 1, 20212 minNoirvember 2021, Episode 1: Laura (1944) Laura (20th Century Fox, 1944) directed by Otto Preminger If my Letterboxd entry is correct (and I suspect it is not), the last time I...