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NoirWorthWatching: NO QUESTIONS ASKED (1951)
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Saturday, 1 August 2015. NO QUESTIONS ASKED (1951). This is an edited version of an article which appeared in the Summer 2015 Edition of Noir City. 8220;They turn a spotlight on you when they keep narrowing the circle closing in for the kill…You wonder how it happened and where it really began…”. Hough there are plenty of weightier noirs, few have the irresistible, jacked-up urgency of No Questions Asked. Pundit Jay MacIntyre says of the picture, “it’s a pulp novel come to life”. And Hart to Hart. The la...
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NoirWorthWatching: July 2014
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Friday, 25 July 2014. VANISHING POINT (1970)/ GONE IN 60 SECONDS (1974). An ex-cop/ former racing driver (Barry Newman) gets whacked-out on Benzedrine and sets out to muscle a torqued-up 1970 Dodge Charger from Denver to San Francisco in record time. County cops and state troopers soon are all over him like a cheap suit. Unfortunately 'Vanishing Point' turns out to be a sour conceit of a movie that comes apart under the weight of its self-conscious heaviosity and general raggedness. Apart from Dean J...
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NoirWorthWatching: March 2015
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Sunday, 29 March 2015. SUNNYLANDS NOIR: 2015 PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (January 2015). In Aussie-speak, if someone is ‘mad as a cut snake’ he's so ‘round the bend you don’t want to know. Here the someone is Jim aka ‘Pommie’ (Sullivan Stapleton) who after release from prison loses no time in tracking down an old mate, Merv ‘Sparra’ Farrell (Alex Russell). Like the others, ‘Cut Snake’ is coolly committed to its story and characters. Though the film’s set in 1974, there'...In contrast is R...
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NoirWorthWatching: July 2015
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Friday, 31 July 2015. HOLLYWOOD ACTORS IN CLASSIC BRITISH FILM NOIR. Something I've been working up for a while. Any suggestions for additions would be welcome! The Good Die Young. The Intimate Stranger AKA Finger of Guilt. Chase a Crooked Shadow. 3 Steps to the Gallows AKA White Fire. The Last Page AKA Man Bait. Third Party Risk AKA The Deadly Game. The House Across the Lake AKA Heat Wave. Traitor Spy AKA The Torso Trunk Mystery. Shake Hands with the Devil. The Noose AKA The Silk Noose. Carroll, Leo G.
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o/t: Last three days of the Literary Fantasy Storybundle – nine books, name your price! | Noirish
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INDEX OF MOVIES COVERED ON THIS SITE. Where to Buy the Book. The annex to John Grant's *A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir*. O/t: Last three days of the Literary Fantasy Storybundle – nine books, name your price! August 3, 2015. This entry was posted in Uncategorized. O/t: leisure reading in July. O/t: COLEEN GRAY 1922 2015. One thought on “ o/t: Last three days of the Literary Fantasy Storybundle – nine books, name your price! August 3, 2015 at 9:57 am. Sounds like an awesome deal here! An annex,...
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o/t: leisure reading in July | Noirish
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INDEX OF MOVIES COVERED ON THIS SITE. Where to Buy the Book. The annex to John Grant's *A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir*. O/t: leisure reading in July. August 1, 2015. The House of Anxiety. To Love and Be Wise. The Case of the Late Pig. The Case of the Lamp That Went Out. By John D. MacDonald. To Catch a Thief. Mr Churchill’s Secretary. By Susan Elia MacNeal. The Explanation for Everything. The links are to my GoodReads notes. Will have to go into August’s tally. Whistle Down the Wind (1961).
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Out of the Rain (1991) | Noirish
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INDEX OF MOVIES COVERED ON THIS SITE. Where to Buy the Book. The annex to John Grant's *A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir*. Out of the Rain (1991). August 12, 2015. US / 95 minutes / color / Acme, Artisan Dir and Pr:. Out of the Rain. Play, possibly unproduced) by Shem Bitterman Cine:. Bridget Fonda, Michael O’Keefe, John E. O’Keefe, John Seitz, Georgine Hall, Al Shannon, Michael Mantell, Kathleen Chalfant, Mary Mara, Kirk Baltz, Chris Norris. Flees as he wakes. Ever protective of his niece, Neff...
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INDEX OF MOVIES COVERED ON THIS SITE. Where to Buy the Book. The annex to John Grant's *A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir*. O/t: leisure reading during October. November 2, 2016. Not a memorable reading month, I’d say, although there were a few good books in there and only one major disappointment. The links are as always to my often rather scratchy Goodreads notes. Let Him Have Judgement. The Zig Zag Girl. What Happened to My Sister. November 1, 2016. Don Devlin, Jack Nicholson Cine:. Are game f...
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o/t: Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V | Noirish
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INDEX OF MOVIES COVERED ON THIS SITE. Where to Buy the Book. The annex to John Grant's *A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir*. O/t: Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V. August 4, 2015. Yet another of Todd’s great roundups. Click anywhere on the list to get whisked to Todd’s page and the detailed links. Aaron West: Where Is My Friend? Allan Fish: The GrandmasterAnne Billson: Paul Rudd. Anonymous: People on Sunday. Bill Crider: Dirty Little Billy [trailer]. BV Lawson: Media Murder.
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o/t: Tuesday again, hurrah! — here’s Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V | Noirish
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INDEX OF MOVIES COVERED ON THIS SITE. Where to Buy the Book. The annex to John Grant's *A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir*. O/t: Tuesday again, hurrah! 8212; here’s Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V. July 28, 2015. Another episode of Todd’s roundup. As always, click anywhere on the list to be magically transported to Todd’s. Site and the individual links. Thanks as always to Todd for allowing me to cross-post this. Allan Fish: From What is Before. BV Lawson: Media Murder.
