Screen legend Sydney Greenstreet and the iconic Humphrey Bogart appeared together in five films. Only one of those films had Bogart playing a villainous role, with Greenstreet playing a noble character and that film is the classic Warner Brothers Film Noir, Curtis Bernhardt’s Conflict. In addition to being a Film Noir, Conflict it is also…
The Lady from Shanghai UHD review
Orson Welles’ The Lady from Shanghai is an American film noir produced, directed by and stars the iconic Welles. The 1947 movie also stars screen legend Rita Hayworth (who he was married to at the time), Everett Sloane and Glenn Anders. The movie is based on the novel If I Die Before I Wake by…
Victims of Sin [Criterion Collection] Blu-ray Review
Ninón Sevilla is Violeta, a vivacious dancer, or rumbera, at Cabaret Changó but is soon plagued with mistreatment and assault at the hands of the suave but ruthless pimp Rudolfo. To make matters worse, Violeta loses her job at the cabaret when she rescues a baby from a trash can and brings it into work…
The Facts of Murder – Blu-ray Review (Radiance Films)
Two crimes occur in an old apartment building in Rome just a few days apart. The first, a suspicious robbery of a bachelor and the second, the brutal stabbing of the woman living just next door. Inspector Ingravallo (Pietro Germi) is called in to solve both cases and his tough, no-nonsense approach immediately begins to…
The Turning Point Blu-ray review
For the longest time, I have wanted to see The Turning Point, mainly due to the cast and that it’s a film Noir / crime drama, a genre that I enjoy. The movie stars a pair of screen legends William Holden, Edmond O’Brien, and the lovely Alexis Smith. William Dieterle directed this 1952 film. The…
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
Based on the short story “Love Lies Bleeding” by playwright John Patrick, The Strange Love of Martha Ivers is a film noir drama from 1946 that features the great acting talents of screen legends Van Heflin, Barbara Stanwyck, Lizabeth Scott, and the iconic Kirk Douglas, who made his film debut with this very picture. The…
Time Out of Mind Blu-ray review
Time Out of Mind is Film Noir drama from 1947 that is directed by legendary director Robert Siodmak who directed some Noirs in his career which includes Criss Cross, The Killers, and Cry of the City The story focuses on Christopher Fortune (Robert Hutton, The Slime People, The Invisible Invaders, They Came from Beyond Space)…
Miller’s Crossing [Criterion Collection Blu-ray] Review
Criterion starts up a rumpus by bringing the Coen Brothers gangster classic to blu-ray in a nice new 2K restoration with some spiffy new extras in tow. Let’s try not to give ’em the high hat as take a walk in some dangerous woods. Prohibition is is full force and Leo O’Bannon (Albert Finney) is…
All My Sons Blu-ray review
Imagine marrying a woman who is the daughter of someone you threw under the bus when you were in a jam. That’s what we have here in the 1948 classic, All My Sons. The film is a suspenseful noir drama directed by Irving Reis, and starring a pair of screen icons in Edward G. Robinson…
Blu-ray Review: Dancing with Crime & The Green Cockatoo
Cohen Media packages together two early British film noirs. As counterpoints to their American films, these films offer unique British favored crime stories. Of the two, Dancing with Crime (1947) is the more interesting post-war thriller. There is plenty of sleaze and repressed anger under the surface. The Green Cockatoo is in rough condition considering…
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