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Purple Gang, The (1959)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 10, 2017
US / 85 minutes / bw / Allied Artists Dir: Frank McDonald Pr: Lindsley Parsons Scr: Jack DeWitt Cine: Ellis Carter Cast: Barry Sullivan, Robert Blake, Elaine Edwards, Marc Cavell, Jody Lawrance, Suzy Marquette, Joseph Turkel, Victor Creatore, Paul Dubov, Dirk London, Kathleen Lockhart, Nestor Paiva, read more
reblog: Noir and the Academy Awards
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 8, 2017
***Salome Wilde of BNoirDetour is consistently amongst the very most interesting film noir commentators, and her latest essay is no exception. I disagree with her about the merits of The Big Sleep, but that’s a tiny quibble . . . and anyway I’m (I know) in the minority on this issue. My read more
Crímenes, Los (2011)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 6, 2017
The Crimes Argentina / 19 minutes / color with some bw / Universida del Cine BA, El Curupí Dir: Santiago Esteves Pr: Ezequiel Pierri Scr: Juan Manuel Bordón, Santiago Esteves Cine: Cecilia Madorno, Agustín Mendilaharzu Cast: Edgardo Livov, Esteban Lamothe, Agustina Liendo, Oscar Bejarano, Alejandro read more
o/t: April’s leisure reading
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 4, 2017
April was supposed to be All Translations Month, but the local library produced Elizabeth Kostova’s new, Bulgaria-set novel weeks if not months earlier than I’d expected, and, bearing in mind there were likely others in the queue, I read the book immediately . . . offering myself the wea read more
Un Crime (2006)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 3, 2017
vt A Crime Canada / 99 minutes / color / ARP Sélection Dir: Manuel Pradal Pr: Michèle Pétin, Laurent Pétin Scr: Tonino Benacquista, Manuel Pradal Cine: Yorgos Arvanitis Cast: Harvey Keitel, Emmanuelle Béart, Norman Reedus, Joe Grifasi, Lily Rabe, Kim Director, Brian Tarantina, Patrick Collins, read more
o/t: the Allan Fish Online Film Festival 2017
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 2, 2017
This sixteen-day festival — in honor of the late Allan Fish, cineaste par excellence — will be running on the excellent cinema (and other stuff) website Wonders in the Dark on May 11-26: click on the image or HERE for further details of the impressive line-up of contributing writers. Fo read more
A Time to Kill (1955)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 29, 2017
UK / 62 minutes / bw / Fortress, Associated British–Pathé Dir: Charles J. Saunders Scr: Doreen Montgomery Cine: James Wilson Cast: Jack Watling, Rona Anderson, Russell Napier, Keneth [sic] Kent, Mary Jones, John Horsley, Joan Hickson, John Le Mesurier, Alastair Hunter, Hélène Burls, Alan Robinson, read more
o/t: Todd Mason’s Overlooked A/V: the links to reviews, essays, discussions of film, television, live performance, podcasts and radio and more . . .
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 27, 2017
And another installment of Todd’s useful roundup of great movie and other a/v writing on the intertubes. Click HERE to be taken to Todd’s Sweet Freedom site and all the individual links. A. J. Jacobs: Alabama actresses before 1960
Alice Chang: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Anne read more
Medusa Touch, The (1978)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 26, 2017
UK, France / 109 minutes / color / Coatesgold, ITC Dir: Jack Gold Pr: Anne V. Coates, Jack Gold Scr: John Briley Story: The Medusa Touch (1973) by Peter Van Greenaway Cine: Arthur Ibbetson Cast: Richard Burton, Lino Ventura, Lee Remick, Harry Andrews, Alan Badel, Marie-Christine Barrault, Jeremy Br read more
La Foire aux Chimères (1946)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 22, 2017
vt Devil and the Angel; vt Carnival of Illusions France / 93 minutes / bw / Cinéma, National Dir: Pierre Chenal Pr: Ralph Baum Scr: Jacques Companéez, Ernst Neubach, Louis Ducreux Cine: Pierre Montazel Cast: Madeleine Sologne, Erich von Stroheim, Louis Salou, Yves Vincent, Claudine Dupuis, Jean-Jacq read more
o/t: Coming Soon! – The Great Villain Blogathon 2017
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 21, 2017
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Todd Mason’s Overlooked A/V: the links to reviews, etc., of films, television, radio and more
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 20, 2017
Once more the invaluable listing of media-related articles and reviews from around the web. Click HERE to be taken to Todd’s Sweet Freedom blog for the individual links. A.J. Wright: Alabama Jones Alice Chang: Gravity Rush 2 Anne Billson: Night on the Galactic Railroad The Big Broadcast: 16 Ap read more
o/t: Dial B for Brexit: how Hitchcock would explain Britain’s current politics
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 19, 2017
Peter Bradshaw Wednesday 19 April 2017 15.10 BST The president of the European council, Donald Tusk, says that, what with the Brexit shock and Theresa May’s snap election, our political events have been directed by Alfred Hitchcock – cheekily quoting the celebrated director’s maxim that a good read more
House of Mystery (1961)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 19, 2017
UK / 54 minutes / bw / Independent Artists, Anglo–Amalgamated Dir & Scr: Vernon Sewell Pr: Julian Wintle, Leslie Parkyn Story: L’Angoisse (n.d.) by Pierre Mills and Celia de Vilyars Cine: Ernest Steward Cast: Jane Hylton, Peter Dyneley, Nanette Newman, Maurice Kaufmann, Colin Gordon, John Meriva read more
The Laws of Motion (2014 TVM)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 15, 2017
UK / 43 minutes / color / BBC Dir: Paul Gibson Pr: Jonathan Phillips Scr: Tahsin Guner Based on the character created by G.K. Chesterton Cine: Alan Beech Cast: Mark Williams, Sorcha Cusack, Alex Price, Nancy Carroll, Tom Chambers, Tracy-Ann Oberman, Amelia Lowdell, Cian Barry, Oliver Mellor, Lisa Ja read more
o/t: Crime Scenes: Donald Westlake on Film
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 14, 2017
A retrospective at the Museum of the Moving Image, Queens, NYC, May 12-14. This looks like a lot of fun! From the website: Brooklyn-born Donald E. Westlake published nearly a hundred novels under various pseudonyms during his half-century career, the most influential being the hard-boiled Parker nov read more
Todd Mason’s Overlooked A/V: films, television and more
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 13, 2017
Yet another installment of the ever-useful weekly compilation. Click HERE to be wafted tastefully to Todd’s fab Sweet Freedom blog, where you’ll find all the individual links. A. J. Wright: Boots Mallory
Alice Chang: consoles
Anne Billson: The Girl Who Knew Too Much (La ragazza che sapev read more
Take Five (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 12, 2017
Italy / 93 minutes / color / Minerva, Eskimo, Figli del Bronx, Rai Dir & Scr: Guido Lombardi Pr: Gaetano di Vaio, Gianluca Curti, Dario Formisano Story: Guido Lombardi, Gaetano di Vaio Cine: Francesca Amitrano Cast: Peppe Lanzetta, Salvatore Striano, Salvatore Ruocco, Carmine Paternoster, Gaetan read more
The Naked Edge (1961)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 8, 2017
UK, US / 97 minutes / bw / Glass–Seltzer, Pennebaker–Baroda, UA Dir: Michael Anderson Pr: Walter Seltzer, George Glass Scr: Joseph Stefano Story: First Train to Babylon (1955) by Max Ehrlich Cine: Erwin Hillier Cast: Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Hermione Gingold, Peter read more
o/t: the return of Todd Mason’s Overlooked A/V!
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 6, 2017
After a longish hiatus, Todd’s back with his incredibly useful roundup of web articles/reviews concerning various movies (and other a/v items) that all too often get overlooked. Go to Todd’s Sweet Freedom blog by clicking HERE for the individual links. Fill in your details below or click read more