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On Dangerous Ground (1951)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 19, 2014
…… On Dangerous Ground is a favourite film noir of mine, and of course it has an entry in A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir. However, its appearance as #78 in the Wonders in the Dark romantic movies countdown gave me the opportunity — thanks to kindly Sam Juliano — to read more
Three Steps in the Dark (1953)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 18, 2014
UK / 63 minutes / bw / Corsair, Associated British–Pathe Dir: Daniel Birt Pr: Harold Richmond Scr: Brock Williams Story: Roger East Cine: Hone Glendining Cast: Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair, Nicholas Hannen, John Van Eyssen, Sarah Lawson, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Helene Cordet, Alastair Hunter, Katie Johnson, read more
o/t: Brit Grit
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 17, 2014
Paul D. Brazill offers capsule reviews of a few “Brit Grit” (UK noir/noirish) movies here. Well worth checking out. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenti read more
o/t: if it’s Tuesday, it must be time for Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 17, 2014
And this week’s installment of the useful roundup of blog posts etc. relating to (mainly) obscure movies is here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting using read more
Murder is News (1937)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 14, 2014
Canada, US / 55 minutes / bw / Warwick Dir: Leon Barsha Pr: Kenneth J. Bishop Scr: Edgar Edwards Story: Theodore A. Tinsley Cine: George Meehan Cast: John Gallaudet, Iris Meredith, George McKay, Doris Lloyd, John Hamilton, John G. Spacey, Frank C. Wilson, Colin Kenny, William McIntyre, Fred Bass, Do read more
o/t: the Wonders in the Dark Romantic Movies Countdown keeps on keepin’ on
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 13, 2014
It started at #101, and is already down into the 80s. This week saw the arrival of 86. It’s A Wonderful Life (1946) 85. The Goodbye Girl (1977) 84. La Strada (1954) 83. The Red Shoes (1948) 82. Lost in Translation (2003) Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenti read more
Moderato Cantabile (1960)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 11, 2014
vt Seven Days . . . Seven Nights France, Italy / 89 minutes / bw / Iéna–Documento Dir: Peter Brook Pr: Raoul J. Levy Scr: Marguerite Duras, Gerard Jarlot Story: Moderato Cantabile (1958) by Marguerite Duras Cine: Armand Thirard Cast: Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Pascale de Boysson, Jean Descha read more
o/t: time again for Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 10, 2014
Once again, the invaluable roundup of reviews and features found around the intertubes about lesser-known movies and other a/v goodies. And not-so-obscure ones: among the movies tackled are The Fault in Our Stars and the 2013 TV remake of Bonnie and Clyde. The highlight for me — and destined f read more
Girl on the Run (1953)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 7, 2014
US / 65 minutes / bw / Astor, Rose Tree Dir: Joseph Lee, Arthur J. Beckhard Pr: Robert Presnell Sr. Scr: Cedric Worth, Arthur J. Beckhard Cine: Victor Lukens Cast: Richard Coogan, Rosemary Pettit, Frank Albertson, Harry Bannister, Edith King, Charles Bollender, Renee De Milo, Joseph Sullivan, Mike O read more
o/t: The Romantic Countdown continues on its long and winding road
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 6, 2014
Two more additions to the Romantic Countdown over at Wonders in the Dark: #88 Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) by J.D. Lafrance and #87 Across the Universe (2007) by Allan Fish. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log read more
Frosch mit der Maske, Der (1959)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 5, 2014
vt Face of the Frog
West Germany, Denmark / 87 minutes / bw / Constantin-Filmverleih, Rialto-Film, Preben Philipsen Dir: Harald Reinl Pr: Preben Philipsen Scr: Trygve Larsen, J. Joachim Bartsch Story: The Fellowship of the Frog (1925) by Edgar Wallace Cine: Ernst W. Kalinke Cast: Joachim Fuchsberger read more
o/t: Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 4, 2014
The latest installment in this extremely useful series has arrived. As always a distinguished round-up! Great to see your master class piece on LOVE EXPOSURE there! :) As always a distinguished round-up! You ought to tell Todd this — I’m sure he’d be glad to hear from you. He do read more
o/t: Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 4, 2014
000 The latest essay (#89) in the Wonders in the Dark Romantic Movies Countdown is, thanks to the kind hospitality of the folks there, one written by, er, moi. Wonders in the Dark Impoverished artist Eben Adams (Joseph Cotten) makes the acquaintance of art dealers Matthews (Cecil Kellaway) and Spin read more
o/t: the romantic countdown continues at Wonders in the Dark
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 3, 2014
The two latest movies to be covered are #91 The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and #90 Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). I’m not really equipped to comment on the latter piece, by Tony D’Ambra, but I’m impressed by John Greco’s argument that, while there are many reasons why read more
Er Ci Pu Guang (2012)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Jun 1, 2014
vt Double Xposure
China / 105 minutes / color / Laurel, Emei, Guangdong Kunshi Dir: Li Yu Pr: Fang Li Scr: Li Yu, Fang Li Cine: Florian J.E. Zinke Cast: Fan Bingbing, Feng Shaofeng, Siyan Huo, Yao Anlian, Joan Chen, Fang Li, Liang Jing, Kong Wei, Wang Di, Yang Xinyi. Qi (Fan Bingbing). Qi (Fan Bin read more
o/t: two more romantic movies
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 30, 2014
The great website Wonders in the Dark has posted essays on two more movies in its Romantic Countdown series. Both are movie that I’d made a mental note to avoid: thanks to these essays, though, I’ve swung around completely and will be looking out for them. The essays areby Jon Warner on read more
Engagement (2012)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 28, 2014
US / 83 minutes / color / Long Short, FilmBuff Dir & Scr: Jon Lefkovitz Pr: Stephen Paratore Cine: Anthony C. Kuhnz Cast: Andrew Perez, Erika Rankin, Bob Turton, Talia Stol. Made on a microbudget and with just two actors (Turton and Stol merely supply telephone voices), this somewhat Hitchcockia read more
Todd Mason’s slightly delayed Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 28, 2014
The highly useful roll-call of web reviews and articles about less prominent movies is a day late this week, but it’s as good as ever for all that! And now with 100% more Grant entries! Not sure how that was overlooked before. Ha! I’ve just been adding them to the comments . . . Great st read more
o/t: The Wonders in the Dark romantic countdown continues
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 27, 2014
Two more entries have been posted in this invaluable series of essays: #95 Wings of Desire (1987), discussed by Pedro Silva, and #94 The Wedding March (1928), discussed by Allan Fish. In between them there’s been posted yet another useful essay, not part of the series: Federico Fellini’s read more
o/t: Two more additions to the Wonders in the Dark romantic countdown
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 26, 2014
Essays this time on Love Story (1971), by Sam Juliano, and Now Voyager (1942), by Tony D’Ambra. Both are very much worth your reading time — and the latter has even inspired me to dig out my copy of the novel and put it on the top of the pile on my nightstand. Thanks John for the mention read more