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Douce Violence (1962)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 24, 2014
vt Sweet Violence; vt Sweet Ecstasy France / 88 minutes / bw / Artedis, Paris-Inter-Production, Contact Dir: Max Pecas Pr: Joël Lifschutz Scr: Jacques Aucante, G.M. Dabat, Max Pecas Cine: Marc Fossart, Roger Duculot Cast: Pierre Brice, Elke Sommer, Vittoria Prada, Christian Pezey, Jenny Astruc, Mich read more
o/t: two more in the Wonders in the Dark Romantic Countdown
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 22, 2014
The two latest essays in Wonders in the Dark‘s invaluable “countdown” of 101 great romantic movies are #99 A Village Romeo and Juliet (1992), based on an opera by Delius — I like Delius’s work but have a stubborn difficulty with opera, yet Sam Juliano’s impassione read more
Convicted (1931)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 21, 2014
US / 63 minutes / bw / Supreme, Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures Dir: Christy Cabanne Pr: Louis Weiss Scr: Jo Van Ronkel, Barry Barringer Story: Ed Barry Cine: Sidney Hickox Cast: Aileen Pringle, Jameson Thomas, Dorothy Christy, Richard Tucker, Harry Myers, Niles Welch, John Vosburgh (i.e., John Vos read more
o/t: Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 20, 2014
If it’s Tuesday it must be time for another of Todd Mason’s invaluable roundups of reviews and features concerning lesser-known items of cinema history, many of them being films noirs. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your Wor read more
o/t: Wonders in the Dark romantic movies countdown
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 20, 2014
A few weeks ago the excellent movie site Wonders in the Dark conducted a poll of its resident experts to come up with a list of the 101 greatest romantic movies of all time. I’ve seen the list, and my only significant quibble is that Richard Curtis’s Love, Actually, which would be #1 on read more
Candlelight in Algeria (1944)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 17, 2014
UK / 84 minutes / bw / George King, British Aviation, British Lion Dir: George King Pr: John Stafford Scr: Brock Williams, Katherine Strueby, John Clements Story: Dorothy Hope Cine: Otto Heller Cast: James Mason, Carla Lehmann, Raymond Lovell, Enid Stamp Taylor, Walter Rilla, Pamela Stirling, Lea Se read more
Blood (2012)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 14, 2014
UK / 92 minutes / color / Momentum, BBC, BFI, IM Global, Quickfire, Lipsync, Neal Street/Red Dir: Nick Murphy Pr: Pippa Harris, Nicola Shindler, Nick Laws Scr: Bill Gallagher Story: Conviction (2004; TV serial) by Bill Gallagher Cine: George Richmond Cast: Paul Bettany, Stephen Graham, Brian Cox, Ma read more
o/t: Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 13, 2014
Once again, Todd Mason has posted his invaluable weekly roundup of movie reviews and articles from around the intertubes. Well worth checking out, as always. As previously, too kind, sir. Au contraire: many thanks to you for an incredibly valuable piece of work. Fill in your details below or click a read more
Banker, The (1989)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 10, 2014
US / 92 minutes / color / Westwind Dir & Pr: William Webb Scr: Dana Augustine Story: William Webb, Richard Brandes, Dana Augustine Cine: John Huneck Cast: Robert Forster, Duncan Regehr, Shanna Reed, Jeff Conaway, Leif Garrett, Richard Roundtree, Juan García, Michael Fairman, Deborah Richter, Ter read more
Arsenal Stadium Mystery, The (1939)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 7, 2014
UK / 83 minutes / bw / D and P, G&S, GFD Dir: Thorold Dickinson Pr: Josef Somlo Scr: Thorold Dickinson, Alan Hyman, Patrick Kirwan, Donald Bull Story: Leonard Reginald Gribble Cine: Desmond Dickinson Cast: Leslie Banks, Greta Gynt, Ian McLean, Liane Linden, Anthony Bushell, Esmond Knight, Brian read more
Todd Mason’s Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 6, 2014
The latest edition of Todd Mason’s invaluable weekly roundup has just gone online here. Among the excitements on offer are The Forty-Niners, Eight Witnesses, Nightmare Alley, Black Sails . . . Great to see your fabulous reviews of ANNA-LIISA and THE FOUR JUST MEN in Todd’s otherwise valu read more
Anna-Liisa (1922)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 3, 2014
Finland / 49 minutes / bw silent / Suomi-Filmi Dir: Teuvo Puro, Jussi Snellman Pr: Erkki Karu Scr: Jussi Snellman Story: Anna Liisa (1895 play) by Minna Canth Cine: Kurt Jäger, A.J. Tenhovaara Cast: Helmi Lindelöf, Emil Autere, Einar Rinne, Mimmi Lähteenoja, Hemmo Kallio, Meri Roini, Greta Waahtera, read more
Four Just Men, The (1939)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 30, 2014
vt The Secret Four; vt The Secret Column UK / 82 minutes / bw / CAPAD, ABFD Dir: Walter Summers Pr: Michael Balcon Scr: Angus MacPhail, Sergei Nolbandov, Roland Pertwee Story: The Four Just Men (1905) by Edgar Wallace Cine: Ronald Neame Cast: Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Francis L. Sullivan, Frank read more
o/t: Tuesday’s Overlooked Films (4/29/2014 edition)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 29, 2014
Each Tuesday, or thereabouts, Todd Mason posts on his Sweet Freedom blog an invaluable roundup (with links) of reviews and essays that have appeared around the intertubes of obscure and sometimes not so obscure movies, old (mainly) and new. Lots of these movies are films noirs, of course. Todd has read more
Drag-Net, The (1936)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 26, 2014
US / 62 minutes / bw / Burroughs–Tarzan Dir: Vin Moore Pr: W.N. Selig Scr: J. Mulhauser (i.e., James Mulhauser) Story: play by Willard Mack Cine: Edward Kull Cast: Rod La Rocque, Marian Nixon, Betty Compson, Jack Adair, John Dilson, Edward Keane, Donald Kerr, Joseph W. Girard, John Bantry, Ed LeSain read more
o/t: Tuesday’s Overlooked Films
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 23, 2014
Each week, on Tuesday or thereabouts, Todd Mason posts on his Sweet Freedom blog a roundup of links to reviews all over the intertubes of obscure and not-so-obscure movies — a high proportion of which are films noirs. With his permission, I’ve decided to get into the habit of announcing read more
White Trap, The (1959)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 22, 2014
UK / 58 minutes / bw / Nat Cohen & Stuart Levy, Independent Artists, Anglo-Amalgamated Dir: Sidney Hayers Pr: Julian Wintle, Leslie Parkyn Scr: Peter Barnes Cine: Eric Cross Cast: Lee Patterson, Conrad Phillips, Ewen Solon, Michael Goodliffe, Jack Allen, Yvette Wyatt, Gillian Vaughan, Felicity Y read more
Tiger Bay (1959)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 19, 2014
UK / 102 minutes / bw / Independent Artists, Rank Dir: J. Lee Thompson Pr: John Hawkesworth, Julian Wintle, Leslie Parkyn Scr: John Hawkesworth, Shelley Smith Story: “Rodolphe et le Revolver” (n.d.) by Noël Calef Cine: Eric Cross Cast: John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mit read more
Stand Up Guys (2012)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 17, 2014
US / 95 minutes / color / Lionsgate, Sidney Kimmel, Lakeshore Dir: Fisher Stevens Pr: Sidney Kimmel, Jim Tauber, Tom Rosenberg, Gary Lucchesi Scr: Noah Haidle Cine: Michael Grady Cast: Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, Alan Arkin, Julianna Margulies, Mark Margolis, Lucy Punch, Addison Timlin, Vanessa F read more
o/t: The Animation Top 100
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 16, 2014
Time Out has created an online compilation that I think will prove of lasting value: the top 100 animated movies (listed and reviewed), as voted on by a battalion of animators, journalists, moviemakers and even humble scribes such as moi. Obviously I disagree with some of the choices, and there are, read more