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Trance (2013)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Oct 3, 2013

UK / 101 minutes / color with brief bw / Pathé, Fox Searchlight Dir: Danny Boyle Pr: Christian Colson Scr: Joe Ahearne, John Hodge Story: Joe Ahearne Cine: Anthony Dod Mantle Cast: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani, Matt Cross, Wahab Sheikh, Mark Poltimore, Tuppence Middleto read more

What’s the Matter with Helen? (1971)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 30, 2013

US / 101 minutes / color with some sepia & white / Filmways, Raymax Dir: Curtis Harrington Pr: George Edwards Scr: Henry Farrell Cine: Lucien Ballard Cast: Debbie Reynolds, Shelley Winters, Dennis Weaver, Micheál Mac Liammóir, Agnes Moorehead, Helene Winston, Peggy Rea, Logan Ramsey, Allen Pinso read more

We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 28, 2013

UK, US / 112 minutes / color / BBC, Film Council, Oscilloscope, Code Red Dir: Lynne Ramsay Pr: Luc Roeg, Jennifer Fox, Bob Salerno Scr: Lynne Ramsay, Rory Stewart Kinnear Story: We Need to Talk About Kevin (2003) by Lionel Shriver Cine: Seamus McGarvey Cast: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Mille read more

Twice Branded (1936)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 27, 2013

vt Father and Son UK / 68 minutes / bw / George Smith, Nettlefold, Radio Pictures Dir: Maclean Rogers Pr: George Smith Scr: Kathleen Butler, H.F. Maltby Story: “Trouble in the House” (n.d.) by Anthony Richardson Cine: Geoffrey Faithfull Cast: Robert Rendel, Ethel Griffies, James Mason, L read more

Trial of Vivienne Ware, The (1932)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 25, 2013

US / 56 minutes / bw / Fox Dir & Pr: William K. Howard Scr: Philip Klein, Barry Conners Story: The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1931) by Kenneth M. Ellis Cine: Ernest Palmer Cast: Joan Bennett, Donald Cook, Richard “Skeets” Gallagher, Zasu Pitts, Lilian Bond, Allan Dinehart (i.e., Alan Di read more

Trade of Innocents (2012)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 23, 2013

US, Thailand / 91 minutes / color / Dean River, Thai Occidental, Monterey Dir & Scr: Christopher Bessette Pr: Laurie Bolthouse, William Bolthouse, Jim Schmidt Cine: Philip Hurn Cast: Dermot Mulroney, Mira Sorvino, Trieu Tran, John Billingsley, Vithaya Pansringarm, Sahajak Boonthanakit, Guzjung P read more

They Came by Night (1940)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 21, 2013

UK / 73 minutes / bw / TCF Dir: Harry Lachman Pr: Edward Black, Maurice Ostrer Scr: Sidney Gilliat, Michael Pertwee Story: stage play by Barré Lyndon Cine: Jack Cox Cast: Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert, Anthony Hulme, George Merritt, Kathleen Harrison, John Glyn Jones, Athole Stewart, Cees Laseur, Wall read more

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 20, 2013

UK / 110 minutes / color / Blueprint, Film 4, BFI, Momentum Dir & Scr: Martin McDonagh Pr: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh Cine: Ben Davis Cast: Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Tom Waits, Abbie Cornish, Olga Kurylenko, Željko Ivanek, Linda Bright read more

o/t but (I think) worth it

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 20, 2013

  The basic purpose of this site is to act as an annex to my Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir, covering the movies that for one reason or another didn’t make it into the book. I’m not planning to make many exceptions to that general rule, and certainly I hadn’t expected read more

Red Road (2006)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 18, 2013

UK, Denmark / 113 minutes / color / BBC, Sigma, Zentropa, Verve Dir & Scr: Andrea Arnold Pr: Carrie Comerford Story: characters created by Lone Scherfig, Anders Thomas Jensen Cine: Robbie Ryan Cast: Kate Dickie, Tony Curran, Martin Compston, Natalie Press, Paul Higgins. Jackie Morrison (Dickie) read more

Secret Evidence (1941)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 18, 2013

US / 63 minutes / bw / PRC Dir: William Nigh Pr: E.B. Derr Scr: Brenda Cline Story: Edward Bennett Cine: Arthur Martinelli Cast: Marjorie Reynolds, Charles Quigley, Ward McTaggart, Howard Masters, Bob White, Kenneth Harlan, Donald Curtis, Charles Phipps, Dorothy Vaughan, Bud Buster, Kitty McHugh, Bo read more

Secrets of the French Police (1932)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 18, 2013

US / 58 minutes / bw / RKO Dir: Edward Sutherland Exec pr: David O. Selznick Scr: Samuel Ornitz, Robert Tasker Story: Savage New Secrets of the Sûreté, The French Detective Police (1935 series; American Weekly) by H. Ashton-Wolfe Cine: Alfred Gilks Cast: Gwili Andre, Gregory Ratoff, Frank Morgan, read more

Mr. Reckless (1948)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 15, 2013

US / 67 minutes / bw / Medallion, Pine–Thomas Dir: Frank McDonald Scr: Maxwell Shane, Milton Raison Cine: Ellis W. Carter Cast: William Eythe, Barbara Britton, Walter Catlett, Minna Gombel (i.e., Minna Gombell), Lloyd Corrigan, Nestor Paiva, Frank Jenks, Ian MacDonald, James Millican. Oilman Jeff read more

Motives (2004 DTV)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 15, 2013

US / 87 minutes / color / Rainforest, Foxy Brown, L. Richardson, Willpower–Rahlo Dir: Craig Ross Jr. Pr: William Packer, Rob Hardy Scr: Kelsey Scott Story: Rob Hardy, Willpower, Kelsey Scott Cine: Kenneth Stipe Cast: Vivica A. Fox, Shemar Moore, Golden Brooks, Sean Blakemore, Joe Torry, Victoria Row read more

Motives 2: Retribution (2007 DTV)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 15, 2013

US / 94 minutes / color / Rainforest, Symmetry Dir: Aaron Courseault Pr: Vivica A. Fox, Lita Richardson, Will Packer, Rob Hardy, Dianne Ashford, Angi Bones Scr: Kelsey Scott Cine: Kenneth Stipe Cast: Vivica A. Fox, Brian White, Sean Blakemore, Sharon Leal, William L. Johnson, Mel Jackson, Joe Torry, read more

Notorious Sophie Lang, The (1934)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 15, 2013

US / 63 minutes / bw / Paramount Dir: Ralph Murphy Pr: Bayard Veiller Scr: Anthony Veiller Story: The Notorious Sophie Lang (coll 1925) by Frederick Irving Anderson Cine: Alfred Gilks Cast: Gertrude Michael, Paul Cavanagh, Arthur Byron, Alison Skipworth, Leon Errol, Ben Taggart, Ferdinand Gottschalk read more

Om în Loden, Un (1978)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 15, 2013

vt A Man in a Raincoat; vt The Man in the Overcoat Romania / 80 minutes / color / Romániafilm, Casei de Filma Unu Dir: Nicolae Mãrgineanu Pr: Constantin Stoiciu Scr: Nicolae Mãrgineanu, Haralamb Zinca Story: Moartea Vine pe Banda de Magnetofon (1967) by Haralamb Zinca Cine: Tarko Gabor Cast: Victor read more

Midnight Lady, The (1932)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 13, 2013

US / 66 minutes / bw / Batcheller, Chesterfield Dir: Richard Thorpe Scr: Edward T. Lowe Cine: M.A. Andersen Cast: Sarah Padden, John Darrow, Claudia Dell, Theodor von Eltz, Lina Basquette, Montagu Love, Lucy Beaumont, Donald Keith. Not really a protonoir, but decidedly part of film noir’s ance read more

Minus Man, The (1999)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 13, 2013

US / 152 minutes / color / Shooting Gallery, Fida Attieh, Donald C. Carter Dir & Scr: Hampton Fancher Pr: David Bushell, Fida Attieh Story: The Minus Man (1991) by Lew McCreary Cine: Bobby Bukowski Cast: Owen Wilson, Janeane Garofalo, Brian Cox, Mercedes Ruehl, Dwight Yoakam, Dennis Haysbert, Er read more

Face Down (1997 TVM)

Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 8, 2013

US / 108 minutes / color / Showtime, Eberhardt–Weisberg Dir & Scr: Thom Eberhardt Pr: Roni Weisberg Cine: John Holosko Cast: Joe Mantegna, Peter Riegert, Kelli Maroney, Cameron Thor, Adam Ant, J.K. Simmons, Shannon Lawson, Kent Staines. Bubbly blonde Meredith “Merre” (pronounced R read more
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