Thursday, August 5, 2021

Retro Film Noir: Nightmare Alley

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The world of film noir is full of murder-filled cityscapes, rain-slicked streets and doomed characters, but one of the bleakest and most cyn...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Falling for Lehane's "Since We Fell"

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Dennis Lehane has written some well-regarded novels, including Mystic River and The Given Day. I first became aware of Lehane when I read ...
Wednesday, July 14, 2021

A Superb Tribute To Brian Wilson's Music

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Tribute albums can be a tricky enterprise. To properly honor the music of a renowned artist, the people involved with the project have to ap...
Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Is "Fatale" A Fatally Flawed Modern Noir?

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If you’re going to make a modern day noir thriller, you can go about it in a couple of ways. You can go the subtle route, and the result wil...
Saturday, June 26, 2021

Vincent's Dazzling "Whatever It Takes"

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If you're the type of fan who longs for those halcyon days of turning on your transistor radio and listening to songs by bands like Ambr...
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Monday, June 14, 2021

Lon Chaney, Jr. Enters the Inner Sanctum

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In the 1930s and 1940s Inner Sanctum  was a print, radio and film franchise which featured tales of mystery, murder and the macabre. The Inn...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Those Who Wish Me Dead: Fiery Action, Hired Killers and a Heroic Angelina Jolie

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The action film genre is constantly trying to reinvent itself, top itself, and find new ways to thrill audiences. There are certain tropes, ...