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Review of L'Avventura (1960)

By Joel K (153) on 05 Dec 2009

Beautiful look. Great locations. Decadent and luxurious. Some lovely acting…

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Review of The Conformist (1971)

By Joel K (153) on 27 Nov 2009

True art of the highest order. Simply brilliant…

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Review of Kiss Me Deadly (1955)

By Joel K (153) on 25 Nov 2009

Gritty and raw film noir, bleak and violent. The atomic age pandora's box is a neat MacGuffin…

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Review of Ride the Pink Horse (1947)

By Joel K (153) on 23 Nov 2009

Great modernized western film noir movie set during a feista in a place called San Pablo, New Mexico…

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Review of Being There (2011)

By Joel K (153) on 22 Nov 2009

Strange plot. Odd ending. I would not recommend this to those who are not fans of Sellers' work or big open ended perplexing endings…

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Review of Being There (1979)

By Joel K (153) on 22 Nov 2009

Strange plot. Odd ending. I would not recommend this to those who are not fans of Sellers' work or big open ended perplexing endings…

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Review of Night and the City (1950)

By Joel K (153) on 21 Nov 2009

Director Jules Dassin was handed this assignment by Fox studio chief Darryl Zanuck, told to write the script ( whitout having read the novel…

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Review of White Heat (1949)

By Joel K (153) on 16 Nov 2009

Great movie. Cagney and Wycherly are fantastic. Edmond O'Brien is his usual. Some great lines…

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Review of The Woman in the Window (1944)

By Joel K (153) on 01 Nov 2009

Si La Femme au portrait echappe sans cesse aux cadres traditionnels et un peu trop cloisonnes du bon film policier, c'est sans doute parce…

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Review of The Cobweb (1955)

By Joel K (153) on 14 Oct 2009

There is an element of escapism in Minnelli's penchant for melodrama, and joy is the voice of the escaped psyche, but he hasn't quite released…

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Review of Key Largo (1948)

By Joel K (153) on 06 Oct 2009

There are a couple of great instances of the use of mirrors, fabulous shadows throughout…

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Review of The Killers (1946)

By Joel K (153) on 03 Oct 2009

Film noir. NC's own Ava in a small in screen time yet iconic nonetheless femme fatale role as Kitty Collins. Lancaster is solid…

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Review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

By Joel K (153) on 01 Oct 2009

Lost out on best picture to a man for all seasons. taylor did win best actress for her role though. she is incredible in the film…

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Review of The Third Man (1949)

By Joel K (153) on 01 Oct 2009

Cotten and welles as well as the rest of the cast are excellent. the musical score and cinematography add so much to this noir film…

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Review of Murder, My Sweet (1944)

By Joel K (153) on 28 Sep 2009

One of the things I love most about classic noir films is the narrative…

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Review of Pickup on South Street (1953)

By Joel K (153) on 27 Sep 2009

Good about spies & real patriotism... don't take money from the enemy of your country... Richard Widmark was fantastic…

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Review of In a Lonely Place (1950)

By Joel K (153) on 26 Sep 2009

This is a strange one. Something about this is not quite right. It distinguishes itself from the usual stuff, which is good…

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Review of The Night of the Hunter (1955)

By Joel K (153) on 26 Sep 2009

The speech where Robert Mitchum explains the LOVE and HATE tattoos on his knuckles is spell-binding. Very well made movie all around…

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Review of Prince of Foxes (1949)

By Joel K (153) on 14 Sep 2009

Based loosely around Cesare Borgia's terror in Italy. Love story. War. Castles. Chivalry. Good acting. Machiavellian politics at work…

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Review of The Boxer (1997)

By Joel K (153) on 04 Sep 2009

Can't remember when I saw Daniel Day-Lewis disappoint in a film…

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