Tag Archives: film noir

a 1950s film noir still worth watching (film: Pickup on South Street – Samuel Fuller, 1953)

Posted on March 8, 2021 by admin

Made in 1953, director Samuel Fuller‘s ‘Pickup on South Street‘ is considered one of the best classic films of the ‘film noir’ genre. Built around a story (also written by Fuller) that is not among the most original or surprising, … Continue reading →

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a classic of the French ‘film noir’ (film: Le doulos – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1962)

Posted on October 27, 2020 by admin

Made in 1962, ‘Le doulos‘ is probably the most characteristic ‘film noir’ of Jean-Pierre Melville‘s career. It is also the film in which the French director expresses openly on screen, with cinematographic means, his total devotion to the American cinematography … Continue reading →

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code of honor (film: Classe Tous Risques – Claude Sautet, 1960)

Posted on June 12, 2020 by admin

A discovery. Made in 1960, at the peak of the French New Wave, ‘Classe Tous Risques‘ is a classic gangsters movie, directed by Claude Sautet, the screen adaptation of a novel by José Giovanni. Like many other filmmakers who began … Continue reading →

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it could have been a masterpiece (film: The Lady from Shanghai – Orson Welles, 1947)

Posted on June 4, 2020 by admin

‘The Lady from Shanghai‘ (filmed in 1946 and released in 1947) is considered by some movie critics and historians, and by many film art lovers as a masterpiece. Revisited today, we can find in it many exceptional moments of cinema … Continue reading →

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before The Godfather was The Clan (film: Le clan des siciliens – Henri Verneuil, 1969)

Posted on June 3, 2020 by admin

Half a century after its making of ‘Le clan des siciliens‘ (English title – ‘The Sicilian Clan’ – a 1969 production) remains in my opinion one of the best mob films ever made. Of course, the casting of Jean Gabin, … Continue reading →

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the fascinating Rita (film: Gilda – Rita Hayworth, 1946)

Posted on June 2, 2020 by admin

‘Gilda‘ was one of the great hits of the 1946 film year. It was screened at the first Cannes Film Festival and even had an atomic bomb named after it (or after it, to be exact). The director of the … Continue reading →

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memory games (film: Trance – Danny Boyle, 2013)

Posted on May 23, 2020 by admin

Amnesia and hypnosis – these are two phenomena that have been the starting point for many thrillers, some of them classic successes of this film genre. ‘Trance‘ made in 2013 by Danny Boyle combines them in a sophisticated story, with … Continue reading →

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film noir in Paris and Marseille (film: Le Deuxième Souffle – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1966)

Posted on March 31, 2020 by admin

Nowadays, films that last more than two hours or even two and a half hours are no longer a rarity, on the contrary, they have become almost the norm. This was not the case in 1966, when Jean-Pierre Melville directed … Continue reading →

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film noir pre-Nouvelle Vague (Film: Bob le Flambeur – Jean-Pierre Melville, 1956)

Posted on March 9, 2020 by admin

Crime dramas and gangster stories became one of the most successful genres of American cinema during World War II and in the years that followed. In France, American movies had been banned during the German occupation, which only accentuated the … Continue reading →

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bad people in love (Film: La Balance – Bob Swaim, 1982)

Posted on March 3, 2020 by admin

‘La Balance‘, released on screen in 1982, directed by Bob Swaim, an American with a long love affair with the French cinema, is a very modern movie. What is the secret? The story takes place on the streets of Paris, … Continue reading →

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