Monthly Archives: March 2024

I’ve seen this flick a dozen times and will happily watch it a dozen more, but this special 35mm nitrate screening is one I was really crushed to miss. Ty Power plays an ambitious young drifter with a knack for… Read More

Silence! I’m receiving a message from beyond the veil… the spirits are speaking to me… and I predict… A triple bill of Spook Racket Noir! First up, THE MIND READER. In this case, it’s more like proto-noir by way of… Read More

I suppose you could call this working class double bill Truck Noir, but really it’s more like Agricultural Noir. Up first, an Italian flick I’d never seen before. BITTER RICE When a jewel robbery goes sideways, a criminal couple splits… Read More

I’ve clearly been doing this too long, because not only have I already written up THE NARROW MARGIN, I even talked about being sure I’d already written it up before that. Anyway, here I am, doing it again. A hardboiled… Read More

This was the night I was most looking forward to, another Prison Noir double bill. Well, one of these flicks is Noir AF. The other, not so much. Noir adjacent, maybe. Anyway more on that later, but first BLACK TUESDAY…. Read More

Pile out, you tramps. It’s time for the first of two nights of Prison Noir! First up, BRUTE FORCE. I love this flick and have seen it many times. I’ve even written it up for this august (ok more like… Read More

I’ve always said that Film Noir isn’t about the crime, it’s about the ways in which the people involved come apart. This double bill features a pair of heist flicks that perfectly illustrate that concept. First up, ARMORED CAR ROBBERY…. Read More

These two Railroad Noir films are not only linked thematically, they are based on the same source material, a novel by Emile Zola. Our first adaptation is Jean Renoir’s 1938 film by the same name, staring Jean Gabin and Simone… Read More

Who’s up for a little bisexual afternoon delight? Ok, yeah so I freely admit that I read pretty much everything as queer. What can I say? I was born this way. But even the straights have to agree this flick… Read More

This is the first of two consecutive Railroad Noir nights, so let’s get right into it. First up, UNION STATION. An eagle-eyed secretary notices a pair of armed thugs acting suspicious on a train and dutifully reports them to the… Read More