This is the end, my friend. A cold, meticulous, and beautiful hit man (Alain Delon) has his austere and strictly compartmentalized life shaken up when a sultry jazz piano player witnesses his bloody handiwork, yet lies to cover for him…. Read More

Well this is it, Faustketeers. Another year, another stellar Noir City festival in the books. Also another year of exile in the Pacific Northwest for me, but who’s counting? Will I ever go back to Hollywood, or is this just… Read More

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

Serious question: How the fuck have I not written up KISS OF DEATH before this? I’ve seen it a dozen times or more, and I could have sworn that I already covered it for Noir City. Apparently not, but hey,… Read More

Another year of exile up here in the Northern Fausthaus, away from Noir City Hollywood. I miss my gang of brilliant weirdos and hardcore Noirhounds who always sat in the same row every single night. It’s also kinda weird to… Read More

We’ve reached the end of the line, Faustketeers. The final night of this year’s Noir City Hollywood is officially in the books, so let’s get right into it. First up, a rare B programmer, BODYGUARD. I wrote this one up… Read More

First up, THE SPIRITUALIST aka THE AMAZING MR. X I didn’t like this flick at first, but as the initially goofy spook-plot started to tip its hand and reveal what it was really about, I changed my tune. And not… Read More

Even if you can’t watch them all, you’re definitely not gonna want to miss RAW DEAL. Claire Trevor is all set to bust her man out of the big house when she finds out there’s another dame in the equation,… Read More

We kicked off last night’s double feature with TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH. Dick Powell plays a treasury agent whose hunt for the elusive and mysterious leader of an international opium smuggling ring takes him to the titular ends… Read More

Noir City goes west in this hardboiled cowboy double feature staring (belated) birthday boy and one of Noir City’s favorite Leos, Robert Mitchum. First up BLOOD ON THE MOON. Laconic lone-wolf cowboy Robert Mitchum is reunited with old pal Robert… Read More

First up CRY OF THE CITY Severely wounded but unrepentant cop killer Rome (Richard Conte) escapes from a secure hospital ward, but his childhood pal Lieutenant Candella (Victor Mature) is hot on his tail. The plot, involving a sleazeball lawyer,… Read More