Lady Eve's Reel Life Posted by The Lady Eve on September 13, 2021

Eddie Muller's Original Noir Bible in an Updated and Expanded Edition Eddie MullerBefore he was film noir's czar and long before he was a TCM host, Eddie Muller made a decision to take a leap and, as mythologist Joseph Campbell would've put it, follow his bliss. Muller had been a...   read more

Caftan Woman Posted by on April 22, 2020

Dark City, 1950 opens with Charlton Heston leaving a store with a boxed gift in hand. The sign on the shop window reads "Remember her at Easter." Aha, we have another movie to add to our Easter/Passover Heston perennials, The Ten Commandments, 1956 and Ben-Hur, 1959. Danny Haley (Charlton Heston)...   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Danilo Castro on March 30, 2017

“Guys like you seldom get arrested. You get killed first.” Dark City is a devious example of intermingled genres. It’s upfront in its blend of horror and noir, an agenda that’s hinted at within the film’s opening sequence. Danny Haley (Charlton Heston) confidently walks down   read more

Cinematic Catharsis Posted by Barry P. on September 7, 2015

(1998) Directed by Alex Proyas; Written by Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David Goyer; Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O’Brien and Ian Richardson; Available on Blu-ray and DVD Rating: **** “The original idea came from me wanti   read more

Where Danger Lives Posted by Mark on July 15, 2009

Charlton Heston makes his big screen splash in Dark City, a rather ambiguously titled film noir from Paramount. Heston’s familiar screen persona is firmly in place in his first studio picture; he comes over almost as fully-fledged as Moses or Ben Hur. He plays Danny Haley, who marched off to...   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Dark CityThe Lost World of Film NoirRevised and Expanded Editionby Eddie MullerTCM and Running PressJuly 2021Hardcover ISBN: 9780762498970272 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble —Larry Edmunds Bookshop — Powell'sPublished in 1998, Dark City   read more

Out of the Past - A Classic Film Blog Posted by Raquel Stecher on November 30, -0001

Dark CityThe Lost World of Film NoirRevised and Expanded Editionby Eddie MullerTCM and Running PressJuly 2021Hardcover ISBN: 9780762498970272 pagesAmazon — Barnes and Noble —Larry Edmunds Bookshop — Powell'sPublished in 1998, Dark City   read more