4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on December 27, 2021

If you need only one scene to be indicative of everything Big Deal on Madonna Street exemplifies as a caper comedy, the opening scene puts it out on a platter, ready for consumption. A shrimpy man with a mustache waits on the street corner as a lookout while another named...   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 14, 2020

“Montmartre is both heaven and…hell.” While Melville would continue to cultivate his own unique canvass and pulp sensibilities, Bob Le Flambeur, as a slightly earlier work, shows its deep abiding debt to the American noir cycle. Because it was at this juncture in time where analo   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on February 12, 2020

We usually think of filmmakers like Woody Allen or even Noah Baumbach for their portrayals of New York. There’s no doubt they have left their imprint on the city, so it’s difficult not to envision it without their influences. However, in his own right, Sidney Lumet also deserves to be...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on February 10, 2020

UK / 14 minutes / bw / DMC, UK Film Council, Film4 Dir & Scr: John Maclean Pr: Gerardine O’Flynn Cine: Robbie Ryan Cast: Michael Fassbender, Liam Cunningham, Alex Macqueen Shot in glorious black-and-white—and for a chunk of its running time in just glorious black—this enigmatic UK short won a...   read more

Durnmoose Movie Musings Posted by Michael on March 10, 2018

Another Saturday means another Saturday Double Feature! Okay, let’s start with a quick recap of the “rules”, shall we? The basic idea here is to take a movie that is out in theaters now, and pair it up with another movie from the 1980s or before. Sometimes the connection will...   read more

Reel Distracted Posted by Paul on June 28, 2015

Do Not Adjust Your Volume: Rififi and the Meditative State of a Heist Scene 6/28/2015 5 Comments This post is for the "...And Scene!" Blogathon hosted by Sister Celluloid. Click here to read all the other memo   read more