Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on November 22, 2021

Today’s Noirvember post shines the spotlight on the titular star of The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). WHAT’S THE STRANGE LOVE OF MARTHA IVERS ABOUT? Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) is the head of an industrial empire, which she has expanded and enhanced since inheriting it from her wealthy (b   read more

Classic Movie Hub Blog Posted by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry on December 10, 2020

Noir Nook: Five Things I Love About Martha Ivers When you think about femme fatales in film noir, who are the first dames to come to mind? Phyllis Dietrichson from Double Indemnity, certainly, and Kathie Moffat from Out of the Past? Cora Smith in The Postman Always Rings Twice? Kitty...   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 24, 2019

An enjoyable tale told by the SecUnit (security cyborg, designed for lethal force) assigned to a prospecting expedition investigating an unexplored planet. The team discover lethal animals that weren’t included in the advance reports and then other anomalies, which they put down to the cheapn   read more

Noirish Posted by John Grant on March 7, 2019

A novel that initially enthralled me through the beautiful clarity of its writing and then through the patterns of parallels in its network of a plot; even so, I was hardly prepared for the emotional devastation of its finale. Matt, in his mid-60s, is a senior archivist in the library...   read more

Love Letters to Old Hollywood Posted by Michaela on November 15, 2015

When I think of Ernst Lubitsch, I think of dreamy black and white creations, with a twinkly-eyed Maurice Chevalier seductively singing, lovers running around and trying to get their act together, all of it handled with a light touch and a feeling that love is the greatest game in the...   read more