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Although the narrative point of view is from the third person, crucially, we are in Harry Fabian’s shoes as his world unravels. While he’s on the run, we sense the conspiracy, we glimpse the gangsters lurking in the shadows. When his seedy pals sell him out one by one, we feel the noose tightening around his neck. And as dawn finally breaks and Harry must accept his fate, we mourn his ruin with the same bleak sense of relief.

Night and The City (1950)

Although the narrative point of view is from the third person, crucially, we are in Harry Fabian’s shoes as his world unravels. While he’s on the run, we sense the conspiracy, we glimpse the gangsters lurking in the shadows. When his seedy pals sell him out one by one, we feel the noose tightening around his neck. And as dawn finally breaks and Harry must accept his fate, we mourn his ruin with the same bleak sense of relief.

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Film Noir Reviews

When their underground poker operation gets robbed by bumbling amateurs, the Louisiana mob goes into crisis mode. Time to call in Jackie Cogan. Killing Them Softly, Noir Movie, Literary Criticism, Netflix Movie, Old Movies, Movie Night, Movies To Watch, Flood, Jackie

Killing Them Softly

Literary Criticism

Movies To Watch

Killing Them Softly (2012): Drowning In A Flood Of Hope And Change

When their underground poker operation gets robbed by bumbling amateurs, the Louisiana mob goes into crisis mode. Time to call in Jackie Cogan.

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Tod Molloy

Film Noir Reviews

Little Caesar is based on the novel by W.R. Burnett and was adapted for the screen by Francis Edward Faragoh and Robert N. Lee. As a Pre-Code film, it was not subject to the same constraints as gangster movies that followed later in the decade. Distributed by Warner Brothers, Little Caesar earned nearly 300% of its total budget during its initial box office run. This wild success made Robinson an instant star and inspired a raft of lesser imitations. Old Movie Poster, Movie Posters, Gangster Movies, Pre Code, Warner Brothers, Caesar

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Gangster Movies

Warner Brothers

Little Caesar (1931): A Brutal Slice Of Early Noir

Little Caesar is based on the novel by W.R. Burnett and was adapted for the screen by Francis Edward Faragoh and Robert N. Lee. As a Pre-Code film, it was not subject to the same constraints as gangster movies that followed later in the decade. Distributed by Warner Brothers, Little Caesar earned nearly 300% of its total budget during its initial box office run. This wild success made Robinson an instant star and inspired a raft of lesser imitations.

Tod Molloy

Tod Molloy

Film Noir Reviews

What began as a ruthlessly efficient genre film has devolved into yet another bloated action franchise. Action Movies, Movie Art, John Wick, Film Photography, Karate, Genres

Film Photography

John Wick Chapter 4: The Long And The Tedious

What began as a ruthlessly efficient genre film has devolved into yet another bloated action franchise.

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Tod Molloy

Film Noir Reviews

A decade before 'Double Indemnity,' Barbara Stanwyck brought the Pre-Code era to a controversial close with her sultry turn in Alfred E. Green’s 'Baby Face.' Classic Movie Posters, Movie Poster Art, Movie Posters Vintage, Classic Movies, Vintage Movies, Movie Film, Retro Poster, Cinema Posters

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Baby Face (1933): Baby Puts The Censors In The Corner

A decade before 'Double Indemnity,' Barbara Stanwyck brought the Pre-Code era to a controversial close with her sultry turn in Alfred E. Green’s 'Baby Face.'

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Film Noir Reviews

During the second half of the 1930’s, it was common practice for studios to re-release abridged versions of older Pre-Code movies. In 1936, a redacted version of 'City Streets' was STILL rejected by censors, who complained the ineptitude of the film’s policemen was impossible to edit out. The absence of a viable re-release may explain its current status as a “forgotten film.” Film Posters Vintage, Classic Films, Gary Cooper, Underworld, Pre Code Movies, William Boyd

Film Posters Vintage

Pre Code Movies

City Streets (1931): Forgotten Cowboy Noir

During the second half of the 1930’s, it was common practice for studios to re-release abridged versions of older Pre-Code movies. In 1936, a redacted version of 'City Streets' was STILL rejected by censors, who complained the ineptitude of the film’s policemen was impossible to edit out. The absence of a viable re-release may explain its current status as a “forgotten film.”

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Film Noir Reviews

Published in 1952, 'The Killer Inside Me' marked Jim Thompson’s bold return to fiction after a brief stint working as a journalist. Crime Fiction, Pulp Fiction, The Killer Inside Me, Young Adult Fiction Books, Thriller Novels, Thompsons, Mystery Books, Thats The Way, Serial Killers

The Killer Inside Me

Young Adult Fiction Books

Thriller Novels

Book Vs. Movie: Jim Thompson's 'The Killer Inside Me'

Published in 1952, 'The Killer Inside Me' marked Jim Thompson’s bold return to fiction after a brief stint working as a journalist.

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Film Noir Reviews

Any notion that The Public Enemy is some kind of docudrama can be dispelled by simply watching it. Although it uses historical events as framing devices, the film contains no factual information, nor are its characters facsimiles of real-life gangsters. Enemy, Real Life, Public, Gangsters

The Public Enemy (1931): Pre-Code Beer And Blood

Any notion that The Public Enemy is some kind of docudrama can be dispelled by simply watching it. Although it uses historical events as framing devices, the film contains no factual information, nor are its characters facsimiles of real-life gangsters.

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Tod Molloy

Film Noir Reviews

Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan) is a rookie Mossad agent tasked with infiltrating an Iranian power plant in advance of an Israeli air strike. As a hacker, her weapon of choice is a keyboard. But Tamar’s skills aren’t strictly digital. To complete her mission, she uses social engineering, impersonation, seduction, and if necessary—murder. Power Plant, Apple Tv, Seduction, Thriller, Tv Series, Mission, Digital, Iranian

Tehran: This Spy Thriller Series Is The Gem Of Apple TV+

Tamar Rabinyan (Niv Sultan) is a rookie Mossad agent tasked with infiltrating an Iranian power plant in advance of an Israeli air strike. As a hacker, her weapon of choice is a keyboard. But Tamar’s skills aren’t strictly digital. To complete her mission, she uses social engineering, impersonation, seduction, and if necessary—murder.

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Tod Molloy

Film Noir Reviews

Given the deluge of workplace dramas produced during the pandemic, grouping Severance with shows like The Dropout (2022), WeCrashed (2022) or Made For Love (2021) is a forgivable offence. But Severance is nothing like those other shows—namely because it’s much, much better. Deluge, Postmodernism, Workplace, Philosophy, Dropout, Dramas, Film Noir

'Severance' on Apple TV: Stiller's Dystopian Series Baffles And Delights

Given the deluge of workplace dramas produced during the pandemic, grouping Severance with shows like The Dropout (2022), WeCrashed (2022) or Made For Love (2021) is a forgivable offence. But Severance is nothing like those other shows—namely because it’s much, much better.

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Tod Molloy

Film Noir Reviews

Released internationally as “Violent Streets”, Thief debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palm d’Or. Following its full theatrical release in March 1981, the film earned 11.5 million and garnered positive reviews from audiences and critics. Retrospective critical assessments have framed Thief as an archetypal text in Mann’s broader cinematic corpus. Corpus, Cannes Film Festival, Thief, Theatrical

Cannes Film Festival

Thief (1981): Burn The System To The Ground

Released internationally as “Violent Streets”, Thief debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palm d’Or. Following its full theatrical release in March 1981, the film earned 11.5 million and garnered positive reviews from audiences and critics. Retrospective critical assessments have framed Thief as an archetypal text in Mann’s broader cinematic corpus.

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Film Noir Reviews

Shot in 1937 and first released in 1939, The Green Cockatoo is the 2nd in a string of 21 Graham Greene stories to be adapted into motion pictures. Graham Greene, Film Review, Cockatoo, Motion Picture

The Green Cockatoo (1937): Graham Greene Takes Flight

Shot in 1937 and first released in 1939, The Green Cockatoo is the 2nd in a string of 21 Graham Greene stories to be adapted into motion pictures.

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Released to fanfare and derision in April 1932, Howard Hawks’ brilliant Scarface is the ultimate Pre-Code gangster movie. Scarface 1932, Howard Hawks, Literature, Reviews

Scarface (1932): The World Is Yours

Released to fanfare and derision in April 1932, Howard Hawks’ brilliant Scarface is the ultimate Pre-Code gangster movie.

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Film Noir Reviews

Middling novelist Rollo Martins arrives in partitioned Vienna to accept a nebulous job offer from his boyhood friend, Harry Lime. The Third Man, Boyhood, Job Offer, Novelist

Book Vs. Movie: The Third Man (1949)

Middling novelist Rollo Martins arrives in partitioned Vienna to accept a nebulous job offer from his boyhood friend, Harry Lime.

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Film Noir Reviews

4 years before the groundbreaking ‘No Way Out,’ writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz delivered his forgotten classic, ‘Somewhere In The Night.' No Way Out, Detective, Writer, Remember, 4 Years

Somewhere In The Night (1946): Remembering Forgotten Noir

4 years before the groundbreaking ‘No Way Out,’ writer/director Joseph L. Mankiewicz delivered his forgotten classic, ‘Somewhere In The Night.'

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Film Noir Reviews