Film Noir is a French term meaning dark or black film. It described a style of film that was created, mostly in America, beginning in the World War II era.
Welcome to today’s show, Laura (1944), my name is John. As always you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or follow the links to social media in the podcast show notes. You can also go to classicmovierev.com to read notes, bios, and other random movie thoughts. Remember this show…
Today’s movie is Double Indemnity (1944). This movie is almost always on the list of the top five Film Noirs of all times. The story is told in a narrative style so you can see how the main character came to be in the circumstance that they are in. The…
Welcome to today’s show, Ace in the Hole (19510), my name is John. As always you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or follow the links to social media in the podcast show notes. You can also go to classicmovierev.com to read notes, bios, and other random movie thoughts.…
Welcome to today’s show, Big Jim McLain (1952), my name is John. As always you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or follow the links to social media in the podcast show notes. You can also go to classicmovierev.com to read notes, bios, and other random movie thoughts. Remember…
Welcome to today’s show, my name is John. As always you can subscribe to the show on iTunes or follow the links to social media in the podcast show notes. You can also go to classicmovierev.com to read notes, bios, and other random movie thoughts. Remember this show is completely…
With today’ film were are going to jump heavily into Film Noir. Today’s movie is The Big Combo (1955) and it has a lot of Noir power and actors. ACTORS Many of the actors we have already covered so I will jump right in with them. Jay Adler played the…
Out of the Past (1947) is one of the greatest film noir movies of all times. The bad guys fight duels with cigarette smoke while the femme fatale takes killing and manipulating to new heights. Out of the Past (1947) Welcome to today’s show, my name is John. As always…
D.O.A. (1950) is a classic fast paced film noir with razor sharp dialog. The guys are tough and gals are beautiful. This movie will keep you guessing until the end. D.O.A. (1950) Rough Script Welcome to today’s show, my name is John. As always you can subscribe to the show…
Key Largo (1948) is a great Bogie-Becall film. Featuring a cast of villains, a hurricane, and isolated Florida hotel, this movie will keep you on the edge of your seat until the final shot. Today we are looking at another pairing of Bogie and Becall. Episode 40 is the wonderful…
I was going to take on Key Largo (1948) but I got so excited by the crazy cabbies in Episode 38 – 99 River Street (1953) that I wanted to jump to another movie that had crazy cabbies as well and that movie is Episode 39 – Dark Passage (1947),…
