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The tough 1948 boxing melodrama Whiplash is beautifully photographed in a starkly dramatic film noir fashion by J Peverell Marley, making it a successful exercise in style. It stars Dane Clark, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott […]
Brush up your Shakespeare with Edgar G Ulmer’s stylish and suspenseful 1945 film noir crime film Strange Illusion, starring Jimmy Lydon, Warren William and Sally Eilers. Director Edgar G Ulmer’s stylish and suspenseful low-budget PRC […]
Crooks frame a youngster (Robert Lowery) for murder and force him to help them commit a series of robberies, in the efficient 1946 film noir crime thriller They Made Me a Killer. Director William C […]
Director Jean Renoir’s delightful 1946 French short feature film Une Partie de Campagne [A Day in the Country] – poetic, humorous and evocative – is a cinematic milestone. Set in 1860, Renoir’s carefully constructed, exquisitely […]
The 1952 Casque d’Or is a dazzling example of the postwar French film, perfectly capturing the nostalgic poetic-pessimistic mood of the time. It won one BAFTA Film Award for Best Foreign Actress (Simone Signoret). Director […]
The marvellous Merchant-Ivory team established their style and reputation with director James Ivory’s leisurely, gently ironic 1965 film study of a family troupe of English travelling players in India, based on the experiences of the […]
Writer-director Martin Scorsese’s 1967 drama film is notable as his feature film directorial debut and Harvey Keitel’s debut as an actor. Though obviously a very tentative, early work, it gets a lot of value for its ultra low budget […]