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The Last Seduction **** (1994, Linda Fiorentino, Bill Pullman, Peter Berg) – Classic Movie Review 1616

Director John Dahl’s mesmerising, ultra-stylish 1994 retro neo-film noir thriller is the third part of his marvellous trilogy following his critically acclaimed successes with Kill Me Again (1989) and Red Rock West (1993). Writer Steve Barancik’s screenplay […]

Sep, 01

Kill Me Again **** (1989, Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Michael Madsen) – Classic Movie Review 1615

Co-writer-director John Dahl’s sizzling, quirky and twisty 1989 retro-film noir thriller stars the young Val Kilmer at his most ingratiating as a dubious, cash-strapped, third-rate Reno private eye called Jack Andrews. Kilmer is ideally cast opposite […]

Aug, 31

Criss Cross **** (1949, Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo, Dan Duryea) – Classic Movie Review 1579

Director Robert Siodmak’s intriguing tangled web of a 1949 thriller stars Burt Lancaster as Steve Thompson, who returns to his home town of Los Angeles and finds his lovely ex-wife Anna Dundee (Yvonne De Carlo) […]

Aug, 23

Detour ***** (1945, Tom Neal, Ann Savage, Claudia Drake, Edmund MacDonald) – Classic Movie Review 1547

‘Fate or some mysterious force can put the finger on you or on me for no good reason at all.’ Edgar G Ulmer’s all-time great, flashback-driven 1945 film noir thriller Detour is a deservedly celebrated […]

Aug, 15

Out of the Past [Build My Gallows High] ***** (1947, Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, Kirk Douglas, Rhonda Fleming) – Classic Movie Review 914

Robert Mitchum gives a legendary performance as a one-time private eye, caught between a mobster (Kirk Douglas) and a femme fatale (Jane Greer), in the brilliant 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past [Build […]

Mar, 15

The Big Heat ***** (1953, Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame, Lee Marvin, Jocelyn Brando) – Classic Movie Review 738

Director Fritz Lang’s 1953 humdinger of a film-noir classic crime thriller The Big Heat sees the director and his actors shooting with all guns blazing. Glenn Ford stars as tough, maverick cop called Detective Sergeant […]

Jan, 25

The Maltese Falcon ***** (1941, Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre) – Classic Movie Review 722

John Huston’s 1941 classic The Maltese Falcon is a movie masterpiece of film noir, lovingly derived from Dashiell Hammett’s renowned detective thriller novel. Humphrey Bogart relishes one of his most iconic roles as the gumshoe […]

Jan, 19

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