I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Bill Wren

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone As I watched I Wake Up Screaming last night I had two thoughts running concurrently. First, this should not be a good movie. Second, somehow it manages to be a good movie. How does that … Read more →

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The accidental film noir: I Wake Up Screaming

Posted on February 15, 2011 by Bill Wren

It’s Day 2 of For the Love of Film (Noir) — don’t forget to donate here (or use the button on the right). Today I have a quickly scribbled, un-proofed, un-thought through look at the movie I watched last night. … Read more →

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For the Love of Film (Noir): This Gun For Hire

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Bill Wren

Today the For the Love of Film (Noir) blogathon begins and I decided rather than burble about the genre, which can be as murky as the streets and lives its films tend to articulate, I’d post something about a specific … Read more →

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Road House (1948)

Posted on January 7, 2011 by Bill Wren

Directed by Jean Negulesco Road House (1948) is a good Hollywood melodrama that is also a curious noir piece – noir, due to the nature of what happens and curious because it isn’t in the usual urban setting but a … Read more →

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L.A. Confidential: moral dilemmas and style

Posted on November 17, 2008 by Bill Wren

Recently, it appears I’ve been on a John Wayne thing. To get away from that for the moment, here’s what I wrote recently about L.A. Confidential (1997). For what it’s worth … I’ve always been lukewarm on noir films. I … Read more →

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Dirty Harry: should I like it as much as I do?

Posted on October 12, 2008 by Bill Wren

I’ve always found Dirty Harry a troubling movie. Well, almost all of the earlier, image making movies of Clint Eastwood have been troubling to me, but Dirty Harry tops my list. The reason is simple: from the first time I … Read more →

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Dirty Harry (1971)

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Bill Wren

Directed by Don Siegel I’ve always found Dirty Harry a troubling movie. Well, almost all of the earlier, image making movies of Clint Eastwood have been troubling to me, but Dirty Harry tops my list. The reason is simple: from … Read more →

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