The Long Goodbye (1973) – review 2011

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Bill Wren

Directed by Robert Altman Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye is a bit like a fast food hamburger. It has beef in it but also has so many other things, and it has been altered to such a degree, that while … Read more →

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Chess games and submarine movies

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Bill Wren

You might think that movies set on submarines are relatively rare. They are — relatively. But as a quick search online will show you (as it just showed me), there are actually quite a few of them. (Das Boot and … Read more →

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Film noir means B-movies like The Hot Spot

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Bill Wren

The Final Day of For the Love of Film (Noir) — Please donate here or use the button on the right. If you’ve considered it but have put it off, now is the time. If you are interested in boatloads … Read more →

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Chinatown and the self-aware noir

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Bill Wren

It’s Day 5 of For the Love of Film (Noir) — don’t forget to donate here or use the button on the right. And if you are interested in boatloads of great links to musings on film noir and its … Read more →

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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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How Chandler’s Marlowe is like Hamlet

Posted on January 17, 2011 by Bill Wren

Inexplicably, after what seems a kind of cinematic hiatus, I’m watching a bevy of older films and, to the dismay of some, rambling on paper (or screen, to be more accurate) my dimly lit opinions of what I’m seeing. I … Read more →

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