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Strange Days
"...for its day of reckoning. Strange Days is film noir with a post-punk edge, a piece of pseudo-science fiction..."

Oct. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Seven
A serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi is hunted by two New York City detectives in this hellish take on Nineties film noir.
"...level in this vicious, solid, moody slice of Nineties noir. Pitt and Freeman play Mills and Sommerset, a mismatched..."

Sept. 29, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Prophecy
"...A theological film noir with Walken in a shaggy black Beatles mop-top is..."

Sept. 8, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Search and Destroy
"...The movie is an offbeat black comedy with edgy noir eruptions that, despite many wonderful bits and pieces of..."

June 9, 1995 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Last Seduction
"...Again, Red Rock West), The Last Seduction is a noir-type thriller with dry humor and some pretty ruthless characters...."

Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Thieves Quartet
"...Eichling, Richard Henzel and Jamie Denton. Ostensibly a film noir, Chappelle's feature debut borrows heavily from previous heist/crime films..."

Oct. 7, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Romeo is Bleeding
"...kind of cartoon of a crime story, a Forties noir pickled for decades in its own rancid juices and..."

Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Getaway
"...anti-chemistry of Baldwin and Basinger. Based on Jim Thompson's nihilist-noir novel, Baldwin and Basinger play a married pair of..."

Feb. 11, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
This animated Batman is from the same folks behind the TV cartoon series, and is a diverting take on the Caped Crusader.
"...and broad-brimmed fedoras; big, burly autos -- with long, noirish shadows drenching Gotham in darkness. And its Batman is..."

Dec. 31, 1993 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Boiling Point
"...offensive. Harris makes a valiant effort at a film noir but this work stars a hero in the kind..."

April 23, 1993 Movie Review by Louis Black

Peter's Friends
"...the success of Henry V and the scissor-heavy film noir Dead Again, an ensemble comedy of this type seems,..."

Dec. 25, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Lovers
"...stylistic and thematic shades reminiscent of Hitchcock meets film noir by way of melodrama. Based on a real-life incident..."

Aug. 28, 1992 Movie Review by Pamela Bruce

CrissCross
"...Kris Kross. It's not even that Robert Siodmak film noir sizzler starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo and Dan..."

May 29, 1992 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Golden Boat
"...to join the action (which has a decidedly film noir flavor), and everyone is from somewhere else. Like the..."

March 20, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Final Analysis
"...everything, honey. Joanou, with his puppy dog devotion to noir thrillers and Hitchcock, is hoping to get it all..."

Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Shattered
"...inexorably for dumbsville. In a story out of 1940s noir, Berenger plays an architect who, after a terrible car..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Dead Again
"...Hopelessly muddled but doggedly entertaining, Dead Again resurrects film noir as a supernatural thriller in which the Big Sleep..."

Aug. 30, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

The Kill-Off
"...The 1990s have seen three of Thompson's nihilistic pulp noir novels turned into films: The Grifters, After Dark, My..."

July 12, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mortal Thoughts
"...Mann (Thief, Miami Vice), the inventor of pastel film noir. There's a story here somewhere about friendship, survival and..."

April 26, 1991 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Summer Continues at the Paramount
Part two the the annual Summer Classic Film Series
"...announced today, with a slate of beloved favorites, from noir mainstays to VHS wonders from the nineties...."

June 15, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantasia Review: The Oak Room
Canadian crime labyrinth cuts deep and cold
"...the only humor to be found in chilly Canadian noir The Oak Room is of the gallows flavor...."

Aug. 27, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Altamesa Gets Dark in Video for New Single “Interstate”
Premiere courts the ghosts that haunt late-night desert highways
"...year’s sophomore breakthrough, Idol Frontier, steered their local Americana noir existentially along the stretches of blacktop cutting the Southwest,..."

May 28, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Now Streaming in Austin: Two Step
ATX-shot noir online for free right now
"...faces as well as familiar Austin locations, then Texas noir Two Step - now streaming for free on Vimeo..."

March 23, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Fantastic Fest Review: Bad Times at the El Royale
Was it good times for the Fantastic Fest closing film?
"...Goddard’s Bad Times at the El Royale, a blockbuster neo-noir that features just the right combination of throwback style..."

Oct. 3, 2018 Screens Post by Matthew Monagle

1960s Austin Gangsters
The noir novelist digs into the capital city's criminal past and unearths characters who are lively, colorful, and interesting
"...an ex-punk rock bassist with a penchant for films noirs and hard-boiled fiction...."

Oct. 2, 2015 Arts Feature by Tim Stegall

Dancing in the Dark
Texas noir Two Step cuts a bloody rug
"...is heavy with Texas accents, folksy sayings, and country noir. It's also intense, violent, and often funny. Johnson aimed..."

Aug. 28, 2015 Screens Feature by Caitlin Moore

Dimming the Light Fandango
Tim Schafer talks about his noir classic at Fantastic Arcade
"...for the game are Día de los Muertos and noir film classics with Schafer singling out Casablanca as one..."

Sept. 26, 2014 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

South, America
Rod Davis' New Orleans noir steeps the reader in Southern atmosphere, history, and violence
"...his back what promises to be an engaging Southern noir series. Prine, of Texas roots, is a veteran of..."

July 4, 2014 Arts Feature by Michael King

DVD Watch: 'The Stranger'
Orson Welles directs and stars in noir about a Nazi hiding in plain sight
"...be confused with Camus’ 1942 novel, the 1946 film noir The Stranger (Kino Classics, Blu-ray $34.95) stars Orson Welles..."

Oct. 15, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Henri, Not Ennui
We talk with filmmaker (and Henri owner) Will Braden
"...Who else but Henri, Le Chat Noir won the first people's choice award at the first..."

March 9, 2013 SXSW Post by Andy Campbell

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