7:45 am — TCM — The Asphalt Jungle The Asphalt Jungle was really MGM's first foray into noirish crime films. (the-frame.com)
Absent any need for Sirkian quote marks, the less brightly stylized images in «Carol» more closely resemble those of «Mildred Pierce,» but the palette here seems even more deliberately muted — all dingy greens and nicotine browns, bathed in noirish shadows that seem to provide a cover under which the characters can at last reveal their true selves. (variety.com)
9:30 am — TCM — The Bad and the Beautiful Vincente Minnelli directs Kirk Douglas, Lana Turner, Dick Powell, Gloria Grahame, and others in one of the best dark - side - of - Hollywood noirish films this side of Sunset Boulevard. (the-frame.com)