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«Dark Film Mysteries» Details: 1945 - 52, Film Chest Media Rated: Not rated The lowdown: A three - disc set that features 11 film noir thrillers from the 1940s and 1950s, with such stars as Edward G. Robinson, Barbara Stanwyck, Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Mickey Rooney, Tom Neal, Orson Welles and Loretta Young.

Moreover, I don't quite see it as a 1950s noir thriller from Universal, or even really as an Orson Welles picture — rather, I look at Touch of Evil as a canonical part of every young (male?)

Part of me wishes that «I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore,» a shocking, comic noir thriller from writer - director Macon Blair, were available in theaters; now having seen the film and responding vocally to its various jolts and jokes alone (so very alone) in an empty room, I can only imagine how it would have played with a theatrical audience.

Hints of Chinatown and The Untouchables in the star - studded LA noir thriller from the director of... Zombieland.

Not exact matches

Film Noir selections in all their gangster glory as well as murder mysteries, thrillers and classic action features curated from the massive FilmOn content library.

Academy Award - winning director Boyle (last seen directing the opening ceremonies at the London Olympics) bounces around from genre to genre, but his upcoming art heist thriller Trance probably hews closest to his first feature, the small - scale modern noir Shallow Grave (which was also written by John Hodge).

Ten years on from its premiere, the Coen Brothers» noir thriller has lost none of its dreadful power.

This film feels kind of like what you'd expect from a collision between George Clooney and the Coen brothers: a comical noir thriller with a hefty dose of social commentary.

They Made Me a Fugitive (Kino), the 1947 crime thriller from director Alberto Cavalcanti, is probably the closest the British cinema ever came to creating a true film noir.

Hadi Hajaig follows his low - budget, noir thriller Puritan with Cleanskin, a tense tale of terrorism set in London, which pits two individuals from either side of the terror war divide against each other.

Set in Toronto, this noir thriller gets under the skin due to layered performances from the entire cast.

There are a refreshing number of Newly Featured titles this week, from Golden Age musicals to classic noir to Kurosawa masterpieces to modern crime thrillers.

«Casablanca,» which expertly melds several key»40s Hollywood genres (drama, comedy, noir, spy thriller, love story) was adapted from a truly lousy play «Everybody Goes to Rick's,» reworked by the Epstein brothers (Julius and Philip) and Howard Koch, and directed by that sometimes underrated master, Michael Curtiz.

Nicholas Ray's emotionally charged adaptation of the Dorothy B. Hughes thriller In a Lonely Place is a brilliant, turbulent mix of suspenseful noir and devastating melodrama, fueled by a powerhouse performance from Humphrey Bogart, who plays a gifted but washed - up screenwriter who becomes the prime suspect in a Tinseltown murder.

And so, our choice for the best movie of 2011 is Nicolas Winding Refn's stylish «neon noir» thriller Drive, an adaptation of James Sallis» 2005 novel starring Ryan Gosling as an unnamed Hollywood stunt - man and in - demand getaway driver who finds himself having to deal with the fall - out from a heist gone wrong.

The first full day of Sheffield Doc / Fest included world premieres of Magali Pettier's portrait of farming in North Yorkshire Addicted To Sheep, Brian Hill's noir - thriller documentary about a man who confessed to over 30 murders in Sweden The Confessions of Thomas Quick and an EU premiere of Landfill Harmonic following the fortunes of a Paraguayan orchestra with instruments made from rubbish dump materials.

Brothers in arms The most dementedly elegiac thriller you've ever seen, distilling a lifetime's enthusiasm for American and French film noir, with little Chinese about it apart from the soundtrack and the looks of the three beautiful leads.

Sophie Cookson, best known as Roxy in Matthew Vaughn's Kingsman films, who will join Adam Gillen, Steffan Rhodri and Neve McIntosh - along with the already cast Orlando Bloom - in Tracy Letts's noir comic thriller Killer Joe, which Simon Evans will direct at Trafalgar Studios from May 18.

Additionally, on Jan. 17, author and noir expert Eddie Muller will join TCM host Robert Osborne to present five memorable thrillers from the 1950s.

Dark Crimes: Film Noir Thrillers will be available from TCM's online store, which is currently accepting pre-orders.

The first official image has been released from Steven DeKnight's noir thriller Serenity which reunites Interstellar stars Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway.

It's a noir - style paranoia thriller about a troubled woman who unwittingly signs herself up to be remanded to an asylum, and things get even twistier from there.

Any genre you want is used to tell the story — from film noir to romance, action thrillers to comedy — the only thing that remains absolutely consistent is that they are all set in the City by the Bay.

This likable heist thriller from the director of «Requiem for a Heavyweight» failed in its bid to make French noir star Alain Delon an American star as well, despite valuable help from Ann - Margret, Jack Palance and Van Heflin.

The directorial debut from brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, 1984 neo noir thriller, Blood Simple is a masterclass in filmmaking.

For beyond - a-reasonable-doubt evidence, see the Library of America's two - volume Women Crime Writers (2015), which collects eight terrific thrillers from the»40s and»50s, including the novels that inspired the classic film noirs Laura, The Reckless Moment, and In a Lonely Place.

Arrow Films are delighted to announce the UK release of noir - thriller TERMINAL, in cinemas from 6th July and available on DVD, Blu - ray, Digital & On Demand from 6th August.

The Twilight Zone, erotic thriller 9 1/2 Weeks, and early 40s noir classic The Maltese Falcon are also explored, largely through new commissions from artists including Alex Israel, Casey Jane - Ellison, and Amie Siegel.

The ensemble's lo - fi synth - infused «re-scores» are reminiscent of the noir thrillers, monster movies, and spaghetti westerns that inspire them, with everything from Middle Eastern flare to garage rock jams thrown in the mix.