Sentences with phrase «part noir film»

«Inherent Vice,» Dec. 12 Five - time Oscar - nominated director Paul Thomas Anderson has adapted Thomas Pynchon's novel about a Los Angeles detective during the drug - addled era of the»70s and his search for his missing, former girlfriend for this part crime comedy, part noir film.

Not exact matches

The film is split down the middle, with many elegant symmetries and curling plotlines bridging the two halves: one part is a bracing, funny, almost Keaton-esque comedy starring Harry as a deadpan center of disaster; the other is a brooding, brutal film noir, starring Sondra Locke as a vengeful femme fatale.

Part graphic novel, part Western, part David Lynch, with some film noir thrown in for good measure, it brings together a plethora of visual references to create something that's much greater than the sum of its parts — and its parts, for the record, are indelibly memoraPart graphic novel, part Western, part David Lynch, with some film noir thrown in for good measure, it brings together a plethora of visual references to create something that's much greater than the sum of its parts — and its parts, for the record, are indelibly memorapart Western, part David Lynch, with some film noir thrown in for good measure, it brings together a plethora of visual references to create something that's much greater than the sum of its parts — and its parts, for the record, are indelibly memorapart David Lynch, with some film noir thrown in for good measure, it brings together a plethora of visual references to create something that's much greater than the sum of its parts — and its parts, for the record, are indelibly memorable.

The film noir classic «Laura» is part of this roster.

Our favorite Palance film - noir part: «Sudden Fear» (1952, David Miller) in which he co-starred with Joan Crawford and Gloria Grahame.

Still, part of the reason why The Big Heat looms large even in the incomparably rich spectrum of cinema that is film noir is its recognizability as a studio re-creation (specifically, mid-Fifties Columbia, as Man Hunt represents early - Forties Fox craftsmanship at its highest).

Part cat - and - mouse Western, part film noir thriller, part road trip flick, the film defies genres and expectations, making for an unparalleled, full - throttle rPart cat - and - mouse Western, part film noir thriller, part road trip flick, the film defies genres and expectations, making for an unparalleled, full - throttle rpart film noir thriller, part road trip flick, the film defies genres and expectations, making for an unparalleled, full - throttle rpart road trip flick, the film defies genres and expectations, making for an unparalleled, full - throttle ride.

Part of the Critics Week, Our Heroes Died Tonight is a French film noir following the rise and fall of two wrestlers in the 60's.

Many of these films were previously available as part of the excellent Fox Film Noir line that helped bolster my collection about a decade ago.

This pungent little film noir sleeper is part of Dick Powell Day.

Only part film noir — the rest is gangster movie parody and screwball comedy — but noir can be proud to claim even a portion of the greatest American sound comedy.

This subtle blend of fact and fiction is part and parcel of Larrain and screenwriter Guillermo Calderón's playful approach to the material, which shifts in and out of various genres, including chase thriller, film noir, road movie and even western.

On Monday, February 14, «For the Love of Film (Noir) Blogathon,» a celebration that casts its web across the Web to raise money for film restoration, kicks off and Parallax View is playing a part this year.

The Man Who Wasn't There is the Coen homage to the great film noir films of the 40s Hollywood, and for the most part plays along those lines much of the way.

This weekend, the Gene Siskel Film Center, in Chicago, Illinois, will screen Carol Reed's 1947 film Odd Man Out as part of its Brit Noir series.

Clash By Night — This Fritz Lang film has the title of a film noir, and it's a part of Warner's second film noir box set, but I don't think it's a film noir at all.

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.

Every now and then, one of the servants winds up the tinny Victrola or a motorcar pulls into the muddy courtyard, but for the most part, the manor house seems stuck in a purgatorial art - film whenever of governesses, peasants, and pénitents noirs who shuffle ominously through the countryside in their pointed black hoods.

Recently the 2009 Cine Noir Festival of Black Film screened the students» film, which can be viewed in part on YouTube.

There is an element of the classic film noir Breathless at work here but with more characters of varying shades of gray whose fates hinge on numerous moving parts.

Part film noir, part Mexican folklore, with a heavy dash of LucasArts wit thrown in for good measure, Grim Fandango's tale of intrigue set in the seedy underbelly of the Land of the Dead feels just as fresh now as it did over 15 years Part film noir, part Mexican folklore, with a heavy dash of LucasArts wit thrown in for good measure, Grim Fandango's tale of intrigue set in the seedy underbelly of the Land of the Dead feels just as fresh now as it did over 15 years part Mexican folklore, with a heavy dash of LucasArts wit thrown in for good measure, Grim Fandango's tale of intrigue set in the seedy underbelly of the Land of the Dead feels just as fresh now as it did over 15 years ago.

From the one game directly based on a movie, The Warriors, to classic Western movies which inspired the look and feel of Red Dead Redemption, the noir - style movies L.A. Noire payed homage too, and the movies - upon - movies which have been parodied or reinvisioned when recreate famous locations and time periods in the Grand Theft Auto series, films have always played a huge part in Rockstar's development cycle.

PART 2: LIGHT AND SHADOW The ESSAY «Light and Shadow» discusses... flicker films, Plato's allegory of the cave, H.P. Robinson's allegorical images, working with the absence of light, Tony Conrad's slow emulsions, photography as fairy magic and sun drawings, Adam Fuss's photograms, Hiroshi Sugimoto's feature - length exposures, Cai Guo - Qiang's explosions, light as cancerous radiation, light and shadow in city planning, contrast and lighting in works by Rineke Dijkstra, Jacob Riis, Weegee, Adrienne Salinger, and others, O. Winston Link's environmental light, darkness and light as metaphors for knowledge, morality, and power, pools of light in Expressionism, film noir, and works by Hans Bellmer, Esther Bubley, and Anna Gaskell, Group f / 64, available light in the work of Roy DeCarava, Yinka Shonibare's interpretation of Dorian Gray, public projected images, Indonesian shadow play, Gregory Barsamian's kinetic sculptures, flickering portraits by Christian Boltanski, Kara Walker's silhouettes, and more...