Things changed in 2014 when he released his gritty
pulp noir thriller Cold in July.
It plays like
a pulp noir thriller by way of a road movie of the damned, marinated in mescal and left to rot in the desert sun.
Not exact matches
The Oscar - winning screenplay is actually based on several titles in James Ellroy's series of chronological
thriller novels (including the title volume, The Big Nowhere, and White Jazz)-- a compelling blend of L.A. history and
pulp fiction that has earned it comparisons to the greatest of all Technicolor
noir films, Chinatown.
A blockbuster action flick, a
thriller, a
pulp plot, a winking
noir, a commentary on classism in an increasingly urbanized society — the movie is all of these things, down to the marrow of its very existence.
That film is a Los Angeles - based, neo-
noir homage to
pulp - y detective mystery -
thrillers, while The Nice Guys feels more like an L.A. - based homage to other acclaimed neo-
noir detective films that have come out since the heyday of the film
noir era, 1974's Chinatown and 1997's L.A. Confidential (it's surely not a coincidence to see Russell Crowe and Kim Basinger (Grudge Match) reunite here).
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noir, Crime Fiction Lover has something for you... Frequency about 10 posts per week.
Whether you love psychological
thrillers,
pulp, cosy mysteries or Nordic
noir, Crime Fiction Lover has something for you... Frequency about 9 posts per week.
Whether you love psychological
thrillers,
pulp, cosy mysteries or Nordic
noir, Crime Fiction Lover has something for you... Frequency about 9 posts per week.