Caffè Noir
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1940s films
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1940s films
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Wednesday, October 18, 2023
a ghost of a chance with you ...
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir . Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation; produced by Fred Kohlmar; screenplay by Philip Dunne; directed by Jos...
Friday, January 8, 2021
mimosa by starlight: the Lewtonian vibe of The Uninvited (1944)
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*** MINOR SPOILERS in the comments below *** “They call them the haunted shores. These stretches of Devonshire and Cornwall and Ireland wh...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021
fate takes an option: the mixed legacy of the Val Lewton horror unit at RKO
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The history of motion pictures is littered with tales of might-have-beens, false starts, and missed opportunities, all chronicled in so...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
noir's dark heart: Detour (1945)
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Editor’s note: minor spoilers in the comments below Despite its unsavory subject matter, film noir inspires much admiration for ...
Sunday, August 2, 2020
"today I found out such strange things": the Sapphic undercurrent in The Seventh Victim
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I run to death, and death meets me as fast, And all my pleasures are like yesterday; I dare not move my dim eyes any way, Despair behind, an...
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