Reviews
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Movie Review: The Invisible Guest (2016)
From Spanish director Oriol Paulo, who gave us El Cuerpo in 2012, comes another intense thriller, The Invisible Guest, a tale of betrayal, adultery, murder, and cover-ups. Like El Cuerpo, the narrative unfolds through a series of flashbacks. Celebrity entrepreneur, husband, and father Adrián Doria (Mario Casas) stands accused of murdering his former mistress, Laura Read more
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Movie Review: Nightcrawler (2014)
Nightcrawler is a standout neo-noir movie from director Dan Gilroy, who also wrote its screenplay. It is a cynical look at our insatiable need for sensational news to temporarily distract ourselves with news inundated with violence and mayhem, news that does not necessarily enrich us. The movie is set in the 2010s, a time when Read more
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Movie Review: Drive (2011)
“Drive,” directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and based on a book of the same name by James Sallis, is another movie that makes the list of the best Neo-Noir movies of all time. With Ryan Gosling as its protagonist, supported by a stellar supporting cast, a superb screenplay by Hossein Amini, alluring cinematography by Newton Read more
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Frank Miller’s Sin City Graphic Novels Part -VI
It is time to take a look at the penultimate volume of Frank Miller’s Neo-Noir graphic novel series. Set in a brutal universe, in the lawless, fictitious Basin City (Sin City for short), it is a place that few would want to even step into. However, there are fans like yours truly who cannot get Read more
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Movie Review: The Grifters (1990)
Produced by Martin Scorsese and directed by Stephen Frears, ‘The Grifters’ is a neo-noir gem, a twisted tale about three criminals. It is based on Jim Thompson’s novel of the same name. Though it is limited to a modest budget, ‘The Grifters’ features a stellar cast who deliver outstanding performances. The taut, smart screenplay has Read more
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Movie Review: Chinatown (1974)
Chinatown, directed by Roman Polanski and based on a screenplay from Robert Towne, is one of the defining neo-noir movies of all time. Set in the Los Angeles of 1937, the movie features Jack Nicholson as a private eye trying to unravel a series of unfolding revelations after taking on the investigation of an unfaithful Read more
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