Reviews
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Movie Review: The Letter (1940)
The Letter is classic melodrama, starring Bette Davis, based on a play by based on a play by Somerset Maugham. (Classic melodramas are Victorian dramas with orchestral music usually used in the background for effect. They were the precursors for noir. An article detailing Melodramas and comparing them to Film Noir will be featured in… Read more
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Movie Review: Aa Karala Ratri (2018)
Aa Karala Ratri(That intense dark night), considered one of the best Kannada movies of 2018 is a superb slow-burn small budget thriller. It explores the destruction caused when individuals give way to base emotions of extreme greed and selfishness. Kannada is a language spoken in Karnataka, a state in Southern India. The plot is set… Read more
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Movie Review: Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
Kiss me Deadly is one of the best movie adaptations of a novel of Mickey Spillane with his hard boiled creation, detective Michael Hammer as the protagonist. The movie is an adaptation of Spillane’s novel of the same name. Ralph Meeker plays the legendary Hammer, The movie opens with a woman seen frantically running on… Read more
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Movie Review: Death and the Maiden (1994)
If you have not noticed by now, most of my reviews,(at least for the time being) , besides film noir are on small budget movies with a limited cast. It always amazes me about how a director can do so much with few resources but with great actors. When a veteran director creates a movie… Read more
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Movie Review: The Invitation (2015)
This is another small budget, intense, slow-burn thriller in the vein of The Gift, but with a totally different plot. Will and Kira are a couple who are invited for a reunion party in the Hollywood Hills, a suburb of Los Angeles. The party is hosted by Will’s ex Eden and David, her new husband.… Read more
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Movie Review: Murder My Sweet(1944)
One of the most popular detectives of the Film Noir era is back. This time, his shoes are ably filled by Dick Powell. Powell plays hard-boiled detective Phillip Marlowe in “Murder, My Sweet,” based on Raymond Chandler’s novel “Farewell, My Lovely.” In addition to being considered one of the landmark Film Noir movies, the film… Read more
