Drama
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Movie Review: The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers (1946)
The Strange Loves of Martha Ivers is another not-to-be-missed film noir, of the drama variety. It is based on a short story, ‘Love Lies Bleeding’, by playwright, John Patrick. The story surrounds three imperfect and dysfunctional people, Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck), Sam Masterson(Van Heflin), and Walter O’Neil. The role of O’Neil is played by legendary Read more
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Movie Review: All the King’s Men(1949)
‘All the King’s men’ is a movie, adapted from a Pulitzer prize winning book of the same name by Robert Penn Warren. It tells the story of the rise and fall of a fictitious politician Willie Stark, and is based on former Louisiana governor, Huey Long. While another movie adaptation of the book, made in 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: House of Gucci(2021)
A movie about the Guccis could be told in many ways. The morbid story is based on real events. The movie could be a neo noir as the story has all the elements, the femme fatal, the patsy,seduction, murder and the perfect end for a noir movie. It could have been a drama film with Read more
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Movie Review: Pickings
Pickings, a creation of Usher Morgan is a interesting hybrid of Neo Noir, Drama and Western genres. Shot around New York State on a modest budget of 350,000 dollars, with a predictable, yet fast moving plot , this movie stands out with a well edited screen play, dazzling photography and some over the top characters.The Read more
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Movie Review: Bandit Queen(1994)
I finally got to see the flickmore than a decade after its release. It was easily one of the most intense movie experiences I’ve had. Breathtaking in magnitude, unapologetic in narration or dialog, the movie is a masterpiece from Shekar Kapoor , famed director of Elizabeth. It is unfortunate that Seema Biswas, who plays the Read more
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