Neo Noir
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Movie Review: Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
One of the best things to emerge from the Film Noir Era is the Neo-Noir style of filmmaking. (I will devote a new post entirely to this subject.) Neo-Noir movies push the boundaries of Noir in terms of plot, characters, and geography. While this novel is set in 1940s LA like many film noir movies, Read more
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Movie Review: LA Confidential (1997)
LA Confidential is one of the best Noir movies with one of the tightest plots in recent memory. What makes the story work, is that it pits three cops with completely different personas against one anothe,r but at one point forces them to form alliances to solve a puzzling conspiracy. The screenplay is based on 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: The Long Goodbye
“The Long Goodbye” is a 1973 Neo Noir detective thriller based on the book of the same name from Raymond Chandler. Elliott Gould plays the protagonist, the legendary sleuth Phillip Marlow. While Chandler’s Marlow is a serious pensive intellectual who enjoys poetry and chess, Gould’s Marlow is a cat loving accommodating person, who is willing Read more
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