Film Noir

A journalist decides to do his own investigation after a series of strange murders are committed during a local election campaign.Read More »

Real estate broker and former boxer enters an old cinema in the decadent downtown São Paulo and meets an intriguing and mysterious woman, very much alike the leading lady of the film. He gets involved with her and her problems and in no time is being accused of a crime.Read More »

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French director Francois Truffaut’s newest film is a tribute to American film noir. It is based on a 1962 novel by Charles Williams that blends mystery and comedy genres. Jean-Louis Trintignant plays Julien, a real estate agent who finds himself under suspicion for the murder of a friend. When his wife is killed shortly afterwards, Julien goes into hiding.
Barbara (Fanny Ardant), his feisty secretary who secretly loves him despite his penchant for beautiful blondes, volunteers to help clear his name. Donning a trench coat appropriate for the challenge at hand, she sallies forth on her own investigation. She soon discovers confusing clues and meets sinister figures, including a pimp, a movie-house cashier, a priest, and a smooth talking lawyer.Read More »

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A Jonan Station detective, Kikuchi, is framed for smuggling drugs and sent to prison. When he is paroled, he joins a private detective agency, where he is asked to investigate Mitsue Takazawa, the wife of a local trading firm president. While secretly conducting his own research, he finds out that Takazawa’s husband is the one, responsible for Kikuchi’s imprisonment, who also have set sights on Setsuko, a woman Kikuchi becomes romantically involved with.Read More »

A woman impulsively murders her sister after discovering she has been having an affair with her fiancé, and later plans on killing the little girl who may have witnessed the crime.Read More »

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A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.Read More »

This homage to film noir and gangster films is the 25th film by the Iranian film maker Masud Kimiai. It tells the story of two lovers who commit a robbery with their accomplice and their dealings with other gangsters. The Persian title is حکم.

Starring: Leila Hatami, Bahram Radan, Poulad Kimiayi, Khosro Shakibai & Ezzatolah Entezami.Read More »

A group of escaped convicts take over a suburban home to evade the ongoing police manhunt, making the lives of the family living there a nightmare. The longer the men stay there, the more the tensions build and the more likely it becomes a tragedy will occur. Based on a real-life hostage-taking. Read More »

Hal Erickson wrote:
Hot on the heels of Warner Bros.’ New York Confidential came Columbia’s New Orleans Uncensored. Lensed in semi-documentary fashion by future horror maven William Castle, the film stars Arthur Franz as New Orleans dockworker Dan Corbett. Attempting to remain honest, Corbett runs afoul of crime kingpin Zero Saxon (Michael Ansara), who controls the dockworkers union and runs a smuggling operation on the side. When his best friend is killed by Saxon’s goons, Corbett agrees to cooperate with the authorities in bringing the racketeer to justice. As a means of “balancing” the picture, several real-life New Orleans civic leaders and union heads–all with purportedly clean records–appear as themselves.Read More »