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Dark Passage (Daves, 1947)
For a film featuring Bacall and Bogart, its rather surprising Dark Passage is a flat, uninteresting and forgettable film. The first dozen minutes of the film are told from the point of view of Bogart’… more →
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Dark Passage (Daves, 1947)
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mrsemmapeel wrote 1 year ago: For a film featuring Bacall and Bogart, its rather surprising Dark Passage is a flat, uninteresting … more →
Caught (Ophuls, 1949)
mrsemmapeel wrote 1 year ago: A noir about a young woman who’s dreams come true when she marries rich. Her dreams crumble apart wh … more →
Cape Fear (Thompson, 1962)
mrsemmapeel wrote 1 year ago: Cape Fear, a film about a violent sexual predator, was made at a night when you could not say rape o … more →
Born To Kill (Wise, 1947)
mrsemmapeel wrote 1 year ago: Born to Kill is not so much about the evil within all of us, but the moral consequences of what happ … more →
The Desperate Hours
mrsemmapeel wrote 1 year ago: TSPDT: Recommended The Desperate Hours is a unique and claustophobic film. The setting is co … more →
Shadow of a Doubt
mrsemmapeel wrote 1 year ago: TSPDT: Highly Recommended The film is (arguably) the most noir of Hitchcock’s efforts, althoug … more →
Introductions
mrsemmapeel wrote 1 year ago: Noir is easily my favourite genre of film, it excites all my senses and even in the worst of the wor … more →
