It's dead. I wrote this 15 years ago - October 20, 2008. One thing about Westerns that I've been contemplating about and trying to put a finger on is what exactly is different about todays Westerns. For some reason they don't seem the same as the Classics. You'll you read comments that various poste...

I revied it here https://noirsville.blogspot.com/2017/07 ... to-be.html

Chair de Poule aka Highway Pick-Up 1963 French "Spaghetti" Western Noir Directed by Julien Duvivier ( Pépé le Moko, Panique ). Written by Julien Duvivier and René Barjavel (screenplay), adapting a James Hadley Chase novel "Come Easy--Go Easy." This was, by the way, also the firs...

Le monte-charge aka Paris Pickup (1962) Parisian Christmas Noir "A criminally unknown Noir in the U.S., Excellent!" (Noirsville) Directed by Marcel Bluwal. Bluwal toiled at helming mostly TV films and mini series throughout his career. This Noir is a one off. He is also known more recentl...

Eva (1963) A Man Obsessed Directed by Joseph Losey ( M, The Prowler, The Big Night ) Written by Hugo Butler and Evan Jones from an adaptation of a James Hadley Chase novel. Cinematography was by Gianni Di Venanzo and Henri Deca?. Music was by Michel Legrand. The film stars Jeanne Moreau as Eva Oliv...

The Interrupted Journey (1949) Brit Noir - Directed by Daniel Birt starring Valerie Hobson, Richard Todd, Christine Norden. A married struggling writer runs away with a would be publishers wife only to get cold feet at the last minute. He pulls the stop cord on the train he's riding on with the pub...

$ aka Dollars (1971) Hamburg Neo Noir Directed and Written by Richard Brooks. Brooks directed ( Deadline - U.S.A. (1952), Blackboard Jungle (1955), In Cold Blood (1967), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977). Excellent Cinematography by Petrus R. Schl?mp and Music by Quincy Jones ( In the Heat of the Nigh...

Fabelmans (2022) The best part was the end with John Ford (David Lynch) that gets a 10/10 the rest I'd go with a 7/10.

The Whale 2022 was interested in seeing this psychological drama directed by Darren Aronofsky based on a 2012 play of the same name. Stars Brendan Fraser, Sadie Sink, Hong Chau, Ty Simpkins, and Samantha Morton. Watched it through mostly to see Fraser. I know it's prosthetics but Fraser already loo...

Obsessionsaka Bezeten - Het gat in de muur (1969) Amsterdam Transitional Noir. Directed by Pim de la Parra. Written by Pim de la Parra, Martin Scorsese, Wim Verstappen and based on a story by Pim de la Parra. Cinematography was by Frans Bromet and Hubertus Hagen. Music was by Bernard Herrmann. The ...

The Brasher Doubloon (1947) Flawed Classic Noir "The other, other, other Classic Noir Marlowe" Directed by John Brahm who directed two period piece Noir The Locket, and The Lodger before this film. Brahm began directing some TV after 1951 and eventually transitioned over. He directed a do...

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Welcome, C*i*g*a*rTheJoe! Thank you for joining the SSO! You might want to contact System Administrator Lomm for assistance with getting your name the way you want it. You have the blog Noirsville , right? I tried checking it out, but visitors are required to sign in on Blogger because "This p...

LA do give me a rundown on who migrated and what's their new handles if they have any. I see you don't have a new one. I couldn't create CigarJoe because it uses a forbidden word "cigar." I guess, lol. Or since I've been here before I probably used it for that account, lol.

Thanks LA