Tonight's Film: "My Gun Is Quick"

Gunn

Tonight's Film: "Night Editor"

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"Killer Joe"

William Friedkin, NC-17, pulp/noir in the style of Jim Thompson...Oh, I live for this stuff!
 

Today's Film: "Gunn"

Reading this blog you know I obviously love film noir. One of the all-time great TV shows of the genre is Peter Gunn. Turns out, probably because of rights issues, the show and the movie that came after are hard to find. Oddly, NetFlix has the film Gunn available streaming! Might follow that up with a couple episodes of Mannix.

Seijun Suzuki

I wish I were home instead of sitting in some rotten hotel room outside of Raleigh NC. I'm in the mood for manic-60's-Japanese-Noir that only the master Seijun Suzuki could satiate. Branded to Kill and Youth of the Beast being my two favorite. If you have never seen these films I implore you to find them out. I'm positive you've never seen anything like them.

Three Reasons: The Killing

Stanley Kubrick's The Killing is now available from Criterion. A must for any film noir fan! The Blu-ray is the best print of this movie I've ever seen, AND comes with Kubrick's earlier film, Killer's Kiss as a bonus feature! Here are just three reasons why The Killing is considered a classic...



And that ending! What a last line! Perfection!

Kiss Me

Kiss Me Deadly is, without a doubt, one of the greatest Film Noir ever made; beautiful, violent, and singularly unique.  And that ending! It's just been given the Criterion treatment, with what might be the greatest cover to any movie I've ever seen. The neglected, seriously overlooked Ralph Meeker IS Mike Hammer.  The only portrayal of Hammer that might be better was from Mickey Spillane himself in, The Girl Hunters.  You need this. But don't take my word for it...










While on the subject of Noir, should I...WHEN I win the lottery, one thing I will most definitely do as a man of leisure is spend countless hours rolling around 1940's L.A. solving brutal murders and other nefarious activities via the amazing L.A. Noire video game. This game is incredible! I'm not a massive gamer, I only own a few titles, mostly first person shooters. It takes a certain kind of game to get me interested and keep me interested. This is certainly that. If you have any interest in police procedurals or Film Noir, this game is for you. It comes HIGHLY recommended!