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    Costumed Parties, Pt. 4: Seduction by Shadow & Candle Light

    FEBRUARY 3, 2012 10:59AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: john alton, french revolution, spartacus 1960, stanley kubrick, barry lyndon 1975, the black book 1949, reign of terror 1949, narrative elements of film, kinetic elements of film, color cinematography, black-and-white cinematography, huac, hollywood ten, planned parenthood, acorn, bertolt brecht, dalton trumbo, agora, i claudius, cousin bette, bbc, bonnie and clyde 1967, mash 1970, sex in cinema, a dangerous method 2011, painting with light (1949), robbespierre, joe mccarthy, film noir, ryan o'neal, william makepeace thackery, martin scorsese, albert finney, tom jones 1963, point of order 1964, trumbo 2007, michael douglas, nathan lane, citizen cohn 1992, darkness at high noon 2002, carl foreman, stanley kramer, arthur miller, elia kazan, the crucible 1996, on the waterfront 1954, mccarthy era, robert deniro, woody allen, george clooney, good night and good luck 2005, robert downey jr, john payne, silver lode 1954, high noon 1952

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    Costumed Parties, Pt. 3: Debauchery v. Societal Treachery

    FEBRUARY 3, 2012 10:59AM

    By prismguard


    Topics: robert downey junior, dr robert merivel, restoration 1995, hugh grant, seventeenth century, eighteenth century, dalton trumbo, agora 2009, spartacus, i claudius, cousin bette, johnny depp, john wilmot second earl of rochester, heath ledger, keanu reeves, glenn close, uma thurman, michelle pfeiffer, steve reeves, donald sutherland, bob hope, brokeback mountain, netflix, jeremy irons, silkwood 1983, film noir, zeffirelli, taming of the shrew, cgi, b&w cinematography, color cinematography

    • 1 Ratings
    • 440 Views
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    KICK THE HORNETS NEST~EAT WORMS & DIGG SIEG & SCANDIA NOIR

    SEPTEMBER 27, 2011 6:06PM

    By mary gravitt


    Topics: scandianavian noir, fiction reflecting life, worm and computer wars, computer worms, terry gross, mark bowen, film noir, computers, sex, stieg larsson, belief/religion, books, business, environment, feminism, gossip, gay/lesbian, movies, politics, science, technology, travel fresh air, computer worms

    • 4 Ratings
    • 548 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    "Jane Eyre" as Film Noir

    MARCH 17, 2011 9:10AM

    By Katharine Yee


    Topics: movies, jane eyre, orson welles, joan fontaine, elizabeth taylor, peggy ann garner, margaret o'brien, elia kazan, raymond chandler, agnes moorehead, dana andrews, gene tierney, alan ladd, veronica lake, film noir, robert stevenson, george barnes, bernard herrmann, george sanders, anthony hopkins, sydney greenstreet, ciaran hinds, timothy dalton, toby stephens, george c. scott, william hurt, marlon brando, walt disney, michaelf fassbender, mia wasikowska

    • 28 Ratings
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    For the Love of Film Noir

    FEBRUARY 18, 2011 9:35AM

    By Cranky Cuss


    Topics: you wanna stick your chin out for peanuts the rest of your life?, film noir, blogathon, film preservation

    • 0 Ratings
    • 135 Views
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    Caliente' ... part two

    DECEMBER 15, 2010 6:37PM

    By M.Stan Yow


    Topics: fiction, smuggling, humphrey bogart, film noir, murder, key west

    • 2 Ratings
    • 168 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Caliente' part one

    DECEMBER 15, 2010 9:40AM

    By M.Stan Yow


    Topics: books, parchman state prison, crystal meth, profanity, crack whore, midgets, kinky sex, short story, comedy, crime, film noir, art, poetry, key west, fiction, murder

    • 1 Ratings
    • 435 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Watching Fritz Lang, Discovering Mabuse

    JUNE 23, 2010 4:55AM

    By John L. Roberson


    Topics: dr mabuse, history, spy, film noir, weimar germany, german cinema, silent film, fritz lang

    • 5 Ratings
    • 306 Views
    • 8 Comments
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    For One Young Director, Film Noir is Black as Crankcase Oil

    MARCH 13, 2010 10:36AM

    By Con Chapman


    Topics: new wave films, film noir, satire, comedy, spoof, humor

    • 2 Ratings
    • 406 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Shutter Island - Scorsese Silliness

    FEBRUARY 23, 2010 7:34PM

    By moveovermommy


    Topics: movies, shutter island, scorsese, martin scorsese, paranormal activity, mental asylum, leonardo dicaprio, dicaprio, michelle williams, ben kingsley, mark ruffalo, film noir, film review, sundance kabuki theater, movie review

    • 0 Ratings
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    Noir City 2010: It's A Bitter Little World

    JANUARY 24, 2010 12:56AM

    By Ernest Fuentes


    Topics: film noir

    • 5 Ratings
    • 2068 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Village of the Damned & Children of the Damned

    OCTOBER 9, 2009 1:01AM

    By RetroDaddy


    Topics: movies, film, science fiction, film noir, village of the damned, children of the damned, 1950s, 1960s

    • Editor's Pick
    • 19 Ratings
    • 7460 Views
    • 23 Comments
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    The Ending Roman Polanski's Chinatown Was Supposed to Have

    SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 6:26PM

    By RetroDaddy


    Topics: movies, film, film noir, chinatown, roman polanski, polanski, robert towne, rosemary's baby, pauline kael

    • 2 Ratings
    • 1227 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Film Noir, a parody of the hardboiled detective story

    DECEMBER 18, 2008 7:56PM

    By Wayne Gallant


    Topics: film noir, parody, private eye

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1185 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Underrated: Dana Andrews

    NOVEMBER 14, 2008 5:28PM

    By Katharine Yee


    Topics: movies, dana andrews, gene tierney, elia kazan, william wyler, film noir

    • Editor's Pick
    • 5 Ratings
    • 6748 Views
    • 3 Comments
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    Fritz Lang: Expressionist Genius or Hollywood Hack?

    JULY 26, 2008 10:37PM

    By RetroDaddy


    Topics: movies, film noir, fritz lang, m, metropolis, big heat, scarlet street, dr. mabuse, gloria grahame, glenn ford, peter lorre, thea von harbou, edward g. robinson

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