Night And The City (1950)

Directed by Jules Dassin and shot on location in London, Night And The City (1950) has the iconic look of the film noir genre down pat. From the chiaroscuro lighting of faces in close up to the placement of a suited individual against a dark cityscape, Max Greene’s cinematography is brilliant. The film is also […]

Detour (1945)

Detour (1945) always seemed like the ultimate example of film noir to me on account of the mythos around it; that it wasn’t a big studio picture, that it was low budget and shot quickly, and that its lead star would later in life would be involved in Hollywood true crime gossip (was it an […]

VFW (2019)

One Friday night, I went to a 9:15pm screening of VFW (2019) as part of MonsterFest, but it felt more like a midnight movie. Completely in the spirit of John Carpenter’s Assault On Precinct 13 right from the opening credits, particularly with the ominous synth of Steve Moore’s excellent score, it’s a splatter siege movie […]

Kill List (2011)

A bad habit I indulge in occasionally is reading the wikipedia plot summaries of thrillers or horrors that I can’t be arsed watching. I had heard good things about Kill List (2011) and that didn’t stop me from spoiling it for myself when I was bored and reading what happened. Yet watching it for the […]

Against All Odds (1984)

Woke up early one morning and decided to watch Against All Odds (1984) on Netflix and now which song do I have stuck in my head? Can’t believe they only use the Phil Collins song (written for the movie) over the closing credits and not in every romantic montage of which there are a few […]