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Category Archives: Neo-Noir

December 3rd, 2012: Breathless (1960)

Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Coming of Age, Crime, Drama, Independent, Juvenile Delinquent, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, New Wave, Romance, Spoof, The Original, Tragedy Tagged before they were famous, car thief, double cross, femme fatale, Francois Truffaut, hand held camera, homage, Jean Luc Godard, Jean Serberg, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean-Pierre Melville, jump cuts, low-budget, motorcycle cop, murder, New Wave, newspaper, Paris, press conference

June 17th, 2012: Fallen Angels (1995)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Hit Man, Independent, Indy, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Romance, Slapstick Tagged Charlie Yeung, dad bomb, double cross, father, father-son relationship, forbidden love, hit man, homage, Hong Kong, insanity, jilted lover, low-budget, mobsters, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wong Kar Wai

June 7th, 2012: Branded to Kill

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Crime, Film Noir, Gangster, Hit Man, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, The Original Tagged alcoholic, Anne Mari, double cross, femme fatale, hit man, Japan, Jo Shishido, Nikkatsu, rice, Seijun Suzuki, Yakuza

November 17th, 2011: Taxi Driver (1976)

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Leave a comment Posted in Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Thriller Tagged Albert Brooks, Best Actor Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Picture Nominee, Best Supporting Actress Nominee, cab driver, character study, Columbia Pictures, Cybill Shepard, grindhouse, Harry Northup, Harvey Keitel, insanity, it's not over, Jodie Foster, Joe Spinell, low-budget, Martin Scorcese, New York City, Paul Schrader, Peter Boyle, pimp, prostitutes, racism, racists, Robert De Niro, teens, vigilantes

October 20th, 2011: Le Samourai (1967)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Adaptation, Arthouse, Based on a Book, Crime, Hit Man, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, The Original Tagged Alain Delon, Compagnie Industrielle et Commerciale Cinématographique (CICC), cult, double cross, Fida Cinematografica, Filmel, France, hit man, homage, Italy, jazz, Jean-Pierre Melville, low-budget, mobsters, night club, Paris, subway, torch singer

August 7th, 2011: Blade Runner (1982)

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2 Comments Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Dark Future, Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Neo-Noir, Sci-Fi, Speculative Sci-Fi Tagged Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Visual Effects Nominee, Brion James, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, Harrison Ford, James Hong, Joe Turkel, M. Emmet Walsh, Philip K. Dick, Ridley Scott, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Shaw Brothers, The Ladd Company, Vangelis, Warner Brothers, William Sanderson

June 19th, 2011: Chinatown (1974)

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Leave a comment Posted in Detective, Movie of the Day, Mystery, Neo-Noir, Period Film, The Original Tagged Best Actor Nominee, Best Actress Nominee, Best Art Direction Set Decoration Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Costume Design Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Best Film Editing Nominee, Best Music Nominee, Best Original Screenplay, Best Picture Nominee, Best Sound Nominee, Bruce Glover, Burt Young, conspiracy, Diane Ladd, Faye Dunaway, homage, incest, Jack Nicholson, James Hong, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Mantell, John Hillerman, John Huston, murder, Paramount Pictures, Penthouse, Perry Lopez, Rance Howard, Robert Evans, Roman Polanski, Roy Jenson, twist, water rights

February 25th, 2011: Alphaville (1965)

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Leave a comment Posted in "Foreign Film", Arthouse, Black and White, Dark Future, Espionage, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir, Sci-Fi, Spoof Tagged Akim Tamiroff, Anna Karina, distopia, Eddie Constantine, evil computer, execution, France, homage, Jean Luc Godard, Lemmy Caution, low-budget, totalitarian society

February 3rd, 2011: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

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4 Comments Posted in Arthouse, Crime, Film Noir, Gangster, Independent, Movie of the Day, Neo-Noir Tagged Ben Gazzara, burlesque, Haji, hit man, John Cassavetes, mobsters, Seymour Cassel, strip club, Timothy Carey

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