A Neorealist Feature Film Masquerading As Film Noir
Noirish Project is a melancholy and gently absurd feature film about Billy, who steals his family’s precious pearls and hands them over to low-life Jimmy, who in turn takes them to a fence. But when the pearls turn...
Identity Cancelled is an absurd, tragi-comic spy thriller and will be distributed as a companion piece to Distracted.
Identity Cancelled centres on Teddy Hopkins, a secret agent on the run from his former employers, namely the British Government, who want him dead after one of their...
"In the closing chapter of director Hal Hartley’s trilogy about the fractured Grim family, young son Ned (Liam Aiken) embarks on a quest to kill his father for wrecking his mom's life. But a winsome graduate student (Aubrey Plaza) interferes with his plan."
Hal Hartley's new...
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"On how Italian modernist Michelangelo Antonioni fashioned his first film, ‘Story of a Love Affair,’ after 1940s Hollywood noir" By Kevin B. Lee
Or perhaps to put it another way, the marriage of neorealism with noir....
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Check-out this neat montage of strong moments from some of Gena Rowlands' best screen performances. She provides a few thoughts on acting here too.
Overall, we are reminded of how Rowlands created a string of performances of immense power. She was not frightened of confronting deep...
