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On the radar: Revel in noir at the Aero, Egyptian and Lacma
There’s so much to see on the big screen this month in Los Angeles. See you at the movies! # AT THE AERO THEATRE 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica; shows start at 7:30 p.m. # Saturday, March 3: A sneak...
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The Noir File: Lusty? Low-budget? We’re in!
By Michael Wilmington A noir-lover’s guide to classic film noirs (and neo-noirs) on cable TV. Just Turner Classic Movies (TCM) so far, but we’ll add more stations as more schedules come in. The times...
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Film noir treats this weekend at the American Cinematheque
Authors Christopher Nickens and George Zeno will sign their book “Marilyn in Fashion,” today at the Egyptian Theatre, before a screening of 1952’s “Don’t Bother to Knock” starring Marilyn Monroe and...
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The Noir File: Monroe, Welles, Heflin and more
By Michael Wilmington A noir-lover’s guide to classic film noir on cable TV. All the movies listed below are from the current schedule of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which broadcasts them uncut and...
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Noir City festival returns to Chicago with darkness aplenty
The Music Box Theatre will host Noir City: Chicago. The Film Noir Foundation’s Noir City festival returns for the fourth time to Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, from Aug. 17-23. The FNF’s Alan K. Rode and...
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‘Gilda’ shows that if you’ve got it, you might as well flaunt it
“Gilda” is all about Gilda and that’s the way it should be – for any femme fatale and particularly for Rita Hayworth the most popular pinup girl of WWII, a talented entertainer and Columbia Pictures’...
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The Noir File: ‘The Third Man’ ranks as one of Britain’s best
By Michael Wilmington and Film Noir Blonde The Noir File is FNB’s weekly guide to classic film noir and neo noir on cable TV. All the movies below are from the current schedule of Turner Classic Movies...
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The Noir File: Welles burns up the courtroom in ‘Compulsion’
By Michael Wilmington & Film Noir Blonde The Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on cable TV. All movies below are from the schedule of Turner Classic Movies (TCM),...
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In ‘Ruthless,’ director Edgar G. Ulmer moves (temporarily) from Poverty Row...
Ruthless/1948/ Producing Artists/105 min. “Ruthless” was recently released on Blu-ray by Olive Films. By Michael Wilmington The Czech-born émigré film director Edgar G. Ulmer, as noir as they come, was...
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The Noir File:‘The Manchurian Candidate’ from 1962 memorably captures the...
By Film Noir Blonde and Mike Wilmington The Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir from the schedule of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which broadcasts them uncut and...
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The Noir File: Superb sizzle in ‘The Lady from Shanghai’
By Film Noir Blonde and Mike Wilmington The Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir from the schedule of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which broadcasts them uncut and...
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Film Noir fills screens in Palm Springs, at Lacma and on TCM
Noiristas are spoiled for choices yet again! The Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival starts Thursday night, May 8, in Palm Springs and runs through Sunday, May 11. The lineup includes: “The Window” (1949,...
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Shady lady delight: ‘The Lady from Shanghai’ at Lacma
As part of the Essential Orson Welles series at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, “The Lady from Shanghai” and “Mr. Arkadin” will play Saturday, May 24, starting at 7:30 p.m. The Lady from...
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The Film Noir File: Orson Welles taps Kafka in ‘The Trial’
By Film Noir Blonde and Mike Wilmington The Film Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). All movies below are from the schedule of TCM,...
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Film Noir File: Welles’ magnum opus, Halloween nightmares
By Film Noir Blonde and Mike Wilmington The Film Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). All movies below are from the schedule of TCM,...
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Los Angeles celebrates Orson Welles centennial
Orson Welles was born May 6, 1915. He hailed from the small Midwestern town of Kenosha, Wisc. Chubby cheeked and heavy-set, he was not classically good looking. He frequently ran afoul of the Hollywood...
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