A Philip Marlowe movie made by people who don't enjoy Philip Marlowe.
All tagged noir
Where I end one of the wildest debates among cinema nerds.
One of the best, most non-adversarial novel I’ve read about conservative values.
Black Mountain lives up to Laird Barron’s quality standards. It almost doesn’t, but it gets there.
Critics who hated this movie are right. But critics who enjoyed it are also right. It’s a very well done and very divisive movie.
The latest artsy and deep hyperviolent movie has a thing to two to say about romanticizing violence in movies.
There are fucking great movies and movies you wish were fucking great. Good Time belongs in the second category.
Brawl in Cell Block 99 benefited from a great online buzz. It's not quite the transcendent experience I was expecting it to be, but it has moments that will stick with me for a while.
A non-Tunnel Island novel by ferocious Australian writer Iain Ryan. Is it good. You bet your ass it is.
Quarry's Climax is the fourteenth novel in Max Allan Collins' iconic series. While it feels fresh and original it's...I don't know, ideologically muddled?
The long-lost novel of Lawrence Block. I have opinions on it. Mostly that other writers should use it as blueprint for good noir, but other stuff too.
Gut check on my love for Matthew Scudder novels. Still intact. In fact. It's stronger than it's ever been. Lawrence Block is still one of the best in the business.
Wheelman materialized on Netflix out of the blue last month, which is always suspicious, but it kind of is the real deal, guys? It's what a heist movie should look like in 2017. Starring the immortal Frank Grillo. Written and directed by Jeremy Rush.
My review of semi-classic science fiction movie Equilibrium. Starring Christian Bale, Sean Bean and Taye Diggs. Written and directed by Kurt Wimmer.
My review of Jon Bassoff's new novel The Blade This Time, perhaps his Lynchianesque so far but also one of his best.
May's audience choice came from long-time reader Larry Prater: Arturo Ripstein's Deep Crimson, which was challenging and rewarding as hell.
People will either love or hate Small Crimes. I liked it a lot, what does it say about me? Written and directed by Evan Katz. Co-Written by independent cinema superstar Macon Blair. Adapted from Dave Zeltserman's novel.
