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Noir City’s final weekend: Pre-code ‘Maltese Falcon,’ Gary Cooper and a...
Gary Cooper FNB shot by Halstan Williams; www.halstan.com Noir City at the American Cinematheque’s Egyptian Theatre wraps up this weekend with a first-rate slate of films. Tonight is the Dashiell...
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Free stuff from FNB: Classic Legends Bogart set
Warner Home Video (WHV) and Turner Classic Movies (TCM) are adding two new sets to the TCM Greatest Classic Legends line. The newest additions feature Humphrey Bogart and Joan Crawford. (On the...
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Free stuff from FNB: More chances to win Bogart movies
The reader-giveaway prize for June was the Humphrey Bogart set, which contains “They Drive by Night,” “Across the Pacific,” “Action in the North Atlantic” and “Passage to Marseille,” from Warner Home...
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The Noir File: As time goes by, ‘Casablanca’ remains sublime
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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The Noir File: Bogie as Sam Spade and Philip Marlowe, Meeker as Mike Hammer
By Michael Wilmington and Film Noir Blonde The Noir File is FNB’s weekly guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on cable TV. All the movies below are from the current schedule of Turner...
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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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Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs kicks off with ‘Three...
“Three Strangers” (1946, Jean Negulesco) will open the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival in Palm Springs on Thursday, May 16. The fest, which runs through Sunday, May 19, will close with “The Asphalt...
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The Noir File: ‘Mask of Dimitrios’ is an underseen ’40s gem
By Mike Wilmington and Film Noir Blonde 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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There’s only one ‘Maltese Falcon’ and this is it
The Maltese Falcon/1941/Warner Bros./100 min. “The Maltese Falcon,” a spectacularly entertaining and iconic crime film, holds the claim to many firsts. It’s a remarkable directorial debut by John...
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