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Read Instead…in Print
In San Francisco Noir, Nathaniel Rich achieves this really nice balance of content related to the film, scene and location. It’s the kind of writing, not analytical and remote, but personal and engulfing, that immerses the reader in the story, to the point of almost becoming a viewer. Read More
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September Newsletter: The New Year Starts on the First Day of Autumn
A great collection of sounds and tracks, a French take on the crime genre, film noir explorations and a maker that designs the most beautiful objects we can write on. Read More
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Play Misty for Me and the Last Days of Summer
I have always loved the atmosphere in Play Misty for Me, Clint Eastwood’s first film as a director, from 1971. It’s one of those films that has a mood. I seek that out in a film, or rather, I like the feeling of a film grabbing you, visually and emotionally, with a composition that is just right. It also has a remarkable sense of place, of the characters being part of the story, of the landscape, of their surroundings. It’s like a slice of the characters’ life. Read More
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This Summer We’re Channelling: Mary Stuart Masterson in “Some Kind of Wonderful”
Of all the cool, rebellious, outcast teens from the other side of the tracks, Watts from Some Kind of Wonderful must be my favourite of them all. Played by Mary Stuart Masterson to perfection, Watts is a street wise-rebel yell-new romantic tomboy that flaunts the subcultural musical theme of the 1980s, Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
Peter Shelley’s book, Jules Dassin: The Life and Films, is a first full account in English of the director’s life and work. Jules Dassin, who, according to none other than François Truffaut, “made the best film noir I have seen”. Read More
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