In this perfect Film Noir Thriller, 𝑻𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝑾𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑷𝒊𝒕𝒚 (1957), by Joseph Losey, he really continually ratchets up the tension right until the final amazing scene. Even though we know from the start who committed the murder we are routing for Redgrave's character, a struggling alcoholic, trying to beat the clock and save his son Alec from wrongful execution. In the haziness of an alcoholic, we are led among shadows, clocks ringing and ticking, doorbells ringing, people yelling, screaming, and…
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Dark City 1998
Due to the length of this review, I must inform you that this review contains NO SPOILERS.
Alex Proyas' 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟴) is a fantastically bleak and profoundly frightening SciFi psycho-horror nightmare of a Neo-Noir with sublime cinematography by Dariusz Wolski, with the superb casting of first-rate thespians (Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson, & William Hurt), and with brilliant direction and writing by Proyas.
There's plenty of physical horror and gore in a Cronenberesque style, but…
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Wild Strawberries 1957
I LOVE THIS FILM!
WATCH IT!I worked in the film section of a library & the foreign films were novel to me & blew my mind. This was the first one I took home from work & I kept it for months because no one requested it. The next film which I took home from that job that had a huge impact on me was Masculin/Feminin.
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