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“Alicia Vikander reveals absurdities of stardom” HBO’s new series “Irma Vep,” starring Swedish Oscar winner Alicia Vikander, is a clever satire of the entertainment industry … with a psychological bent. Premiering Monday, June 6 at 9 p.m., the series is mostly in English with some French subtitles. It’s based on the 1996 film of the…
“#’They Made Me a Criminal’ and the Persecution of an Innocent Star” Beyond the Classics is a bi-weekly column in which Emily Kubincanek highlights lesser-known old movies and examines what makes them memorable. In this installment, she investigates the origins of film noir with John Garfield in Busby Berkeley’s They Made Me a Criminal. Film noir has…
“#Scoring Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity” Welcome to The Noirvember Files, a new series dropping the spotlight on essential film noir selections. The titles celebrated here exemplify the style and substance of cinema’s grimiest, most-relatable underbelly. In this entry, we’re listening to the music of film noir and specifically sticking our ears out for Miklós Rózsa’s Double…
“#Fritz Lang’s 1931 Film ‘M’ and the Aesthetics of Justice” Welcome to The Noirvember Files, a new series dropping the spotlight on essential film noir selections. The titles celebrated here exemplify the style and substance of cinema’s grimiest, most-relatable underbelly. In this entry, we explore Fritz Lang’s terrifying, gritty 1931 manhunt thriller, M. Children disappearing…
“#The Beginner’s Guide to Five Film Noir Subgenres” Coinciding with our new column The Noirvember Files and timed for the month of Noirvember, this list digs even deeper into the film noir genre to explain five film noir subgenres and highlight examples of each. Before we can venture into the wider subgenre sandbox, we need…
“#’Night Moves,’ Gene Hackman, and Film Noir Masculinity” Welcome to The Noirvember Files, a new series dropping the spotlight on essential film noir selections. The titles celebrated here exemplify the style and substance of cinema’s grimiest, most-relatable underbelly. In this entry, we take on a missing person’s case with the private eye of Night Moves. This…
“#’Brighton Rock’ and the Christian Iconography of Film Noir” Welcome to The Noirvember Files, a new series dropping the spotlight on essential film noir selections. The titles celebrated here exemplify the style and substance of cinema’s grimiest, most-relatable underbelly. In this entry, we’re taking a trip to the dark, crime-ridden underworld of Brighton Beach and examining…
“#The Magical and Seductive Power of Nightmare Alley” Welcome to The Noirvember Files, a new series dropping the spotlight on essential film noir selections. The titles celebrated here exemplify the style and substance of cinema’s grimiest, most-relatable underbelly. In this entry, we’re going for a wild ride with the carnival noir masterwork Nightmare Alley. This Noirvember,…
“#Take a ‘Detour’ with Edgar G. Ulmer’s Gritty 1945 Movie” Welcome to The Noirvember Files, a new series dropping the spotlight on essential Film Noir selections. The titles celebrated here exemplify the style and substance of cinema’s grimiest, most-relatable underbelly. In this entry, we’re thumbing a ride down a highway of self-pity and despair, executed…