Noirvember 2023 - Rate the last noir you watched

In a Lonely Place won an early Noir HoF. If I remember correctly people were pretty enthusiastic about it.

You are in the wrong thread buddy. See Neo Noir. 😀

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The Big Shot (1942) Bogart elevates the film. It's alright overall, but with some good moments and Bogart gives it extra kick.

The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947) Bogart and Stanwyck are good, but the story isn't that interesting and not everything works as well as it should.

I just saw this movie on TCM a couple weeks ago. I love all the Bogart movies. Recently watched The Maltese Falcon. Great movie. I always find Peter Lorre funny.

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Innocent, loyal, patient, caring, vulnerable, not exactly the characteristics one thinks of when describing the typical 'femme fatale'. And yet our main guy Nick Bianco (Victor Mature) is willing to put his life on the line to protect Nettie (Colleen Gray). Love the different interpretation of the ‘fatal’ role here.

Psycho killer Tommy Udo (Richard Widmark) lays out an early blueprint for the critically acclaimed and awarded Joker character (Nicholson/Ledger/Phoenix). Added Widmark's performance to my favorite film acting debuts top five. Mature and Gray were perfect as well.

I’ll have to do some ballot rearranging cause Kiss of Death certainly deserves a decent place on the upcoming countdown.

I liked Kiss of Death, but it won't make my ballot. How many of Henry Hathaway's other noirs have you seen? By my count, he has 6 that would qualify (unless I missed one). I've seen three:

1. Niagara
2. Kiss of Death
3. The Dark Corner

I haven't seen Johnny Apollo, The House on 92nd Street, or Diplomatic Courier.

Edit: I missed Fourteen Hours, which I haven't seen. So Hathaway has at least 7 qualifying noirs.

Edit again: I forgot about Call Northside 777, which I have seen and rated , so that means Hathaway has 8 film noirs that qualify (unless there is another one that I am forgetting about)

This was my first Hathaway Noir actually. Going by your ratings, Niagara will probably be the next one.

Tonight I'm watching Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow 1959. Because I really appreciated and highly recommend Wise's The Set Up 1949.

House of Strangers (1949) Good performances and a well written screenplay make this an entertaining film noir. Watched on Youtube.

Heh, heh, Tommy Udo was for years Widmark's most famous role, due to his remarkable over acting, and of course the lady in the wheelchair scene. In his next few films he toned it down, although he pretty much chewed up the scenery in Night and the City (1950).

yeah Night and the City is great probably my favorite Noir starring Widmark, I prefer it over Pickup on South Street.

Solid Noir although the third act was a bit 'meh' in my opinion.

The Seven Up's

3 1/2 stars

Pretty good Neo noir featuring Roy Scheider leading a group of cops who operate outside the law. When they’re dragged into a case involving men masquerading as officers to kidnap and ransom prominent mob figures, it becomes personal.
Features a wonderful car chase that outshines The French Connection and is on par with Bullitt.

Both are pretty good films, although I think that Night and the City is a better noir. Thelma Ritter's performance isworth the price of admission. "South Street" strays a little into the espionage territory. Widmark sure earned his money in "Night...City"!

As soon as I seen this was directed by visionary director Frank Borzage who'd directed a couple of my favorite silent films: 7th Heaven (1927) & Lucky Star (1929) and that it starred lovely, sad eyed Gail Russell, I knew I had to watch this...I was very surprised at how moving and spiritually deep this film was. When I say spiritual I don't mean religious, I mean the film speaks on a different level, maybe life-affirming is a good descriptive phrase. Moonrise made me teary eyed and that only happens once in a few hundred movies. Needless to say I found it very moving.



Moonrise is unique in that it's set in a rural southern area where time is a little slower and people know each other. It's grounded in the relationships and values these people share. It's not a gritty fast paced noir, most wouldn't call it noir at all, though it's tagged as such so does qualify. It's beautifully sensual in how it's filmed like some of Borzage's other films...it's powered by conflicting emotions of love and guilt. It's hard to describe! If you've ever wondered what kind of film Citizen loves, this is one of them.

I will definitely check out Moonrise.

Good! It's not noir like, so try to go into it blind.

I haven't seen Moontide, but it sounds interesting. I have seen Moonrise and thought it was fine, but it didn't make much of an impact on me. I rated Moonrise a 7/10.

My wife liked Moontide more than me though I did like it of course. And she liked Moontide better than Moonrise, with me preferring Moonrise over Moontide.