Derek Winnert

Posts Tagged "neo noir"

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Killing Them Softly **** (2012, Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, Ray Liotta, Sam Shepard, Vincent Curatola) – Classic Movie Review 13,933

The brutal and bleak 2012 American neo-noir crime film Killing Them Softly stars Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, Richard Jenkins, James Gandolfini, and Ray Liotta. ‘America’s not a country. It’s just a business’: Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt). Writer/ director Andrew Dominik’s […]

May, 22

I Walk the Line ** (1970, Gregory Peck, Tuesday Weld, Estelle Parsons, Ralph Meeker, Lonny Chapman, Charles Durning) – Classic Movie Review 11,403

Gregory Peck stars in I Walk the Line (1970) as an ageing sheriff who gets a crush on a local Lolita (Tuesday Weld). Director John Frankenheimer’s flatfooted, depressing 1970 Tennessee neo noir drama I Walk […]

Jul, 19

Blast of Silence **** (1961, Allen Baron, Molly McCarthy, Larry Tucker, Peter Clume) – Classic Movie Review 11,371

‘An Unforgettable Experience in Suspense!… As the Seconds Tick Off a Timetable for MURDER!’ The 1961 American black and white neo noir crime thriller Blast of Silence is written and directed by and stars Allen […]

Jul, 06

Fingers *** (1978, Harvey Keitel, Tisa Farrow, Jim Brown, Marian Seldes, Danny Aiello, Tanya Roberts) – Classic Movie Review 11,162

James Toback directs his own script about a quiet virtuoso pianist, Jimmy ‘Fingers’ Angelelli (Harvey Keitel), who gets sucked into becoming a ruthless debt collector enforcing payment of debts for his Italian mob-connected loan shark […]

May, 03

The Money Trap *** (1965, Glenn Ford, Elke Sommer, Rita Hayworth, Ricardo Montalban, Joseph Cotten) – Classic Movie Review 10,934

Director Burt Kennedy’s 1966 watchable but strained Macbeth-style neo noir police crime thriller The Money Trap is a reunion of the great Gilda co-stars (20 years on), Glenn Ford and Rita Hayworth, but by now, […]

Feb, 18

Al Capone **** (1959, Rod Steiger, Fay Spain, James Gregory, Joe De Santiis, Murvyn Vye, Nehemiah Persoff, Martin Balsam) – Classic Movie Review 10,627

Director Richard Wilson’s 1959 crime thriller biopic Al Capone showcases one of Rod Steiger’s quintessential performances, just stopping short of parody, as Chicago’s best known citizen, the Prohibition-era mobster Alphonse Capone (1899-1947), which lights up […]

Dec, 04

Cry Tough ** (1959, John Saxon, Linda Cristal, Joseph Calleia) – Classic Movie Review 10,588

‘Battle Cry of New York’s West Side Jungle!’ The 22-year-old John Saxon has the striking main role as Miguel Estrada, a Puerto Rican former convict tempted back to a life of crime, in debut director […]

Nov, 27

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