Leave Her to Heaven [1945] – ★★★★★ In this noir drama, a successful fiction writer, Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde), meets a young beautiful socialite, Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) on a train. After a short introduction, the pair fall in love. However, Ellen’s obsessive streak soon becomes evident when she unceremoniously ditches her politically successful fiancée…
Tag: Film Noir
“Miller’s Crossing” Review
Miller’s Crossing [1990] – ★★★★1/2 Loosely based on Dashiell Hamett’s Red Harvest, Miller’s Crossing is an intelligent gangster film shot in the style of a film-noir. Directed by Joel Coen, and produced by Ethan Coen and Mark Silverman, the film centres on Tom Regan (Gabriel Byrne), who is the “right hand” of Leo O’Bannon (Albert…
“Identity” Review
Identity [2003] – ★★★★1/2 👤 An intelligent and claustrophobic horror treat, with one mind-blowing final twist. “As I was walking up the stairs, I met a man who wasn’t there. He wasn’t there again today; I wish, I wish he’d go away.” Ten strangers: a family of three, a limo driver, a film star, a call girl, a…
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