The podcast devoted to Old Hollywood
I’m jumping into the podcast game this week! Well, for those who have followed my work, I produced Hollywood and Wine, a classic TV podcast, through most of 2020. Each … Continue Reading Hollywood and Wine: Top 6 Women in Classic Game Shows
Fallen Angel is certainly the perfect title for a film noir; the term, attributed to the ultimate fallen angel, Lucifer, immediately conjures up images of Hell, sin, and dark dames … Continue Reading Fallen Angel (1945)
Finding the Michael Shane series has been an epic quest in my cinematic goal of engaging more with Lloyd Nolan’s filmography. He’s long been a favorite of yours truly, but … Continue Reading Michael Shane: Private Detective (1940)
There’s a formula to film noirs, and while not strictly enforced there are particular elements one looks for – the morally ambiguous hero, interplay between light and shadow, an evil … Continue Reading Pitfall (1948)
If the last few weeks of articles has shown us anything, it’s that film noir presented audiences with no shortage of amazing viewing. There are more great movies than one … Continue Reading Kim’s Top 5: Unsung Film Noir Creatives
With my new full-time writer status, part of my transition with the site is to write about movie I get truly excited over, whether it makes me so mad I … Continue Reading Out of the Fog (1941)
There’s very little which excites this girl more than a good noir where a woman steps up to lead a film, functioning as something more than a femme fatale or … Continue Reading The Blue Gardenia (1953)
Christmas expert and special guest Alonso Duralde joins us to celebrate Christmas early with our look at 1940’s Remember the Night. Buy Alonso’s book Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas. Listen to … Continue Reading Ticklish Business #99: Remember the Night (1940, with Alonso Duralde)
Here at Ticklish Business, our Noirvember celebration continues today with another YouTube, first-time-watch for yours truly. There is a plethora of resources on there, I tell you! While Vincent Price … Continue Reading Shock (1946)
On first blush, George Cukor’s Gaslight isn’t a horror film. But it is if you’re a woman. The term commonly pops up today but most don’t know the movie it’s … Continue Reading Gaslight (1944)
Director Robert Siodmak, known for noir masterpieces like The Spiral Staircase (1946) and The Killers (1946), reteams stars Burt Lancaster and De Carlo – last seen in Jules Dassin’s Brute Force … Continue Reading Criss Cross (1949)
It’s Noirvember, so it really is no surprise that I’m diving into the subject of film noir once again for this week’s Top 5. Last week I examined my favorite … Continue Reading Kim’s Top 5: Favorite Film Noir Performances
I review the Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas noir, I Walk Alone.
My mother’s listened to Agnes Moorehead’s original radio production – a role she tackled till the 1960s – and I’m interested in comparing these two. On its own film, Sorry, … Continue Reading Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Director Jean Negulesco and I have a contentious cinematic relationship. His patented blend of noirish melodrama doesn’t always sit right with me, yet I’ve seen so many of his features … Continue Reading TCMFF Review: Road House (1948)
This is reposted as part of the Summer Under the Stars blogathon By 1946 actor Humphrey Bogart fit into the role of detective Philip Marlowe so perfectly it might as … Continue Reading The Big Sleep (1946)
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