Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Here at Wonderful Cinema we tend to avoid writing about current blockbusters because, let’s face it, who needs another review! … More

After Dark, My Sweet (1990)

We have already reviewed my all-time favourite noir, The Grifters (1990), the film adaptation of Jim Thompson’s 1963 novel. Thompson’s … More

An unacknowleged classic, The Grifters is a neo-noir of the highest order. For my tastes, it is the best noir I … More

Three years before massive hit The Matrix (1999), the Wachowskis* made their debut on the silver screen with this excellent … More

One of the seminal films of the 80s, Blue Velvet is a weird and mesmerising neo-noir. The fascinating storyline is brought to … More

Drive, starring Ryan Gosling, is a slick neo-noir crime thriller and an original experience. On the surface it looks like just a … More

Rian Johnson’s excellent feature debut is a neo-noir set in an American high school. This intriguing thriller stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a … More

Billy Wilder’s Double Indemnity is one of the earliest and best examples of film-noir. It helped develop the style on screen … More

Brighton Rock takes the US noir thriller formula and blends it with a strikingly bleak vision of an English seaside … More