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Tag: Film-Noir

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

Cinema, Drama, Film, Film-Noir, Films, movie, Movies, Mystery, Review, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Theater, Theatre
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster Art Cinema Film 2009 Enter The Void

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

Cinema, Crime, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Films, movie, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre, Thriller
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster Art 1990 Grifters Cinema Film

The Grifters (1990)

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

Cine, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Films, movie, Noir, Review, Reviews, Thriller
Original Large Theatrical Movie Poster Art 1996 Bound Cinema Film

Bound (1996)

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

Cinema, Crime, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Films, movie, Mystery, Review, Reviews, Theater, Theatre, Thriller
1986 Blue Velvet Movie Film Cinema Poster Art Advance Teaser Theatrical

Blue Velvet (1986)

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

bluevelvet, Crime, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Mystery, Review, Reviews, Thriller
2011 Drive Movie Film Cinema Poster Art Advance Teaser Theatrical

Drive (2011)

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

Crime, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Review, Reviews, Thriller
2005 Brick Movie Film Cinema Poster Art Advance Teaser Theatrical

Brick (2005)

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

Cinema, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Mystery, Review, Reviews, Thriller
1944 Double Indemnity Movie Film Cinema Poster Art Advance Teaser Theatrical

Double Indemnity (1944)

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

Cinema, Crime, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Review, Reviews, Thriller

Brighton Rock (1947)

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

Crime, Drama, Entertainment, Film, Film-Noir, Review, Reviews, Thriller
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