David Fincher’s ‘The Killer’ Is a Deadly Satire of the Corporate World
You can read David Fincher’s The Killer as a story about a murderer, or you can see it as the satire of our pathetic little existence that it really is.
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Trigger Warning: Fuminori Nakamura’s ‘The Gun’
Fuminori Nakamura’s neo-noir The Gun picks apart the mental machinery of a potential shooter and puts him back together, piece by piece, to identify the fatal components.
‘Perry Mason’ Season 2 Has Us Asking: Is Justice Possible?
In the solid second season of HBO’s hit reboot of the legendary 1930s franchise, Matthew Rhys’ Perry Mason gets his day in court but seldom finds justice.
‘Devil in a Blue Dress’ Is Among Neo-Noir’s Finest Films
Denzel Washington’s voiceover in neo-noir Devil in a Blue Dress is an equal mix of deadpan charm and wide-eyed innocence, which textures and nuances his performance.
Exploring the Sci-fi Worlds of Ishirō Honda in Three Films
The devastating power of the atomic bomb casts a long shadow over Ishiro Honda’s The H-Man, Battle in Outer Space, and Mothra.
‘The Wild Goose Lake’ Is a Spellbinding Neo-Noir
A gang war becomes a massive police manhunt through a remote, lawless corner of China in Yi'nan Diao's moody, violent, and gorgeously shot crime story, The Wild Goose Lake.
Mustaches Run Amok Throughout Mickey Spillane’s ‘The New Mike Hammer: The Series’
WARNING: This review may disturb, nay, trigger recollections for Gen X'ers that grew up watching TV with adults in the '80s.
‘Blade Runner 2049’ Is an Ambitious Vision of Startling Cinematic Beauty
Director Denis Villeneuve takes everything that was iconic about Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and expands it into a sprawling examination of hope, destiny, and creation.
Curtis Hanson’s Sunny, Sinister ‘L.A. Confidential’
Curtis Hanson’s sunny, sinister, sprawling adaptation of James Ellroy’s novel, L.A. Confidential, remains the ultimate tabloid film noir.