He became a regular at the Pacific Film Archive, as Tom Luddy, the director of the archive at the time, later remembered: " He was a film noir nut.

# REDIRECT Film noir

Film noir, which was given its name by Nino Frank, is marked by lower production values, darker images, underlighting, location shooting, and general nihilism: this is because, we are told, during the war and post-war years filmmakers were generally more pessimistic ( as well as filmgoers ).

Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize cynical attitudes and sexual motivations.

Film noir of this era is associated with a low-key black-and-white visual style that has roots in German Expressionist cinematography.

Film noir encompasses a range of plots: the central figure may be a private eye ( The Big Sleep ), a plainclothes policeman ( The Big Heat ), an aging boxer ( The Set-Up ), a hapless grifter ( Night and the City ), a law-abiding citizen lured into a life of crime ( Gun Crazy ), or simply a victim of circumstance ( D. O. A .).

" We'd be oversimplifying things in calling film noir oneiric, strange, erotic, ambivalent, and cruel ": this set of attributes constitutes the first of many attempts to define film noir made by French critics Raymond Borde and Etienne Chaumeton in their 1955 book Panorama du film noir américain 1941 – 1953 ( A Panorama of American Film Noir ), the original and seminal extended treatment of the subject.

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Film critic Nick Schager wrote, " Never was Mike Hammer's name more fitting than in Kiss Me Deadly, Robert Aldrich's blisteringly nihilistic noir in which star Ralph Meeker embodies Mickey Spillane's legendary P. I.

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Category: Film noir

Category: Film noir

Category: Film noir

Category: Film noir

Time Out Film Guide wrote of the film, " Absolutely assured in her creation of the bleak, noir atmosphere-whether in the claustrophobic confines of the car, or lost in the arid expanses of the desert-Lupino never relaxes the tension for one moment.

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He similarly gave the Adam Sandler-starring remake of The Longest Yard a positive rating of three stars, but in his review, which he wrote soon after attending the Cannes Film Festival, he recommended readers not see the film because they had access to more satisfying cinematic experiences.

Davis was well received and was invited to tour Australia with the similarly themed, Bette Davis in Person and on Film, and its success allowed her to take the production to the United Kingdom.

However there is no non-profit impartial over-arching organization of sex clubs such as can be similarly found with the Adult Film Association of America or other neutral associations in other industries.

Pod People, another movie featured on MST3K, has similarly altered credits ; both movies were distributed to Best Brains by Film Ventures International.

Of these eight, five were fully integrated conglomerates, combining ownership of a production studio, distribution division, and substantial theater chain, and contracting with performers and filmmaking personnel: Fox Film Corporation ( later 20th Century-Fox ), Loew ’ s Incorporated ( owner of America's largest theater circuit and parent company to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ), Paramount Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures, and Warner Bros. Two majors — Universal Pictures and Columbia Pictures — were similarly organized, though they never owned more than small theater circuits.

In his essay Concepts and Craft in Remodernist Film, Richards said that Remodernist film craft " embraces the amateur ", involves the idea of filmmakers " teaching themselves to paint pictures, to try acting in their own movies and those of others ( especially if they are shy ), to be nude models for other artists, to meditate, worship if they are religious, to do things that affect their levels of consciousness, try things that make them nervous or uncomfortable, to go out and be involved in life, to find adventure, to jump in the ocean.

Film adaptations have approached Banquo's character in a variety of ways.

It is one of the largest such festivals in the world, and includes a variety of events such as the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade and Party, Bondi Beach Drag Races, Harbour Party, the academic discussion panel Queer Thinking, Mardi Gras Film Festival, as well as Fair Day, which attracts 70, 000 people to Victoria Park, Sydney.

Film scores encompass an enormous variety of styles of music, depending on the nature of the films they accompany.

Olin College has a variety of clubs and organizations that support the arts, including the Power Chords ( a cappella ), the Franklin W. Olin Players ( FWOP ), Film Club, and the Olin conductorless orchestra.

A variety of concerts, both rock, classical music, and jazz, as well as other cultural events take place each year ; for example, Oulu Music Video Festival – the host of the Air Guitar World Championships and Musixine Music Film Competition – in August, annual rock festival Qstock in July, the Oulu Music Festival in winter, the Oulunsalo Music Festival in summer, The Irish Festival of Oulu in October and the International Children's Film Festival in November.

The city of Durango hosts a variety of museums including Museo Regional de Durango ( Regional Museum of Durango ), Museo Arqueológico de Durango Ganot-Peschard ( Ganot-Peschard Museum of Archaeology ), Museo de Arte Moderno Guillermo Ceniceros ( Guillermo Ceniceros Art Museum ), Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Angel Zárraga ( Angel Zagarra Museum of Contemporary Art ), Museo Temático de Cine " Museo del Cine " ( Thematic Film Museum ), Museo de la Revolución en Durango ( Museum of the Revolution in Durango ), Mueseo de Arte Sacro ( Museum of Sacred Art ) and a museum designed especially for children: El Bebeleche-Museo Interactivo de Durango ( Bebeleche-Interactive Museum Durango ).

New Hartford High School offers a variety of clubs, including its Model United Nations Club, Photography Club, Ecology Club, Masque, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Film Makers Club, and Yearbook Club.

All-girl bands active in vaudeville, variety and in early sound films during the 1920s to the 1950s are documented by Kristin McGee in Some Liked it Hot: Jazz Women in Film and Television.

Regarded as one of the finest actresses in India, Azmi's performances in films in a variety of genres have generally earned her praise and awards, which include a record of five wins of the National Film Award for Best Actress and several international honours.

Film editor Sarah Flack utilizes a variety of unorthodox editing techniques in The Limey.

Film recorders are available for a variety of film types and formats.

It was initially filmed by both Howard A. Anderson and Linwood G. Dunn at Dunn's Film Effects of Hollywood facility, who also re-filmed later more-elaborate models of the ship, generating a variety of stock footage that could be used in later episodes.

Over the following fifteen years, Sjöström returned to acting in the theatre, performed a variety of leading roles in more than a dozen films and worked as director of the Svensk Film Industri company.

Carnival Films has won a wide variety of awards for its work on Television, Film and Stage productions.

Her other variety of roles include: Daag: The Fire ( 1999 ), where she played a nasty prostitute ; in Pyaar Koi Khel Nahin ( 1999 ) she played a widow forced to marry her brother-in-law ; in Dhadkan ( 2000 ) she is a loving friend of a man who is madly in love with another woman ; in Deewane she plays a singer in love with a thief ; in Kurukshetra she plays the stubborn wife of a police officer ; in Lajja she plays a young bride forced to fight dowry ; in Yeh Teraa Ghar Yeh Meraa Ghar ( 2001 ) she plays a stubborn tenant who will not give up her home at any cost ; in Om Jai Jagadish she is the loving homemaker ; in Dil Hai Tumhaara she is the loving sister who would do anything for her sister's happiness ; in Dobara she is the frustrated housewife ; in The Film she is a desperate struggling screenwriter ; in Zameer: The Fire Within she's a paralytic dancer, in Film Star she is an uptight arrogant fading actress ; in Home Delivery: Aapko ... Ghar Tak ( 2005 ) she is an actress who will do anything to get into a big movie ; and in Souten ( 2006 ) she plays a desperate housewife who has an affair with her stepdaughter's boyfriend.

Lars Bom has worked in a variety of roles in Theatre, Film and Television, and won the Best Actor award at the Italian Fantafestival in 1999, for his starring role in the cyberpunk-thriller Skyggen ( 1998 ).

The Iranian Film Industry ( or the Persian Film Industry ) produces a variety of commercial films annually.

CCA also offers a variety of elective classes not traditionally taught in public schools including American Sign Language, Japanese, Film and Society, Anatomy and Physiology, Science and Research Labs, Environmental Science, Stagehand Technology, Music Theater Production, Rock Band, Recording Arts, and Fashion Design.

Collins College students can earn a Bachelor ’ s or Associate's degree in a variety of programs, including Graphic Design, Game Design, Interior Design, Visual Art, and Film and Television Production.

Downsview Park is also home to the Toronto Wildlife Centre, the Downsview Park Film and Television Studios and the Downsview Park Arts Alliance, all of which not only pay rent to assist PDP in meeting its self-financing requirements, but also help to animate the site with a variety of programs and activities, many of which are run in partnership with PDP.

On October 3, 1948, the team were stars of the television debut of the NBC live television variety show Welcome Aboard sponsored by Admiral, manufacturers of TV sets, and were also featured on the second show of October 10, 1948 ( kinescope survives of this live TV broadcast in UCLA Film and Television Archive ).