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Forum: Movie Reviews 20 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
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Niagara was my #23 (or #22 if we bump everything up one from my #3 being ineligible). I mean, it's a noir, with a man kind of disintegrating from his experience in the war.

Another Nicholas Ray...
Forum: Movie Reviews 20 hours ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
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It looks like Lost Highway ended up at as my #3. How and where Lynch movies ended up on my ballot was a weird balance of how much I liked them, how noir I felt they were, and I guess because of one I...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
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The Naked City (1948) - #20 on my ballot. I'll be honest, it's been a while since I've seen it and my memory is beyond spotty on it (true of many a movie I have watched at this point). But it stuck...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
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Catching up:
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - I seriously contemplated this movie for my ballot but couldn't decide if I felt it was a neo-noir or just a crime/drama. For whatever reason, I decided...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago
Replies: 32
I don't know how to hate films
Posted By Little Ash
Basically, yeah, this. Despite hearing the term...

Basically, yeah, this. Despite hearing the term Brakhian, I've never sought out a Brakhage film (not that they look readily available). I know there are experimental films, especially short films...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 1 day ago
Replies: 5
Evil Does Not Exist - Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Posted By Little Ash
Oh, I saw this back in the fall while it was part...

Oh, I saw this back in the fall while it was part of the film festival circuit. I guess that's one reason why I didn't really hear anyone putting it on their best of '23 films list (also, a crowded...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 days ago
Replies: 32
I don't know how to hate films
Posted By Little Ash
I'm jumping into this conversation late, but am...

I'm jumping into this conversation late, but am wondering if people apply the "pure" label to literary mediums. I'm not well read enough to encounter the use of such terms there or have many examples...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
I must have seen it listed as a thriller, and...

I must have seen it listed as a thriller, and since it was from the 70s, cataloged it as must be a political thriller.


Anyhow, I watched it. It's pretty good. I can see why crumbs loves it. A...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
To Have or Have Not - I have not seen this, but...

To Have or Have Not - I have not seen this, but I also haven't seen a Howard Hawks film that I love (at least that I recall) despite loving some of Carpenter's films that are showing his love of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
If you look at my political thrillers blindspots,...

If you look at my political thrillers blindspots, it's kind of wild. It's like like I haven't watched any of the big ones:


The Parallax View, Three Days of the Condor, Marathon Man, The Day of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Gone Baby Gone - My mind initially thought this...

Gone Baby Gone - My mind initially thought this was Gone Girl when I read the title and wondered how that would be considered neo-noirs. I have seen neither of the "Gone" movies (unrelated) I just...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 738
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
There was a Twilight Zone episode called The...

There was a Twilight Zone episode called The Hitch-Hiker* thought I thought The Hitcher was a remake of, and seemed to be going in that direction, but then didn't do the reveal at the end, so maybe...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 738
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
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Drunken Angel - I've seen this, but I'm not a big fan of Kurosawa films.

The Phantom Lady - I've seen this, but don't remember it now. It does have Elisha Cook Jr. in it, so it's got something...
Forum: Movie Reviews 5 days ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Fatal Attraction - While there's an overlap...

Fatal Attraction - While there's an overlap between erotic thrillers and neo-noir, I wouldn't consider part of the overlap. But that might just be my current mental template. It is interesting...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
I wonder if this is going to be the list that has...

I wonder if this is going to be the list that has the lowest "I've seen that movie" stats. Not that my history with these lists go back that far.

And I'm pretty sure I'm currently at 3.
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
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The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
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Two off my ballot!

#7) Branded to Kill
#13) Point Blank

Is Branded to Kill my favorite Suzuki? No, but I do like it a lot. And I think it is definitely his most noir movie. It has a somber,...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
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I remember liking the original Cape Fear, but would need a rewatch. And given the number of other neo-noir films I like (though struggled to remember their existence), I intuitively suspected it...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Well, even the parts that it didn't fully...

Well, even the parts that it didn't fully explain, the whole dog killer thing and everything with dogs. Clearly the protagonist was responsible for the death of his ex-girlfriend's dog. So, it's not...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 738
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
The Blue Dahlia - a movie that was on my general...

The Blue Dahlia - a movie that was on my general watchlist, so I bumped it for this countdown. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't top 25 material (basically see similar comments I had for This Gun for Hire).
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 34
Horror comedies that are genuinely scary
Posted By Little Ash
That extended intro with them talking about...

That extended intro with them talking about putting cabinets to a hard cut to the title with a metal soundtrack is he movie announcing itself as a horror-comedy. Unlike some of the other horror...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
I liked Manhunter, but I don't think it was more...

I liked Manhunter, but I don't think it was more than possibly a fleeting consideration for my ballot, nor was any Michael Mann. But Michael Mann crime dramas did mentally land on the side of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
Possibly. Under the Silver Lake was #23 on my...

Possibly. Under the Silver Lake was #23 on my ballot. It's only one of the two films from after 2010 to make it. But I also wasn't working off of a list of movies from a movie site for me to make...
Forum: Movie Reviews 1 week ago
Replies: 738
The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
This Gun for Hire was in consideration for my...

This Gun for Hire was in consideration for my ballot, but was more liked than loved. I remember the overall story not really grabbing me and you're mostly there for Ladd and Lake (minus her song and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
Replies: 236
Introducing non-cinephiles to film
Posted By Little Ash
Without reverse Google image searching (to see...

Without reverse Google image searching (to see how bad my memory is from a film I watched from only about a year ago)...
Heroic Purgatory?

(I'm definitely recognizing some from one of the Yoshida...
Forum: Movie Reviews 2 weeks ago
Replies: 845
The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown
Posted By Little Ash
I can't recall if I weighed in on Shallow Grave...

I can't recall if I weighed in on Shallow Grave and Talented Mr. Ripley.


Shallow Grave - I think I thought of that as more of a dark comedy, partly because of my mentality when it came out....