A seedy bar. A phantom encounter. A dead wife. A husband wrongly convicted of her murder.
How far will one woman go to save the man she loves from the Electric Chair?
Today, we review one of the most striking movie masterpieces in the long-awaited return of the Film Noirchives — Phantom Lady, released by Universal Pictures in 1944, directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Franchot Tone, Ella Raines and Alan Curtis. Here’s more from RazorFist.
His name is Dossier. Steele Dossier. And he’s on the case trying to figure out if the dame that just waltzed in is a dame after all. More from The Babylon Bee.
To celebrate a Decade of Rage, Razör’s favorite film of all time finally gets the Noirchives treatment: Film Noir and Sci-Fi collide, creating an example of the best of both.
But is it truly Noir? And how did on-set struggles and behind-the-scenes conflict inform this apocalyptic masterpiece?
We need the old Blade Runner. We need the magic. More from Razorfist.
Ronnie Montrose’s blistering guitar work replaces Gene Pitney’s soulful vocals in this instrumental version of “Town Without Pity,” accompanied by a collage of iconic film noir images. H/T Ed Driscoll
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