A very well-done neo-noir that deals with issues the original film noirs mostly ignored. Denzel Washington plays the detective in over his head.
Category Archives: Mystery
CHINATOWN (1974)
The definitive neo-noir, a movie I love, now inextricably linked with the crimes of its director.
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)
Sidney Poitier has to solve a murder in a small southern town that hates him. A great social movie but kind of a blah procedural.
VERTIGO (1958)
Perhaps Hitchcock’s weirdest, most dream-like film, it makes no sense, but it also might be perfect.
THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)
A movie that launched legendary careers and an entire classic genre of film, and is also pretty fun in its own right.
