‘Mulholland Dr.’ takes us through shiny dreams and devastating nightmares
Mulholland Dr./2001/Universal, Studio Canal/145 min. Let’s face it, reality sucks. So, on second thought, let’s not face it. David Lynch Instead, pluck an image from your fantasy du jour, then jump...
View Article‘Blue Velvet’ quick hit
Blue Velvet/1986/MGM/120 min. Baseball, apple pie and Chevrolet. Gangsters, stray body parts and sadism. Writer/director David Lynch takes us on a journey to the seedy side of small-town America. Laura...
View ArticleSuspenseful, subversive ‘Blue Velvet’ continues to beguile
Blue Velvet/1986/MGM/120 min. David Lynch In “Blue Velvet,” writer/director David Lynch dazzles and disturbs us as he probes the evil beneath the surface of sunny small-town Americana. Twenty-five...
View ArticleFilm noir gifts for the holidays: Books
Last week, I was beauty-product happy. This week, it’s all about pages. Here are my book-buying suggestions and descriptions from their sellers/review highlights. “Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark” by...
View ArticleOn the radar: Revel in noir at the Aero, Egyptian and Lacma
There’s so much to see on the big screen this month in Los Angeles. See you at the movies! # AT THE AERO THEATRE 1328 Montana Ave., Santa Monica; shows start at 7:30 p.m. # Saturday, March 3: A sneak...
View Article‘The Woman in the Fifth’ is a mystery thriller in disguise
The Woman in the Fifth/2011/ATO Pictures/83 min. A hypnotic story set in Paris. A creeping sense of dread, hints of dark memories and damaging secrets about to unfold. Dream imagery and sleight-of-hand...
View ArticleFNB holiday gift guide 2012: Part One
The sharing and caring of the season is swell, but some of us get joy from coveting stuff. With that in mind, we present part one of our holiday gift guide, highlighting vanity-table delights as well...
View ArticleOn the radar: photo l.a. show returns to Santa Monica, Lynch and Sirk films...
© Julius Shulman, Case study number 22, Playboy Image, C-print, 1960, Courtesy of Be-hold Focus on style: photo l.a., now in its 22nd year, opens Thursday, Jan. 17, at the Santa Monica Civic...
View ArticleSusan Andrews to introduce ‘Laura’ at the Egyptian Theatre
The delightful, urbane and unapologetically posh film noir “Laura” (1944, Otto Preminger) screens at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. Here’s a quick synopsis from the...
View Article‘Partly Fiction’ is fully compelling, beautifully shot
Partly Fiction/2013/Adopt Films/77 min. At 87 years old, Harry Dean Stanton is just as interesting to watch as he was 50 years ago, when he first started appearing on movie screens. Perhaps that’s...
View Article‘Laura’ and ‘Blue Velvet’ to screen at the Egyptian Theatre
The delightful, urbane and unapologetically posh film noir “Laura” (1944, Otto Preminger) screens tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, part of the American Cinematheque. “Laura”...
View ArticleSkirball Cultural Center’s The Noir Effect exhibition explores the...
ROUSE & JONES, Dead End, 2009, courtesy of the artists. Pick up a glossy magazine and there’s a good chance you’ll see a fashion layout or an advertisement featuring a mysterious, glamorous woman,...
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