The Happytime Murders (2018)
Bill Barretta voices the top puppet character known as disgraced burnout Los Angeles-based private investigator Phil Phillips, who has to get to the bottom of a series of murders among the stars of a...
Tagged: noir
Cape Fear (1991)
Martin Scorsese’s lucrative follow-up to Goodfellas sees the director in more of an experimental mood, and the result is intriguing, beguiling and frustrating at the same time. It’s a remake of a noir-ish 1962 thriller starring...
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Based on James Ellroy’s novel, LA Confidential is a modern noirish tale of how police corruption and the flourishing of organized crime go hand in hand, as well as how public decisions are dictated by public...
Red Rock West (1993)
Red Rock West is an early modern-noir from one of the premiere directors in that small genre, John Dahl. It marks his second effort, coming four years after the impressive debut in the equally twisty...
Final Analysis (1992)
A psychiatrist (Gere, Pretty Woman) begins a romance with the sister (Basinger, Batman) of one of his patients (Thurman, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen), although later finding out she’s married to a powerful gangster-type (Roberts, Runaway Train). His...
U Turn (1997)
I’m beginning to think Oliver Stone (W., World Trade Center) took a fierce tumble down a flight of steps that affected his head in some way. Here he employs the same short-attention span style of...
After Dark, My Sweet (1990)
After Dark My Sweet is a hidden gem of a film that most people probably overlooked 1,000 times in the video store, next time you’re there and have gone over the new releases shelves for...
The Grifters (1990)
An older woman (Huston, Crimes and Misdemeanors) works for a powerful bookie, a younger woman (Bening, The American President) seduces her way through life, while a young man (Cusack, Say Anything) uses sleight of hand to nickel and dime a...
Body Heat (1981)
During a blistering heatwave, a small town Florida lawyer (Hurt, Broadcast News) picks up a well-to-do married woman (Turner, The Man with Two Brains) and begins a scorching affair hotter than the weather around them. Things get hotter...
Against All Odds (1984)
A down and out football player (Bridges) gets waived by his team, and financial troubles forced him to accept a deal from a powerful bookie (Woods) to find his lost girlfriend (Ward) hiding out somewhere in...