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5 days ago · 1: The Big Project. This is a big post about a big subject: the film noir of the 1940s and 1950s, also the “neo-noir” revival of the following decades. The project in question was my attempt to watch all the films listed in a comprehensive study of the form, Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, which was published in ...
5 days ago · “Big” is an apposite term; many of these films involve big characters, big passions, big crimes and big predicaments, the latter invariably matters of life or death. The word “big” turns up in a number of noir titles, thanks no doubt to Raymond Chandler’s first Philip Marlowe novel, The Big Sleep .
4 days ago · Maureen O'Sullivan has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Maureen O'Sullivan movie of all time is. If you and a friend are arguing about this then use this list of the most entertaining Maureen O'Sullivan films to end the squabble once and for all.
1 day ago · The Beekeeper. R. Action. Thriller. In The Beekeeper, one man's brutal campaign for vengeance takes on national stakes after he is revealed to be a former operative of a powerful and clandestine ...
5 days ago · The new JILA clock uses a web of light known as an “ optical lattice ” to trap and measure tens of thousands of individual atoms simultaneously. Having such a large ensemble provides a huge advantage in precision. The more atoms measured, the more data the clock has for yielding a precise measurement of the second.
5 days ago · A poster for John Farrow's 1948 drama 'The Big Clock' starring Ray Milland. Get premium, high resolution news photos at Getty Images
1 day ago · Hurricane Beryl, now a Category 2 storm, is headed towards Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula after hammering several Caribbean islands, including Jamaica. Follow live news updates.
