So many of the #BNoirDetour riffing crew enjoyed the first TV night, I put together a second edition. DECOY First, we'll screen two episodes of Decoy, a series that ran from 1957-1959 (three seasons), starring Beverly Garland as undercover cop Casey... Continue Reading →
Last week, BNoirDetour pushed genre boundaries to invite in a Hitchcock film for our riffing pleasure, The 39 Steps. Since then, a number of #BNoirDetour regulars expressed a desire to live tweet more of the director's work, and Hitchcock aficionado @mikeshayne... Continue Reading →
The #BNoirDetour live tweet for Sunday 4/19 brings together three of film's most rugged individuals: Philip Marlowe Robert Mitchum and @DerMudeTude At 9pm ET, @DerMudeTude guest hosts 1975's Farewell, My Lovely, the second film adaptation of Raymond Chandler's novel of seedy... Continue Reading →
When you're focused on film noir, as this blog is, it's more difficult to find a hero than a villain. It's a greater challenge to find a fully sympathetic character than a reprehensible one. Sadists and sociopaths abound, from ruthless... Continue Reading →
On 4/12, we begin at 7pm ET and go from Classic Noir to Classic Hitchcock! At the request of guest host @lowdudgeon, we're going to screen DOA (1950) again -- for those who missed it and those who can't see it... Continue Reading →
Only the team-up of #bnoirdetour and guest host @kimmiechem2 can offer you Walter Matthau, cop killer, this Easter! The evening begins at 9pm ET with Bugs Bunny in "Racketeer Rabbit" (1946): http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2fbwbt Then our feature at 9:15pm: Gangster Story (1959), hosted... Continue Reading →
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