They Live By Night

Aroview: Nicholas Ray's terrific, heartfelt tragi-noir fluctuates between high tension and sweet romance, underpinning the fate of criminal lovers Keechie and Bowie with poignancy and despair. See Robert Altman's THIEVES LIKE US for a latter adaptation of Edward Anderson's novel.

Also on the double-bill: SIDE STREET, Anthony Mann's minor classic about the knotty predicament of an opportunist whose loot attracts the attention of both cops and crooks. Farley Granger is again paired with the adorable Cathy O'Donnell.

NZ International Film Festival 2006