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Subgenre Sampler

 
Enforcer, TheEnforcer, The (1976)
Dir. James Fargo
Feat. Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Bradford Dillman
For sheer hokey excitement, Clint's third outing as Dirty Harry is worth a revisit.
Farewell, My LovelyFarewell, My Lovely (1975)
Dir. Dick Richards
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland
With a nailbitten Robert Mitchum as a weathered Marlowe, this complex Raymond Chandler story is an impressive homage to '40s film noirs.
ChinatownChinatown (1974) Aro Favourite
Dir. Roman Polanski
Feat. Jack Nicholson, Roman Polanski, John Huston
Classic detective thriller in the Hammett–Chandler tradition, with Jack Nicholson as P.I. Jake Gittes, whose simple case leads to murder and…
Long Goodbye, TheLong Goodbye, The (1973) Recommended
Dir. Robert Altman
Feat. Elliott Gould, Sterling Hayden, Nina Van Pallandt
Elliot Gould portrays a '70s Philip Marlowe, a wildly unkempt version of Chandler's legendary detective. Altman's film noir pastiche is equally…
Cercle Rouge, LeCercle Rouge, Le (The Red Circle) (1970)
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon, Gian Maria Volonte, Yves Montand
A precisely–crafted colour 'noir' from the French master, dir. Melville, which rejigs the usual ingredients into an exemplary heist…
Boucher, LeBoucher, Le (The Butcher) (1969) Recommended
Dir. Claude Chabrol
Feat. Stephane Audran, Jean Yanne
Psychological thriller probes the perhaps dangerous liaison between a celibate school–teacher and a murder suspect, the local butcher. Rich in…
Le SamouraiLe Samourai (The Samurai) (1967) Aro Favourite
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Alain Delon
Alain Delon plays an ultra–cool assassin whose flawless disposition is impenetrable to the Gendarmerie but not to a sexy key witness. Steely…
AlphavilleAlphaville (1965)
Dir. Jean-Luc Godard
Feat. Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff
A private eye is sent to a futuristic city run by a computer to rescue a trapped scientist. Amalgam of film noir and science fiction illustrates the…
Doulos, LeDoulos, Le (The Finger Man) (1963) Recommended
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Feat. Jean-Paul Belmondo, Serge Reggiani
Eschewing the French New Wave movement in favour of homage to the then ‘passe’ genre of film noir, dir. Jean–Pierre Melville adds shades of…
High and LowHigh and Low (1963) Aro Favourite
Dir. Akira Kurosawa
Feat. Toshiro Mifune
Adapted from a crime–novel by Ed McBain, this kidnapping–thriller is a central work in dir. Kurosawa’s series of film noirs, combining…

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