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Subgenre Sampler
Black Dahlia, The (2006)- Dir. Brian De Palma
Feat. Josh Hartnett, Scarlett Johansson, Hilary Swank… - Seething with atmosphere, this noir crime–drama (based on James Ellroy's novel) presents a complicated case of the unsolved Hollywood murder of…
Good German, The (2006)- Dir. Steven Soderbergh
Feat. George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire - Dir. Steven Soderbergh takes another extravagant artistic punt with this meticulous pastiche of 1940's war stories, shot not only in…
Hollywoodland (2006)- Dir. Allen Coulter
Feat. Adrien Brody, Diane Lane, Ben Affleck… - The intriguing, mysterious circumstances surrounding George ‘Superman’ Reeves’ suicide are exhumed by a private eye (Adrien Brody) in this…
Lonely Hearts (2006)- Dir. Todd Robinson
Feat. John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Jared Leto… - The true tale of 1940s “lonely hearts killers”, Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez who would lure war widows through personal ads and…
13 Tzameti (2005)
- Dir. Géla Babluani
Feat. Aurelien Recoing, Georges Babluani - Coolly disturbing noir thriller tracks the fate of a struggling immigrant labourer who intercepts a package with instructions that lead him into a…
A History of Violence (2005)- Dir. David Cronenberg
Feat. Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris… - An incisive take on the noir thriller from celebrated horror auteur David Cronenberg (EXISTENZ et al), in which a smalltown family man (Mortensen) is…
Brick (2005)- Dir. Rian Johnson
Feat. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lukas Haas, Emilie de Ravin… - Precocious neo–noir set amid the student body of a Californian high school with a bespectacled lad (Gordon–Levitt) taking a 'Sam Spade'…
Quo Vadis, Baby? (2005)- Dir. Gabriele Salvatores
Feat. Angela Baraldi - Oscar–winning–director Gabriele Salvatore's haughty thriller depicting a desperate private investigator who decides to re–examine…
Confidence (2002)- Dir. James Foley
Feat. Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia… - In order to extricate himself from his last botched con, grifter Ed Burns enacts a monster scam against a crooked banker for mobster Dustin…
Deep End, The (2001)- Dir. Scott McGehee, David Siegel
Feat. Tilda Swinton - Immaculate remake of Max Ophuls’ ‘The Reckless Moment’ follows the original closely but scores bonus points from Tilda Swinton’s taut…
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