So what is film noir? A French term literally translating to “black film,” historians will tell you film noir was an unofficial cycle of American films released in the 40s and 50s that usually centered around stories involving crime and…
Out of the Past: “The Asphalt Jungle” (1950)
The Asphalt Jungle is filled with clichés: a criminal with a moral code, a double crossing millionaire with a blonde bombshell mistress, a crooked cop, and a heist that goes wrong. In the hand’s of another director, all of this would…
The Film Canon: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, based on the Truman Capote short story of the same name, stars Audrey Hepburn in one of her most prolific roles as Holly Golightly, a flirty, ditzy socialite. (With an iconic black dress!) She is accompanied by a…
Women in Film Wednesday: All About Eve (1950)
Hello and welcome to Ally’s hastily slapped together version of Women in Film Wednesday. Why, might you ask, is it slapped together? Well, as it would happen, I forgot my days of the week and Wednesday came and went and…