By Peter Hummers
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. Simples!
Wednesday, October 14, 2026
Oct 2
By Peter Hummers
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband. Simples!
Oct 2
Mar 26
By Peter Hummers
The Coen brothers’ ‘hip’ reinvention of film noir, a nod to mystery scribe Raymond Chandler et al., is holding up swell, twenty-eight years on.
Mar 26
Jan 29
By Peter Hummers
Dashiell Hammett’s ‘The Glass Key’ and ‘Red Harvest’ live on in the Coen Brothers’ noir mob movie ‘Miller’s Crossing’
Jan 29
Oct 23
By Peter Hummers
Pinkie’s eyes sparkle and shine like those of a tiger spotting a hapless wildebeest. More, including screenplay, from Graham Greene.
Oct 23
Oct 2
By Peter Hummers Ernest Hemingway hated the films made from his stories. Except for this one, which he loved.
Oct 2
Apr 10
By Peter Hummers
Howard Hawks’ landmark 1932 gangster movie ‘Scarface’ and Brian De Palma’s 1983 remake.
Apr 10
Dec 5
By Peter Hummers
This highly influential 1948 neorealist thriller was shot on location in the streets of New York City.
Dec 5
Nov 14
By Peter Hummers
Poet Kenneth Fearing’s fourth novel “The Big Clock” achieved much popularity and was released as a fine film noir by Paramount in 1948.
Nov 14
Jan 11
By Peter Hummers
Raven the hitman, in the Graham Greene story ‘This Gun for Hire,’ was the part that earned Alan Ladd a place at the table in Hollywood.
Jan 11
May 25
Two detectives murder another. They are the protagonists of this series.
By Peter Hummers
May 25
Nov 24
WHAT TO WATCH ON TV Pete Hummers looks at four cinematic versions of The Great Gatsby. The best “Jay Gatsby” just might be the least known.
Nov 24
Aug 25
WHAT TO WATCH ON TV By Peter Hummers Everybody wants to go to Heaven, but nobody wants to die. "D.O.A." (1950 film) and "Run for Your Life" (1965 TV series)
Aug 25
