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Marlowe is a 2022 neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Neil Jordan, who co-wrote the screenplay with William Monahan. Based on the 2014 novel The Black-Eyed Blonde by John Banville, writing under the pen name Benjamin Black, the film stars Liam Neeson as private detective Philip Marlowe, a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler, and features Diane Kruger, Jessica Lange, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Alan…
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Certain films achieve notoriety for reasons that defy conventional acclaim. Such is the case with *Marlowe* (1969), a middling crime caper directed by Paul Bogart, which has secured its footnote in cinematic history not through artistic merit, but via an incidental detail its creators likely dismissed as trivial: the presence of Bruce Lee in a minor, racially caricatured role. This otherwise forgettable entry in the…More
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Image I must say that I came to see "Marlowe" with great expectations, as I am a self-confessed admirer of classic 40s film noir. And from the very first frame I knew that Neil Armstrong had understood perfectly what makes this genre great. Seeing Los Angeles bathed in the darkness of Raymond Chandler again, with that characteristic aesthetic of shadows and chiaroscuro, took me straight back to the golden age…More
Image edited with Canva Old police mystery movies have always been to my taste. From interesting plots like "The Big Sleep (1946)", to the gloomy catacombs of "The Big Sleep (1978)" and "The Black Dahlia (2006)". These films have always stood out for showing an elegant world, full of fortune and beautiful people, but behind that panorama, there is a prevailing corruption that controls every aspect of society. In thi…More
Every so often Hollywood feels the need to throw out some attempt at a genre that has long passed. These films are often bait that attempt to pull people in with an established style of filmmaking but riddled with relatively famous, large name actors that will ensure the elderly with their wallets come flocking for ticket sales. Often enough, these films are riddled with issues that make them incredibly weak experie…More