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‘Crime of Passion’ quick hit
Crime of Passion/1957/United Artists/84 min. Career women really got under the skin of 1950s America. For proof, take a look at Barbara Stanwyck in “Crime of Passion,” where she is the ’50s equivalent...
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‘Crime of Passion’ a burst of Stanwyck brilliance
Today is Barbara Stanwyck’s birthday! Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – Jan. 20, 1990) ranks as one of film noir’s most important actresses, having played perhaps the greatest femme fatale of all, Phyllis...
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Stanwyck makes implausible seem inevitable in ‘No Man’
By Michael Wilmington No Man of Her Own/1950/Paramount Pictures/98 min. The first of three wildly divergent movie versions of Cornell Woolrich’s novel “I Married a Dead Man,” this bizarre blend of...
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The Noir File: Hawks, Hemingway, Bogie and Bacall Have it
By Michael Wilmington A noir-lover’s guide to classic film noir on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The times are Pacific Standard (listed first) and Eastern Standard. Saturday, July 21 Bogie and Bacall...
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The Noir File: Monroe, Welles, Heflin and more
By Michael Wilmington A noir-lover’s guide to classic film noir on cable TV. All the movies listed below are from the current schedule of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), which broadcasts them uncut and...
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The Noir File: John Ford’s ‘The Informer’ is a great precursor
By Michael Wilmington & Film Noir Blonde The Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on cable TV. All movies below are from the schedule of Turner Classic Movies (TCM),...
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The Noir File: All noir, all day, with Stanwyck and Mitchum
Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell star in “His Kind of Woman.” By Michael Wilmington & Film Noir Blonde The Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on cable TV. All...
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The Noir File: Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray star in the all-time great...
By Michael Wilmington & Film Noir Blonde The Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir, sort of noir and pre-noir on cable TV. All movies below are from the schedule of Turner Classic...
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Happy b’day, Babs! FNB joins Barbara Stanwyck Blogathon
Very few actresses truly deserve accolades like stellar, peerless, magnificent and amazing. Barbara Stanwyck, who had a stage, film and TV career spanning more than 50 years, is surely one of that...
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Stanwyck and Colbert kick off new DVD line from TCM
Barbara Stanwyck and Claudette Colbert are the featured stars in TCM Showcase, a new line of DVD sets, launched today by TCM and Universal Studios Home Entertainment. TCM Showcase: Barbara Stanwyck...
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Film noir greats ‘Shadow of a Doubt,’ In a Lonely Place,’ Double Indemnity’...
By Film Noir Blonde and Michael Wilmington “Shadow of a Doubt” (1943, Alfred Hitchcock) is the 1 p.m. matinee Tuesday, Feb. 4, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). A bright and beautiful...
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Stanwyck a fashion victim? Heck yeah, look at the wig
Very few actresses truly deserve accolades like stellar, peerless, magnificent and amazing. Barbara Stanwyck, who had a stage, film and TV career spanning more than 50 years, is surely one of that...
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On Valentine’s Day: 14 reasons we love ‘Double Indemnity’
Yes, we’re still gushing about “Double Indemnity,” the film noir classic from 1944. Deal with it. Oh, and happy Valentine‘s weekend, btw! Billy Wilder‘s great prototype film noir turns 70 this year...
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FNB tributes to ‘Double Indemnity’ continue: Look on twitter
In honor of the 70th anniversary of “Double Indemnity,” we at FNB are hosting intermittent tributes. On Valentine’s Day, we compiled a list of 14 reasons we adore the flick. Yesterday, we started...
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The Intriguante—Women of Intrigue in Film Noir series starts Thursday at the...
If you’re feeling slightly sluggish after a whirlwind of holiday activity, remember that watching a feisty femme fatale on the big screen might be just what you need to feel newly energized and...
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Skirball Cultural Center shows ‘The File on Thelma Jordon’ starring the...
The Intriguante—Women of Intrigue in Film Noir series at the Skirball Cultural Center continues at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, with a movie starring the grande dame of film noir: Barbara Stanwyck. Thelma...
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‘Thelma Jordon’ shows Stanwyck at near her bad-best
The File on Thelma Jordon/1950/Paramount Pictures/100 min. By Michael Wilmington “The File on Thelma Jordon” plays at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, at the Skirball Cultural Center, the final film in The...
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Top reasons we love ‘Double Indemnity’
Yes, we’re still gushing about “Double Indemnity,” the film noir classic from 1944. And why not? It can still draw an audience, after all. ArcLight and the Skirball Cultural Center are showing “Double...
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Film Noir File: TCM’s badass binge continues with darkside divas Barbara...
By Film Noir Blonde and Mike Wilmington The Film Noir File is FNB’s guide to classic film noir, neo-noir and pre-noir on Turner Classic Movies (TCM). The times are Eastern Standard and (Pacific...
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‘Double Indemnity’ plays nationwide on the big screen
Cissy Chandler (1870-1954) was married to Raymond Chandler for 30 years. Just this morning, I finished reading “The Long Embrace: Raymond Chandler and the Woman He Loved” (Pantheon Books, 2007) by...
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