If you follow us on social media (especially during #Noirvember), it’s no secret, we love Film Noir. Why? Well, we wrote about that, but the TL;DR version—we love an underdog. And that’s what Film Noir was in a nutshell. It was usually a small-budget movie from a B Studio. The reason they “painted with light,”… Continue reading From The Shadows: Underrated Actors Of Film Noir
Tag: The Big Sleep
Why We Love Film Noir
I once made the acquaintance of a man who told me he never watched a movie that was made before 1977 (because Star Wars debuted in ‘77). This shithead went to film school and he just wrote off everything made during the Golden Age of Hollywood. There’s a word that describes that kind of person,… Continue reading Why We Love Film Noir
Drink Like A Character: Champagne Cocktail Recipe – The Big Sleep (1939)
Now I know that’s not a scene from The Big Sleep but it’s one of my favorites from The Godfather Part II and he mentions champagne cocktails so there ya go. Chandler liked his Gimlet’s but Marlowe’s client General Sternwood reminiscences of his champagne cocktails while in a hot house wearing a wool blanket in… Continue reading Drink Like A Character: Champagne Cocktail Recipe – The Big Sleep (1939)