Every other week we are putting together an article with our favorite movies by decade. This week we’re neck deep in the Film Noir flicks of the 1940s. The movies on this list aren’t just favorites of ours, they’ve been very influential in our storytelling. I say influential to us because these movies were an… Continue reading American Pulps Favorite Movies By Decade: 1940s
Tag: The Third Man
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
Orson Welles, Fritz Lang and the Art of Cinematography and Film Editing (as well as the recipe to Fritz’s Blue Martini)
I was going to write an article about how influential Orson Welles and Fritz Lang were for us and many other people in our industry and then the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences went and pissed a lot of people off with their decision to present the awards for makeup and hairstyling, live-action… Continue reading Orson Welles, Fritz Lang and the Art of Cinematography and Film Editing (as well as the recipe to Fritz’s Blue Martini)