Both Edward G. Robinson and Dame Judith Anderson are on the list of The American Film Institute’s all-time best villains. They play a brother and sister who live on a […]
Terry Meehan Film Series- Film Noir in the Forties: Hollywood After Dark
Film Noir (French for "black film") emerged as a cinematic style in the 1940s, partly as a result of war-time angst and partly because filmmakers wanted to take their cameras into the streets where existential anti-heroes and scheming femme fatales lurked in the shadows. But what exactly is Film Noir? To bring us closer to a definition, five classic films noir will be screened and studied: The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, The Killers, Scarlet Street and Gun Crazy. Terry Meehan introduces each film with an original video followed by audience reaction and a lively discussion.
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
A socialite from Boston (Gene Tierney) meets a prominent novelist (Cornel Wilde) on a train heading for New Mexico. They get married and spend lots of time in the sunny […]
Gun Crazy (1949)
Army marksman Bart Tare (John Dall) has loved guns since childhood. When he and his pals attend a carnival sideshow, Bart meets sharpshooting blonde Annie Laurie Starr (Peggy Cummins). It’s […]
Scarlet Street (1945)
Middle-aged store cashier Christopher Cross (Edward G. Robinson) is walking home through Greenwich Village after being celebrated by his employer for 25 years of service. They gave him a gold […]
The Killers (1946)
With a pace that quickens as tension mounts, the cast are after one thing: a jewel-encrusted statuette, “the stuff that dreams are made of.”
Double Indemnity (1944)
With a pace that quickens as tension mounts, the cast are after one thing: a jewel-encrusted statuette, “the stuff that dreams are made of.”
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
With a pace that quickens as tension mounts, the cast are after one thing: a jewel-encrusted statuette, “the stuff that dreams are made of.”