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10 Film Noir for Beginners

So what is film noir? A French term literally translating to “black film,” historians will tell you film noir was an unofficial cycle of American films released in the 40s and 50s that usually centered around stories involving crime and…

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The Film Canon: Ball of Fire (1941)

Around half a year ago, I watched Funny Face (1957) for the first time. As a fan of Stanley Donen, Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, I expected to love it, but found myself put off by its anti-intellectual point of…