5 Facts about Who Framed Roger Rabbit Making its Existence Baffling 30 Years Later

Who Framed Roger Rabbit was released 30 years ago today and despite the major innovations that have emerged since it remains an achievement without equal. Leaping over business, technological and creative hurdles that had been up until that point had…

Movie Review: Sweet Virginia

It’s easy to see why the dark and shadowy world of film noir remains an attractive avenue for filmmaking. Exploring a world filled with sex, sin and the possibility of redemption shows us at our best and our worst. Based…

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…

Out of the Past: “Klute” (1971)

Someone is watching you—you don’t know where the stalker is hidden, but eyes are watching your every movement. Klute delves into your primal fears. It taps into the fear that someone is watching you when the lights are out and…

“Out of the Past” Series Introduction

If you were, per chance, to walk down the corridors of your mind you’d find pleasant memories of your youth and family get-togethers, but eventually the wrong turn would be made and you would end up in the darkest recesses…