Noir

Tequila Sunrise

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  • Title: Tequila Sunrise
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Written and directed by Robert Towne, 1988’s neo-noir Tequila Sunrise gives us a love triangle between longtime friends in a former drug dealer (Mel Gibson) attempting to go straight, a narcotics cop (Kurt Russell) who fears busting his friend, and restaurant owner (Michelle Pfeiffer) who both fall for. Never quite willing to get bleak or tragic enough to enter true noir territory (partly due to studio interference), the film still makes the most of its stars (even if if this one wouldn’t rank among the best on any of their filmographies).

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Yojimbo

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  • Title: Yojimbo
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Akira Kurosawa knew how to tell stories that last. The simple story of a ronin (Toshirō Mifune) wandering into a small town and causing chaos to solve a larger problem has been remade, adapted, and inspired dozens (if not hundreds) of projects over the years from spaghetti westerns to samurai science fiction. My favorite, however, has always been Stan Sakai‘s Usagi Yojimbo which owes much to Kurosawa’s tale.

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Spider-Noir – Step Into My Office

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  • Title: Spider-Noir – Step Into My Office
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Distinctly different than the original comic character or the character shown in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (also voiced by Cage), the opening episode of Amazon Prime’s Spider-Noir series introduces Private Detective Ben Reilly (Nicolas Cage) as a former super-hero turned struggling gumshoe just trying to make a living in the big city which is still reeling from the Great Depression and machinations of crime lord Silvermane (Brendan Gleeson).

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Last Moment of Clarity

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  • Title: Last Moment of Clarity
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2020’s Last Moment of Clarity is a failed attempt at a neo-noir thriller from writer/directors James and Colin Krisel that eventually limps to the finish line after failing to hit its mark. The film is far more notable for the amount of skin shown by Samara Weaving than anything having to do with the film’s plot or its performances that otherwise would feel right at home as throwaway TV-movie of the week.

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