Blonde Baddies: The devil is alive and wrapped around Barbara Stanwyck’s ankle
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
And after watching a few Stanwyck noirs, I fully believe that if the devil was real, he’d fall for her too
Ryan’s Top 15 Discoveries of 2023
by Ryan Silberstein, Managing Editor, Red Herring
This is my favorite list to put together every year. I watched a ton of “new to me” movies this year, and so many of them brought me joy that it was hard to even narrow down to just 15,
MovieJawn Sound and Vision Poll: Emily Maesar’s Ballot
by Emily Maesar, Associate Editor, TVJawn
Welcome to MovieJawn’s first ever Sound & Vision Poll, where our writers share why they love their 10 favorite movies of all time!
MovieJawn Sound and Vision Poll: Stacey Osbeck's Ballot
by Stacey Osbeck, Staff Writer
Welcome to MovieJawn’s first ever Sound & Vision Poll, where our writers share why they love their 10 favorite movies of all time!
How I began watching classic film noir: 8 films to watch through Venetian blinds
by Sam Morris, Staff Writer
All of these films explore the choices that men and women make when their backs are up against the wall as well as the societal forces that forced them against that wall in the first place.
Happy Birthday, Directors! June Edition
Welcome to June and happy summer weather times! If warmer weather just isn't your thing, kick off your shoes and relax your feet, party on down with the films of these directors, just kickin' it.
Read MoreThe Lost Weekend
Directed by Billy Wilder (1945)
by Shane Collis
"At night this stuff's a drink, in the morning it's medicine." - Don Birnam
From the first strains of Miklós Rózsa's score, it is obvious that the film we are about to see is no comedy. Directed by the great Billy Wilder, following his archetypal film noir masterpiece Double Indemnity. Based on the novel by Charles Jackson, The Lost Weekend offers little in the way of comic relief as it charts a debauched four days in the life of aspiring New York writer Don Birnam (a superb Ray Milland).
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