Tag: Noir

  • Yakuza Graveyard – Film Review Fridays

    Yakuza Graveyard – Film Review Fridays

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    Mason Horsley
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    There’s something about the Noir genre that always entices. Perhaps it’s the romanticisation of cold, silent gentlemen who aren’t afraid to play dirty (who, in any other situation would be treated as thugs or creeps). Perhaps it’s the more pessimistic look, displaying the world around us as one of sin and parasitic pleasure. Or maybe…

  • Blue Velvet – Film Review Fridays

    Blue Velvet – Film Review Fridays

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    Mason Horsley
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    A P.I. walks down a dark, smoky alley, taking a shortcut on the way to a seedy speakeasy. As he walks down, raindrops from this morning’s monsoon fall to the black cobblestone path. The only light coming from the P.I.’s $10 cigarette which he sparks under his ruffled fedora. He takes one inhale, releases it…