Tales from the Urban Jungle • BRUTE FORCE (1947) | THE NAKED CITY (1948)
byA double-bill of film noir classics from Arrow Academy on Blu-ray.
1940s
THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS (1949) • THE INVISIBLE MAN vs. THE HUMAN FLY (1957)
byTwo unique Japanese riffs on H.G Wells’ classic character, also indebted to Universal’s iconic film series…
INNER SANCTUM MYSTERIES: The Complete Film Series (1943-45)
byThere are distinct shades of film noir in Universal’s Inner Sanctum series of B Movies, released between 1943-45, particularly in their expressionist photographic style that…
THE WESTERNER (1940)
byJudge Roy Bean, a self-appointed hanging judge, befriends saddle tramp Cole Harden, who opposes Bean’s policy against homesteaders.
THIS GUN FOR HIRE (1942)
byWhen an assassin shoots a blackmailer and his beautiful female companion dead, he’s paid off in marked bills by his treasonous employer who’s working for foreign spies.
THE LADY EVE (1941)
byA trio of classy card sharks targets the socially awkward heir to brewery millions for his money, until one of them falls in love with him.
CRISS CROSS (1949)
byAn armoured truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed.
REBECCA (1940)
byA self-conscious woman juggles adjusting to her new role as an aristocrat’s wife and avoiding being intimidated by his first wife’s spectral presence.
BLACK ANGEL (1946)
byWhen a man is convicted of a singer’s murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent… aided by the victim’s ex-husband.
NOW, VOYAGER (1942)
byA frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
WHITE HEAT (1949)
byA psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist…
KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS (1949)
byA distant poor relative of the Duke of D’Ascoyne plots to inherit the title by murdering the eight other heirs who stand ahead of him in the line of succession.