Archive for category: Anthony Mann

Reign of Terror and The Yankee Clipper – DVDs for the week

13 April, 2009 (18:09) | Anthony Mann, DVD, Film Noir, Silent Cinema, by Sean Axmaker | By: Sean Axmaker

Reign of Terror (aka The Black Book)
Anthony Mann’s Reign of Terror (1949) has my vote for the most unique film noir ever made. All the hallmarks of great film noir – scheming and backstabbing characters, hard-boiled dialogue, narrow urban streets and dark alleys wet with rain and crowded with disreputable figures, and [...]