Archive for tag: Gumshoe

Son of Noir

21 February, 2011 (08:48) | by Richard T. Jameson, Essays, Film Noir, Robert Altman, Roman Polanski | By: Richard T. Jameson

[Originally published in Film Comment Vol. 10 No. 6, November-December 1974] It’s a good idea to recall periodically no director at, say, RKO in the Forties ever passed a colleague on the lot and called, “Hey, baby, I hear they’re giving you a film noir to do next.” The term was a critical response, on [...]

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Ten DVD Releases That Made 2009 Great

26 December, 2009 (07:30) | by Sean Axmaker, DVD | By: Sean Axmaker

I’ve done my “Best of 2009 on DVD and Blu-ray” list for MSN, which features the usual mix of films old and new and packages creative, lavish and otherwise really, really cool. Here I’d like to do something a little different. This isn’t about the greatest transfers, the most splendiferous supplements, the coolest commentaries, the [...]

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“Gumshoe,” “Five,” “Our Man in Havana” and Martini Movies – DVDs for the Week 2/3/09

2 February, 2009 (20:18) | by Sean Axmaker, DVD, Film Reviews | By: Sean Axmaker

What exactly is a “Martini Movie”? Sony hasn’t really explained the meaning behind the moniker it’s used to brand a collection of otherwise unrelated films from the Columbia Pictures catalogue. But based on the promotional featurettes the Sony has whipped up for each of the now ten DVDs released that imprint, a “Martini Movie” is [...]

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Review: Gumshoe

31 January, 2009 (16:51) | by Richard T. Jameson, Film Reviews | By: Richard T. Jameson

[originally published in Movietone News, May/June 1972] “SAM SPADE: Ginley’s the Name—Gumshoe’s the Game.” After a year of psychoanalysis, brought on by his girlfriend’s marrying his brother and terminated by his genial conclusion that the shrink is “off his head,” Eddie Ginley places the foregoing advert in a Liverpool paper. His breakfast-time reading is The [...]

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