The Physicists is wildly uneven
Georgia Straight
Under Nicole DesLauriers’s direction, the actors all aim themselves at a film-noir style, but the results are wildly uneven. David Mott coolly embodies the police inspector, the character who falls most easily into the film-noir sensibility...
Star of the Noir: an audience with 'LA Confidential' author James ...
Daily Telegraph
James Ellroy alongside his mother, Jean, in the LA Times report on her murder Kim Basinger won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in the 1997 adaptation of James Ellroy's 'LA Confidential' Somewhere between the low-rent end of Hol...
SIP: Drink inside the box for frugal feasting
Newsday
Also try French Rabbit pinot noir , from Boisset Family Estates, which comes in a 1-liter Tetra Pak (juice-box style packaging), for around $10. Whites can be right, too, especially if you want a wine that not only does justice to the turke...
Gary Thompson: Not-so-classic noir a better buy than take-it-or-leave ...
Philadelphia Daily News
'THE TAKING of Pelham 123" and "GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra" hit DVD this week - two titles that will not be on the expanded list of 10 Oscar best-picture nominees. I'd rather see what Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann have to say about some c...
Will the Real N.R. De Mexico Please Stand Up?
Seattle Post Intelligencer
In 1944, a noir suspense novel, a paperback original, was issued by a small paperback publisher out of New York. Madman on a Drum would be the first full-length book written by one N.R. De Mexico. In 1951, De Mexico wrote a book that would ...
Panther Creek Cellars 2006 Freedom Hill Pinot Noir
Salem Statesman Journal
Overwhelming aromas of dark cherry, sweet tobacco, toasted marshmallow and vanilla envelope your nose and are joined by subtle notes of lavender on your palate. Panther Creek Pinot Noir can be purchased at Roth's for $35.
Penelope Cruz offers a "dream year" in movies
Reuters via Yahoo! News
Penelope Cruz feels uncomfortable talking about nude scenes and says she has "an allergy to labels," but she becomes effusive when discussing her "dream year" with two special films about to hit theaters.
Composer Legrand spinning windmills of his mind
Reuters via Yahoo! News
It could be a scene from a film noir: Michel Legrand is sitting in the suffused elegance of the St Regis hotel sipping tea, while a downpour lashes the streets.
Brian Setzer sings cinematic on "Lonely Avenue"
Reuters via Yahoo! News
Brian Setzer's new album, "Songs From Lonely Avenue," was inspired by film noir themes from the '40s and '50s. Now he'd love to see someone make a movie based on the record.
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Filter Magazine
Selectively drawing from Abel Ferrara’s 1992 film Bad Lieutenant , which starred Harvey Keitel as the corrupt cop in question, the rookie production duo of brothers Alan and Gabe Polsky teamed up with veteran producer Edward Pressman , acto...
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The Boston Phoenix
Ran Blake's Pawnbroker, Sofia Koutsovitis's pan-American roots Film noir has been a running theme in composer/pianist Ran Blake's work since the beginning of his career — his very first album, The Newest Sound Around (RCA, 1962), with singe...
Waimea Wines Awarded in Sydney
Scoop.co.nz
Waimea’s Chardonnay 2008 and Bolitho SV Pinot Noir 2007 have just been awarded Blue-Gold Medals at the prestigious Sydney International Wine Competition. The Waimea Dry Riesling 2006 was not only also awarded a Blue-Gold Medal, but addition...
ALLIANCE THE POWER PLAY
Sporting Life
CHELTENHAM: 12.50 Pistolet Noir, 1.20 Pettifour, 1.55 CHELSEA HARBOUR (NAP), 2.35 Northern Alliance, 3.10 Time Electric, 3.45 Psi. LINGFIELD: 12.00 Boston Blue, 12.25 Marjolly, 1.00 Con Artist, 1.30 Alfalevva, 2.00 Mystic Touch, 2.30 Black ...
Amisfield pinot noir wins gold
Otago Daily Times
Amisfield's pinot noir 2007 was earlier this month awarded a gold medal at the inaugural Cathay Pacific Hong Kong International Wine and Spirit Competition.
