Tag: julesdassin
Now on Blu-ray: Criterion Unleashes BRUTE FORCE and THE NAKED CITY
By the mid-1940s, “Film Noir” was thoroughly established stylistically, though not yet by name. Undeniably, there was a prevailing mentality rooted in postwar societal darkness, and it had permeated Hollywood studio filmmaking. The movies’ inherent propensity for light and shadow...
Meeting The Criterion: Criterion Christmas #5 RIFIFI
It's a Criterion Christmas! I'll be using Meeting The Criterion as a convenient way of reminding you of many of the Criterion Collection's great releases from the past year. Whether your Criterion Collection is organized by spine number, title or...
RIFIFI Blu-ray Review
Jules Dassin's Rififi:Tony le Stephanois (Jean Servais), a master thief fresh out of jail, wearing a harried look and suffering ill health he refuses to be involved with crime, until he finds his girlfriend shacked up with a rival gangster....
