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Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall star in the film noir 'Dark Passage' directed by Delmer Daves

‘Dark Passage’ – Bogie and Bacall on HBO Max

!Featured, based on a novel, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, DVD, film noir, HBO Max, Hollywood Classic, SVOD 06/16/2022 Sean Axmaker

Humphrey Bogart escapes San Quentin to clear his name in this classic film noir from director Delmer Davies.

Samantha Robinson is The Love Witch in Anna Biller's retro-styled feminist / horror / fantasy / melodrama

‘The Love Witch’ – Sex, magic, and sixties style on The Criterion Channel

!Featured, Blu-ray, Criterion Channel, Cult Movies, Directed by Women, DVD, fantasy, SVOD 05/29/2019 Sean Axmaker

The Love Witch (2016), Anna Biller’s collision of feminism, romantic fantasy, power, sex, and horror opens with its cool heroine Elaine (Samantha Robinson), a slim, raven-haired beauty with a smear of turquoise eye shadow and eyelashes like wings, driving up the Pacific Coast Highway in a candy apple red convertible and matching outfit. She could […]

Joan Crawford stars in the film noir directed by David Miller

Joan Crawford in ‘Sudden Fear’ on Cohen Media Channel

!Featured, Academy Award nominee, Blu-ray, Classic Movie, Cohen Media Channel, film noir, Hollywood Classic, SVOD 09/03/2017 Sean Axmaker

Joan Crawford took charge of her career as she aged out of the ingénue roles that propelled her to stardom, developing stories and pursuing properties that offered strong characters for a mature woman. She gave herself a second act when she fought hard for Mildred Pierce (1945) at Warner Bros. and seven years later, as […]