Chris Isaak is celebrating his 70th birthday, and this is the first time in my memory (he was either 67 or 69 the day before). On this occasion, June 2026 in the Urals, echoing Chris'…
Genesis Noir: Through long shadows to the stars
Everyone loves cartoons. This is an axiom. Even if you've been out of short pants for a long time, and soda is doubly delicious if you wash it down with single malt whiskey aged in…
The Touch of Evil (1958): The Last Noir
If you are at least a bit of a movie buff, then most likely you know who George Orson Welles is. Even if you think you don't know. Two words: Citizen Kane. In fact, the…
The Penguin (2024): Laying Low in Gotham
There is an eternal holiday in the city of Gotham. People here make up regularly and with imagination, and they come up with witty costumes for themselves. Because this holiday is Halloween. It would be…
Marlowe: Gentlemen preferred blondes
The craft of a private investigator disposes to adventures: here and the search for pets, and the observation of spouses on the slippery path of adultery, and the development of a film with evidence of…
Billie Holiday – Graphic Novel: Beautiful and Bitter…
There is a video recording of the song Strange Fruit, made in 1959. There, Billie Holiday, standing at the threshold of Death, as if Her faithful messenger, plunges the receptive viewer/listener into the inky darkness…
Miller’s Crossing (1990): It’s not in the hat
The night calls and repels, cradles and scares. How many shades of darkness will the mortal eye discern? How much darkness will his heart contain? In the very heart of this darkness live ugly greedy…
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) – Zemeckis and…
I had 99 problems today, but I'm finally home and I can watch a movie before going to bed. And an interesting thought came to me: after all, I write articles about albums while listening…
Thunder Road is the Best Movie Elvis Could…
This time the focus is on a wonderful classic film - the Thunder Road of 1958. A cult black-and-white classic in the USA and something distant and unknown in our country. In America, Thunder Road…