The Pyx (1973) Review
The Pyx (1973) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A Canadian film in which a woman falls from a Montreal balcony and the investigation runs backward through her last days, intercut, with Karen Black singing her own…
Genre: Mystery
A question at the start, an answer at the end, and fair play in between. These mysteries range from classic puzzles to darker investigations, but the clues are always on the page.
ComedyAmsterdam (2022) Review
Amsterdam (2022) rates 4 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. David O. Russell assembled one of the largest casts of the decade to tell a true story about a 1933 plot against the American government, and buried it under…
DramaKlute (1971) Review
Klute (1971) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. The film is called Klute and it is not about Klute. Jane Fonda won the Academy Award for a performance built out of therapy sessions and a tape recorder,…
DramaGone Girl (2014) Review
Gone Girl (2014) rates 9 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Gillian Flynn adapted her own novel and took a hammer to her own third act. Fincher shot it entirely in one small Missouri town for sixty-one million dollars,…
Art HouseL’Avventura (1960) Review
L'Avventura (1960) rates 8 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A woman vanishes on a yacht trip and the film loses interest in finding her. Jeered at Cannes, given a jury prize by the same festival, and on best-of…
Cozy MysteryDeath on the Nile (1978) Review
Death on the Nile (1978) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. Christie on a paddle steamer with a closed passenger list and a cast of stars. The correct way to film a detective novel, and the only…
ComedyGlass Onion (2022) Review
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) rates 7 out of 10 on the rewatch scale. A tech billionaire's private island weekend where the solution is that the clever man has nothing inside. Better as satire than as a puzzle.
HorrorDon’t Look Now (1973)
Nicolas Roeg's 1973 Venice grief drama. Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie.
ChristmasKiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
A small-time thief stumbles into an LA acting career and a noir investigation, with Robert Downey Jr. as narrator across the Christmas season. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's 2005 American neo-noir comedy depicting a small-time New York thief…
DetectiveBrick (2005)
Rian Johnson's 2005 high school neo-noir debut. Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Dashiell Hammett character among teenagers.
Film NoirKiss Me Deadly (1955)
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer. Foundation for Pulp Fiction's briefcase.
CrimeThe Long Goodbye (1973)
Robert Altman's 1973 Chandler revisionism. The Long Goodbye is Robert Altman's 1973 American neo-noir adapting Raymond Chandler's 1953 novel.