..but that said, there are clearly many worthy films here & you can select your way into a highly pleasurable viewing experience.
7/2
Harper (1966)
Point Blank (1967)
Warning Shot (1967)
7/9
Get Carter (1971)
Friends of Eddie Coyle, The (1973)
Chinatown (1974)
7/16
Pulp (1972)
(P) Body Heat (1981)
(P) To Live and Die in L.A. (1985)
7/23
Blood Simple (1984)
Night Moves (1975)
(P) Cutter's Way (1981)
7/30
(P) Blade Runner: The Final Cut (1982)
Mona Lisa (1986)
(P) Tequila Sunrise (1988)
(P) indicates a TCM premiere (there are a total of five).
Feel free to chime in with films that you think were arguably more “essential” to neo-noir, including films made in the 1990s. Note how few of the heist film neo-noirs that were featured in NC 15 made the cut for this series (which, admittedly, is limited in scope due to TCM’s format).
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