Holiday Noir
Welcome to the dark, spiritual void at the heart of the holiday season—at least for the characters in these gritty crime dramas. Contrasting December’s festive trimmings with lurid tales of murder, desperation, and existential dread, these hard-boiled baubles—including the offbeat time-travel noir Repeat Performance, the breathless couple-on-the run romance They Live by Night, and the lean, brutal New York B-movie Blast of Silence—cast a dangerously seductive shadow over the season.
FEATURING: Lady in the Lake (1946), Repeat Performance (1947), I Wouldn’t Be in Your Shoes (1948), They Live by Night (1948), Backfire (1950), Roadblock (1951), Blast of Silence (1961)
Nice to see I WOULDN'T BE IN YOUR SHOES, thanks to its sparkling new restoration, make it into the lineup...but as you'll note, they are still missing several of the titles referenced by Dan.
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