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Devil In The Flesh (1998)

October 9, 2025October 9, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Unambiguously bad

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1998, alex mcarthur, devil in the flesh, film review, kelly carlin, michel machaud, movie review, murder, obsession, phil morris, robert mccall, robert silver, rose mcgowan, salacious, steven cohen, student-teacher relationship, thriller, troubled teen

Angel Face (1952)

March 18, 2025 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Deceptive in nature

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950s, 1952, angel face, car crash, femme fatale, film noir, frank s. nugent, jean simmons, los angeles, movie review, murder, murder trial, oscar millard, otto preminger, robert mitchum

Creepy (2016)

December 27, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Kurosawa’s seams are showing

Posted in ReviewsTagged 2010s, 2016, chihiro ikeda, creepy, Hidetoshi Nishijima, horror, japan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, movie review, murder, police investigation, teruyuki kagawa, yûko takeuchi

Where The Sidewalk Ends (1950)

April 17, 2024 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Crime & Punishment

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1950, 1950s, ben hecht, crooked cops, dana andrews, film noir, gene tierney, karl malden, movie review, murder, new york city, otto preminger, police corruption, where the sidewalk ends

American Gigolo (1980)

March 26, 2024July 9, 2024 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

Exquisite facade, rough substance

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1980, 1980s, american gigolo, bill duke, fashion, giorgio armani, hector elizondo, lauren hutton, movie review, murder, paul schrader, richard gere, sex worker, stylish, thriller

In The Heat Of The Night (1967)

July 6, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Ugly attitudes, beautiful handiwork

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960s, 1967, buddy cop, haskell wexler, in the heat of the night, john ball, mississippi, murder, norman jewison, racism, review, rod steiger, sidney poitier, stirling siliphant

Purple Noon (1960)

May 6, 2023May 8, 2023 Mikkel Frederiksen1 Comment

La dolce vita

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1960, 1960s, alain delon, con man, france, italy, murder, paul gegauff, purple noon, rene clement, review, summer, suspense

Insomnia (1997)

May 3, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Daylit but pitch-black

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1997, detective, erik skjoldbjærg, europe, insomnia, misanthropy, murder, nikolaj frobenius, norway, police corruption, review, stellan skarsgård

Color of Night (1994)

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Diagnosis: messy

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1994, billy ray, brad dourif, bruce willis, color of night, dominic frontiere, erotic thriller, lance henriksen, matthew chapman, murder, psychology, review, richard rush

Criminal Passion (1994)

April 4, 2023 Mikkel FrederiksenLeave a comment

Erotic third-wave feminism

Posted in ReviewsTagged 1990s, 1994, criminal passion, donna deitch, erotic, erotic thriller, feminism, joan severance, john allen nelson, kristin m burke, los angeles, max strom, murder, police, sex, thriller, wendy blackstone

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