Beyond the Femme Fatale

Remembering Peter Cushing on the anniversary of his death (August 11, 1994)

FNF prez Eddie Muller responds to film noir fan questions fielded by the Foundation's Director of Communications Anne Hockens. In this edition, we discuss pre-code proto-noirs, “The Narrow Margin” (1990), “Born to be Bad” (1950), “Repeat Performance” (1947), Ida Lupino’s “The Bigamist” (1953), the art of translation, dream sequences, and more. The lightning round and “Latest Viewing” return. On the cat front, Bruno wants Anne’s attention.

A list of all the films discussed in this episode will be available on Anne’s Letterboxd account on Friday:

Can’t join us on Thursday? No problem! A recording will be available on our YouTube channel starting on Friday, August 14.

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FNF prez Eddie Muller responds to film noir fan questions fielded by the Foundation's Director of Communications Anne Hockens. In this edition, we discuss pre-code proto-noirs, “The Narrow Margin” (1990), “Born to be Bad” (1950), “Repeat Performance” (1947), Ida Lupino’s “The Bigamist” (1953), the art of translation, dream sequences, and more. The lightning round and “Latest Viewing” return. On the cat front, Bruno wants Anne’s attention.

A list of all the films discussed in this episode will be available on Anne’s Letterboxd account on Friday:

Can’t join us on Thursday? No problem! A recording will be available on our YouTube channel starting on Friday, August 14.

Want your question answered in a future episode? We solicit questions from our email subscribers in our monthly newsletters. Sign up for free. Everyone who signs up on our email list and contributes $20 or more to the Film Noir Foundation receives the digital version of NOIR CITY Magazine for a year.   

Will is bloody and has an amazing idea

FNF prez Eddie Muller responds to film noir fan questions fielded by the Foundation's Director of Communications Anne Hockens. In this edition, we discuss NOIR CITY New York, the most memorable slaps in film noir, color vs. black and white cinematography, the French cinematic movement poetic realism, Eddie’s writing process, Robert Wise, and more. The lightning round and “Latest Viewing” return. On the cat front, Bruno thinks he’s more important to Anne than the show.

A list of all the films discussed in this episode is available on Anne’s Letterboxd account: https://letterboxd.com/AudieDan/lists/ Want your question answered in a future episode? We solicit questions from our email subscribers in our monthly newsletters. Sign up for free at https://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/signup.html Contribute here to support our restoration efforts: https://www.filmnoirfoundation.org/contribute.html

Interview – The Yellow Canary Stars with Eddie Muller

Living legends Pat Boone and Barbara Eden joined Eddie Muller at NOIR CITY: Hollywood this past April after a screening of The Yellow Canary (1963) to discuss the film and bits of their careers. The Yellow Canary, the Film Noir Foundation’s restoration premiered at Hollywood’s NOIR CITY festival, is a late-cycle film noir with a script by Rod Serling, from a novel by Whit (Touch of Evil) Masterson. The film stars Pat Boone as an egomaniacal pop crooner whose only child is kidnapped — and Barbara Eden plays his wife. The film has a supporting cast that's a Who’s Who of sixties favorites: Jack Klugman, Steve Forrest, Jesse White, Harold Gould, Milton Seltzer, Jeff Corey, Joe Turkel.