Marlowe offers viewers a soft-focus stab at a familiar genre
Marlowe is set in 1930s Hollywood, where deceptions are a dime a dozen and dark corners hold secrets. But the real crime's the film itself.
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Marlowe is set in 1930s Hollywood, where deceptions are a dime a dozen and dark corners hold secrets. But the real crime's the film itself.
The setting is 1930s Hollywood, where double-crosses are a dime a dozen and the dark corners hold secrets. But the real crime is the film itself.
Neil Jordan leans on threadbare noir pleasures, and his star's ageing, burnt-out private eye
When it comes to genre films (and in this case I use the term "genre" lightly), I'm a real sucker for classic noir. The ones with the cynical antihero protagonists (often hard-boiled private detectives), the simmering femme fatales, the seedy settings and even seedier side characters, the intricate crime-centered plots, the cool straight-shooting dialogue. It's a "genre" that has mostly faded into the sunset, but that (thankfully) still pops up every now and then. Case in point: Liam Neeson's new film "Marlowe"
This week, pop culture critic Richard Crouse reviews new movies: 'Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania,' 'Marlowe,' The Other Fellow' and 'Cat Daddies'.