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The American Friend 1977 movie poster Wim Wenders Dennis Hopper Bruno Ganz

The American Friend (1977): Wim Wenders Turns Ripley Into an Arthouse Tragedy

Dennis Hopper and Bruno Ganz play a deadly game of manipulation and unlikely friendship in Wenders' gorgeous adaptation of Patricia Highsmith. A film about Americans, Europeans, and the poison between them.

Jan 31, 2026

Charley Varrick 1973 movie poster Walter Matthau Don Siegel

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Charley Varrick (1973): The Working-Class Heist Film That Outsmarts Everyone

Don Siegel and Walter Matthau created the most intelligent heist film of the 1970s. A crop-duster who accidentally robs the mob shows how to think three steps ahead—and why it might not matter.

Jan 31, 2026

Night Moves 1975 movie poster Gene Hackman Arthur Penn

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Night Moves (1975): The Private Eye Who Couldn't See

Arthur Penn's neo-noir put Gene Hackman in a mystery he can't solve—because the mystery is himself. A post-Watergate detective story where finding the truth doesn't help.

Jan 31, 2026

Lee Marvin in Point Blank 1967 movie poster

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Point Blank (1967): How John Boorman Turned Revenge Into Abstract Art

Lee Marvin stalks through a neon nightmare of corporate crime in John Boorman's revolutionary neo-noir. A film that deconstructed the revenge thriller before the genre knew what hit it.

Jan 31, 2026

The Night Amanda 1981 film still showing the gritty urban noir atmosphere

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The Night Amanda (1981): Finding Light in the Darkest Corners

A deep dive into Gary Graver's forgotten 1981 crime thriller about a sex worker seeking justice. How this exploitation-era film delivers unexpected moral clarity and challenges our assumptions about genre cinema.

Jan 30, 2026