‘Detour’ and ‘The Big Clock’ Cross Noir with Absurdity
Like a match made in Purgatory, Detour and The Big Clock are ingenious films with different but self-aware approaches to noir.
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‘Tharlo’ Is a Slow-moving Allegory About Innocence lost
Pema Tseden's Tharlo presents an allegory of Tibet and China in the guise of a film noir story set in Thailand
For Better or Worse ‘Detour’ Plows Ahead
Christopher Smith's new noir outing is a scuzzy and flawed 90 minutes, elevated by a compelling, three-pronged cast.