NOTE TO NEW READERS: This blog post is part of an ongoing series explaining the mystery of Robert Hurley, which we investigate in our film, Dostoyevsky Reimagined: The Making of the Award-Winning Notes from the New World. Follow the links below...
“Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown.” There are places that have a character of their own, and the Chinatown of the 1930s in Los Angeles definitely fits the bill. Up to 1910, this was a booming part of town, with...
There’s nothing worse than the feeling that someone is out to get you. It’s probably what Robert Hurley thought right before his disappearance. He was already knee deep in the Russian mafia’s affairs. He was swimming in gambling debts,...
“He was some kind of a man. What does it matter what you say about people?” We wouldn’t know what shadows looked like, if it weren’t for film noir. Shadows of the human soul, especially. There are better noir...
The curious nature of Hurley’s disappearance continues to raise more questions than answers. In my last blog, I wanted to figure out the connection between Dark Onto Light and the Russian mafia. If you recall, Hurley and Natalya (i.e....
For the last two weeks, we’ve asked you a few questions to prove how much you knew about film noir, and what your favorite neo-noir film was. If you haven’t voted yet, the polls (and surveys) are still open,...
Double Indemnity is the elusive case of the perfect noir. And yet it depicts a perfect crime that goes terribly awry. Perhaps that’s the whole point.
Roll the Credits is a part of our blog dedicated to Insider Knowledge of the film industry. Posts are written by the post-production crew and, from time to time, will feature interviews and insights from the people you see in...
If what Hurley said was true, and there really is an underground society called “Dark Onto Light”, then we have every right to be afraid. The missing screenwriter’s research into the group seems to divulge various secrets that the...
There are a number of characters in literature that exhibit supreme goodness in their behavior and a knightly sense of duty and compassion towards others. We know a true hero is someone who selflessly helps others achieve their goals...
