Collections/August 2020
Three by Robert Siodmak
Along with fellow European émigrés like Fritz Lang and Billy Wilder, German-born Robert Siodmak was instrumental in importing the expressionist visual style and hard-bitten existentialist sensibility that would define Hollywood film noir, arguably creating more classics of the genre than any other director. His moody, shadow-etched compositions and flair for the fatalistic are on full display in three of his finest: Phantom Lady , his dreamlike first noir and a fascinating protofeminist example of the genre; The Killers , a landmark known as the “Citizen Kane of noir” for its intricate flashback structure, starring Burt Lancaster in his film debut; and Criss Cross , which reunited the director with Lancaster for one of the twistiest and bleakest crime thrillers ever made. Added on Thursday, 20 August 2020
3 films — 0 on the Channel, 3 unavailable
