Collections/April 2025

Three Noirs by John Farrow

Prolific, Australian-born director John Farrow was one of studio-era Hollywood’s great unsung craftsmen, consistently elevating what could have been routine, B-budget genre fare through stylish visuals and a vivid feeling for place and character. It was in the realm of noir that he made his greatest mark, bringing a surfeit of ominous atmosphere to this trio of taut crime thrillers—the twisty corporate-suspense classic The Big Clock , the creepily fatalistic Cornell Woolrich adaptation Night Has a Thousand Eyes , and the eccentric noir take on the Faust legend Alias Nick Beal —featuring memorably sinister performances from Charles Laughton, Ray Milland, and Edward G. Robinson.

3 films — 1 on the Channel, 2 unavailable