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I’m a big fan of anthropomorphic art. Ever since experiencing the off the chart (and admittedly rather awkward) sexiness of Robin Hood and Maid Marion in Disney’s Robin Hood at a young age, I can’t get enough of cartoon humanoid animals. Other than foxy foxes, there’s been two other absolutely stellar examples of this niche art form that have rocked my world. The first being the mind-blowingly detailed pencil work of Juanjo Guarnido in the Film Noir inspired comic book series BlackSad.
Then there’s Bryan Talbot’s romantic steampunk graphic novel adventure Grandville, in which a humanoid detective badger called Lebrock solves elaborate crimes in true Sherlock Holmes fashion. Why am I telling you all this? To reassure you, dear reader, that I am onboard with anthropomorphism being included in my favourite media. So, when I tell you that the characters in Space Cats Tactics look darn creepy and spectacularly weird, you know I’m not exaggerating.
The Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival explores U.S.-Mexico border crisis in first all-virtual festival
The Dr. Saul and Dorothy Kit Film Noir Festival explores U.S.-Mexico border crisis in first all-virtual festival Courtesy of / Soheil Rezayazdi The above photo is a still from Orson Welles’ “Touch of Evil” (1958), which will be presented at this year’s virtual Kit Film Noir Festival. By Caroline Val | March 15, 2021, 12:44 AM
For many years, the sultry and mysterious presence of Hollywood film noir has remained a genre of intrigue in the world of cinema. Films like “Sunset Boulevard,” “The Big Heat,” and “In a Lonely Place” are still popular today, with recognizable stars like Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall emerging and film movements like French New Wave drawing inspiration from the genre.
Back of the Moon : A Noirish apartheid-era South African film – People s World peoplesworld.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from peoplesworld.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Back of the Moon still, courtesy of The Bomb / Videovision Entertainment
Director/co-writer and Oscar nominee Angus Gibson’s
Back of the Moon is another example of why I love PAFF the Pan African Virtual Film + Arts Festival. If not for this festival film buffs like moi probably would never have heard of, let alone had the opportunity to see, this highly entertaining South African movie.
Moon is a gangster film in the way that Jean-Luc Godard’s 1959 New Wave
Breathless is. Sure,
Moon definitely has genre conventions of mobster movies, with references to other crime pictures. For example, the chilling, cunning Ghost (the outstanding Lemogang Tsipa) slashes the nose of a white journalist with a knife, an obvious wink and nod to 1974’s