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FADE TO BLACK The stylishly noir bottle for Tom Ford's new fragrance, Black Orchid, a rich floral with black-truffle notes, is inspired by vintage Art Deco glass...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style: Dark Beauty | 11/5/2006 | See Source »

...cameras roll, Timberlake—in a trendy blazer or vest-and-tie outfit—shows off his slick moves. The caliber of the cinematography immediately catches the viewer’s eye, as flashing bars of light signal the video’s opening and the noir-ish palette contrast is cleverly manipulated by rapid switches between black and white backgrounds in the dance scenes. Yet it becomes a little trippy—and borderline tacky—when objects drawn from the lyrics start to appear and subsequently float around in slow motion: string instruments when Timberlake...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Kan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Popscreen: Justin Timberlake | 10/26/2006 | See Source »

...Daly may not be a natural action hero as Dr. Richard Kimble, but Mykelti Williamson at least makes a commanding Lt. Gerard. This is a competent, movielike action hour - nothing more, nothing less - that owes far more to the explosive Tommy Lee Jones movie than to the often menacing, noir-y 1960s ABC series. It is interesting, in a fall when the executin'-est governor in the U.S. is running for president, to see a network reviving a series based on a miscarriage of justice. But the interest is pretty much theoretical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fall TV Preview | 10/11/2006 | See Source »

...After much wrestling with the issue however, I don’t think “The Black Dahlia,” Brian De Palma’s bizarre new film, is secretly a clever exercise on the demerits of neo-noir. (Hillary Swank, I feel, is actually incapable of farce.) “The Black Dahlia” is more mundanely the result of poor directing and a ludicrous script, factors which combine to make Josh Harnett look as if he is going to cry in every scene, not that you could blame...

Author: By Rebecca M. Harrington, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Black Dahlia | 9/18/2006 | See Source »

...ploddingly plotted, enlivened by the occasional shock occurrence, lacking that attention to mood and nuance which made Curtis Hanson's version of another Ellroy novel, L.A. Confidential, such a rich, rewarding entertainment a few years ago. You begin to wonder: maybe it's time to give film noir a rest. The academics have had their fun with it; no genre has attracted more scholarly attention in recent years. And we've had our fun with it too; the DVD re-releases of its classic titles and cult favorites have been delicious reminders of noir's wonderfully stylized strengths. And some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Review: The Black Dahlia | 9/15/2006 | See Source »

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