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Monday, February 23, 2026

#715: L.A. Noire

L.A. Noire

Team Bondi/Rockstar Games
Initial release: May 17, 2011 (USA)
Platform: Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Playstation 3, PC

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at February 23, 2026

Tags: 2011, action, adventure, Australia, noir, PC, period: post-war, PlayStation 3, Rockstar Games, Team Bondi, theme: corruption, theme: crime, theme: police, video game, Xbox 360

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

#714: The Black Dahlia

The Black Dahlia

Brian de Palma

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at January 28, 2026

Tags: 2006, Brian de Palma, film, neo-noir, period: post-war, theme: obsession, USA

Monday, January 26, 2026

713: Predator: The Hunted City

Predator: The Hunted City

Charles Moore (writing)
D. Alexander Gregory & Scott Fischer (art)

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at January 26, 2026

Tags: 1993, action, Charles Moore, comic, D. Alexander Gregory, horror, period: post-war, science fiction, Scott Fischer, theme: alien, USA

#712: The Third Man

The Third Man

Carol Reed

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at January 26, 2026

Tags: 1949, Carol Reed, film, noir, period: post-war, theme: morality, UK

#711: The Stranger (1946)

The Stranger

Orson Welles

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at January 26, 2026

Tags: 1946, film, noir, Orson Welles, period: post-war, theme: the Holocaust, USA

Sunday, January 25, 2026

#710: Out of the Past

Out of the Past

Jacques Tourneur

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at January 25, 2026

Tags: 1947, film, Jacques Tourneur, noir, period: post-war, theme: fatalism, USA

Saturday, January 24, 2026

#709: Germany, Year Zero

Germany, Year Zero

Roberto Rosselini

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at January 24, 2026

Tags: 1948, drama, film, Italy, period: post-war, Roberto Rosselini, theme: innocence

#708: The Town that Dreaded Sundown

The Town that Dreaded Sundown

Charles B. Pierce

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at January 24, 2026

Tags: 1976, Charles B. Pierce, film, horror, period: post-war, theme: serial killer, USA

Thursday, January 22, 2026

#707: The Human Condition

The Human Condition

Masaki Kobayashi

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at January 22, 2026

Tags: 1959, 1961, black & white, drama, film, Japan, Masaki Kobayashi, period: World War II, theme: anti-war, theme: morality, war

Tuesday, January 20, 2026

#706: In This Corner of the World

In This Corner of the World

Sunao Katabuchi/MAPPA

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at January 20, 2026

Tags: 2016, anime, drama, film, Japan, MAPPA, period: World War II, Sunao Katabuchi, theme: grief, theme: slice of life

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