NOIR CITY, the acclaimed magazine of the Film Noir Foundation, now available in print! Issue #41 takes a look at noir films with complicated and controversial productions. The cover story, "Queen of the Cutters," sees Mary Mallory discuss the career of editor Viola Lawrence, and the role that she played in shaping Orson Welles' confounding masterpiece The Lady from Shanghai . Also in this issue: Carsten Andresen reexamines the legacy of William Friedkin's 1980 release Cruising ; Jason A. Ney digs into the history of the criminally underseen film Finger Man ; Drew Smith charts the brief yet vibrant history of lesbian noir through films like Bound and Love Lies Bleeding ; Kenny Reid shines a light on the Spanish thriller Marshland ; Dan Akira places a recent D.O.A. remake in the context of its varied predecessors; Steve Kronenberg makes a case for the compelling sci-fi noir The Hidden ; and Stefen Styrsky unpacks the fascinating subsect of crime films that revolve around plastic surgery. Plus book reviews, film reviews, and more.
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