Criss Cross is a superbly taut film noir, a 1949 drama that unfolds with the inevitable downward spiral of ancient tragedy. Its doomed characters are prisoners of a hopeless struggle for freedom, ...

Film Noir is a universe based around mystery, the femme fatale, and the detective. ... CRISS CROSS, 1949. Image Credit: Everett Collection Dir. Robert Siodmak, starring, ...

Robert Siodmak’s exemplary 1949 film noir “Criss Cross” (which I discuss in the clip above) tells an emotionally tangled story by means of an unusually knotty narrative tangle. It starts in ...