Everyone dreams of resurrecting the film noir classics that flourished in the 1940s, but a lot of changes in Hollywood and the rest of the world add to the formidable challenges. A new movie having its world premiere in Santa Barbara this year, The White Orchid, aims to stir fond memories of The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep, and it is even presented under the auspices of the Humphrey Bogart Estate, with Bogart’s son, Stephen Bogart, as one of the executive producers. The film, written and directed by Steve Anderson, cleverly updates the formula by introducing a female detective...
- 2/3/2018
- by Stephen Farber
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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