The Big Sleep

This is pure noir. A guy, a femme fatale, and a mystery that twists and turns in every dizzying direction. Anchored by Raymond Chandler’s novel and a screenplay by William Faulkner, Leigh Brackett and Jules Furthman, Howard Hawks delivers a wildly entertaining descent into the Los Angeles underworld as it touches upon one fractured wealthy family and Philip Marlowe, the private investigator sent out to figure out why the family is being blackmailed. Roger Ebert described the movie as being a...