Wings Hauser owns this movie (actually Wings Hauser owns every movie that he's in, except The Insider, which is maybe the only time he GETS owned).

Wings Hauser owns this movie (actually Wings Hauser owns every movie that he's in, except The Insider, which is maybe the only time he GETS owned).

Because for five minutes Fire In The Sky is the most terrifying movie ever. Just the scene where he's floating around in that fucking pit are more genuinely disturbing than anything in Prometheus.

Because for five minutes Fire In The Sky is the most terrifying movie ever. Just the scene where he's floating around in that fucking pit are more genuinely disturbing than anything in Prometheus.

What's cool is that they saw this film in it. I'd expect a noir class to hit the obvious classics - The Third Man, Maltese Falcon, Chinatown  - as well it should, but that the professor was cool enough to show this gem speaks very highly of that class.

What's cool is that they saw this film in it. I'd expect a noir class to hit the obvious classics - The Third Man, Maltese Falcon, Chinatown  - as well it should, but that the professor was cool enough to show this gem speaks very highly of that class.

Yeah, I was debating whether to watch this on Netflix a while back (never really heard of it, but I love me some under-seen 90's crime flicks), and while reading up about it it was Ebert's glowing review that decided it for me. Now its one of my favorite films.

Yeah, I was debating whether to watch this on Netflix a while back (never really heard of it, but I love me some under-seen 90's crime flicks), and while reading up about it it was Ebert's glowing review that decided it for me. Now its one of my favorite films.

Good list (agree with no.1), but you've left out the two that I would place, respectively, at 2 &3.

Good list (agree with no.1), but you've left out the two that I would place, respectively, at 2 &3.

I recently (well, like 2 years ago) got a chance to see BL on the big screen. I hadn't seen it in years, and really only remembered Keitel's naked dance. Man, it floored me. It was like a Flannery O'Connor story by way of…well, Abel Ferrara. A really moving story of redemption.

I recently (well, like 2 years ago) got a chance to see BL on the big screen. I hadn't seen it in years, and really only remembered Keitel's naked dance. Man, it floored me. It was like a Flannery O'Connor story by way of…well, Abel Ferrara. A really moving story of redemption.

Good catch, can't believe I forgot those two. There's also Sidney (or Hard Eight) and Rounders.

Good catch, can't believe I forgot those two. There's also Sidney (or Hard Eight) and Rounders.

@avclub-27e87cc851baee4401e8eed1d89fa6ba:disqus : Yes, I'd say that's correct. Frailty is one of the exceptions, as is his small role in Haywire (which is weird, b/c even though he's in terrible danger for most of it, he's very calm and reasured).

@avclub-27e87cc851baee4401e8eed1d89fa6ba:disqus : Yes, I'd say that's correct. Frailty is one of the exceptions, as is his small role in Haywire (which is weird, b/c even though he's in terrible danger for most of it, he's very calm and reasured).

Don't forget the homeless man transition and Goldblum screaming out "POPCORN SHRIMP…MOTHERFUCKEEEEER!"

Don't forget the homeless man transition and Goldblum screaming out "POPCORN SHRIMP…MOTHERFUCKEEEEER!"

Let's no forget After Dark, My Sweet, The Underneath (flawed, but good), Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead (the best of the Tarantino ripoffs), Miami Blues, Killing Zoe, True Romance, The Last Boyscout, Malice,Lost Highway, The Spanish Prisoner, and Homicide.

Let's no forget After Dark, My Sweet, The Underneath (flawed, but good), Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead (the best of the Tarantino ripoffs), Miami Blues, Killing Zoe, True Romance, The Last Boyscout, Malice,Lost Highway, The Spanish Prisoner, and Homicide.