• Movie Monday: The Lady from Shanghai (1947)

    Today’s Movie Monday is highlighting the noir favorite The Lady from Shanghai (1947). You may remember some of my options on Rita Hayworth and Orson Welles‘ previous individual works, but today will be new because I am reviewing a film they created together. My opinion on the noir genre is that most of them are slow moving and confusing. If I tell you about a noir that I just loved, that is one special movie! Nevertheless, I tried to approach The Lady from Shanghai with an open mind. Despite my best attempts to follow along with the storyline in this film, I was lost pretty much from the beginning. It…