Neo-Noir — Happy Place — It Turns Out the Naming Rights! Membership Option Was For Real and Someone Is Now Five Hundred Bucks Poorer Presents Nat

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0 Returns with an Affectionate Look at John Dahl's 1989 Debut Kill Me Again, a Terrific Neo-Noir Starring Val Kilmer and Michael Madsen

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0, the column where I give YOU the opportunity to force me to watch and write about a movie returns with a fond look at John Dahl’s nifty 1989 debut Kill Me Again, which stars the late Val Kilmer and Michael Madsen.

Control Nathan Rabin 4.0Nathan RabinJuly 16, 2025Val Kilmer, Joanne Walley, John Dahl, Neo-Noir

The 2016 Neo-Noir Dog Eat Dog is a Tough, Nasty Little Sleeper With Fine Work from Paul Schrader, Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe

The Paul Schrader-directed 2016 Neo-Noir Dog Eat Dog, which pairs Nicolas Cage with Willem Dafoe, doesn’t have much of a reputation but I dug it.

The Travolta/Cage Project #37 Deadfall (1993)

Nicolas Cage gives one of his most transcendently insane performances in Deadfall, an otherwise absolute dire hard-boiled crime movie co-written by the Green Book guy.

The Travolta/Cage Project #35 Red Rock West (1993)

Nicolas Cage is a good man who finds himself in a bad situation in this masterful Neo-Noir from John Dahl.