The Killers

Rating: 9

Since I've already seen everything good in theaters right now, there's only Netflix. The Killers is a movie I hadn't heard of until Netflix recommended it to me. It features Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner, both very young and foxy. The director, Robert Siodmak, is German, so the look of the film has the feel of German expressionism - huge shadows, and people wandering in and out of pools of very bright light. The mystery in the story is unraveled by an insurance investigator rather than a Private Eye , like the film Double Indemnity. This is a fantastic film noir.