Taut and stylish noir with great tension throughout. The ending was more bleak than I expected, but it fits the film perfectly.

Taut and stylish noir with great tension throughout. The ending was more bleak than I expected, but it fits the film perfectly.

Criss Cross is the kind of movie that reminds you why classic noir will never lose its power ✨️ well it’s sharp, tragic, and irresistibly beautiful in its own darkness. Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo carry this story like two doomed souls, circling around each other, drawn together by love, and destroyed by it all the same

this movie follows Steve Thompson, a man who just can’t let go of his past with Anna. he knows she’s now married to a gangster, but he still finds himself pulled back into her orbit, like a dangerous orbit that leads straight into betrayal and blood. there’s a robbery, passion, but what lingers most is the quiet ache of people who can’t escape their own choices 💔

i won’t spoil more but i love when Robert Siodmak directs with such elegance! every shadow feels deliberate, every glance loaded with longing. also the cinematography captures that perfect noir contrast with such a beauty and despair sharing the same frame

Lancaster is soo handsome and magnetic here 🥹🫶🏻 he looks so human in his weakness yet so captivating in his silence. and Yvonne De Carlo, she’s devastatingly alluring. together, they make love feel like a curse

for me, watching Criss Cross so unforgettable. it’s not about hope, it’s about surrender, like the moment you realize that some loves aren’t meant to be saved. it’s haunting, gorgeous, and cruel in all the right ways... ❤️‍🩹

Criss Cross is the kind of movie that reminds you why classic noir will never lose its power ✨️ well it’s sharp, tragic, and irresistibly beautiful in its own darkness. Burt Lancaster and Yvonne De Carlo carry this story like two doomed souls, circling around each other, drawn together by love, and destroyed by it all the same

this movie follows Steve Thompson, a man who just can’t let go of his past with Anna. he knows she’s now married to a gangster, but he still finds himself pulled back into her orbit, like a dangerous orbit that leads straight into betrayal and blood. there’s a robbery, passion, but what lingers most is the quiet ache of people who can’t escape their own choices 💔

i won’t spoil more but i love when Robert Siodmak directs with such elegance! every shadow feels deliberate, every glance loaded with longing. also the cinematography captures that perfect noir contrast with such a beauty and despair sharing the same frame

Lancaster is soo handsome and magnetic here 🥹🫶🏻 he looks so human in his weakness yet so captivating in his silence. and Yvonne De Carlo, she’s devastatingly alluring. together, they make love feel like a curse

for me, watching Criss Cross so unforgettable. it’s not about hope, it’s about surrender, like the moment you realize that some loves aren’t meant to be saved. it’s haunting, gorgeous, and cruel in all the right ways... ❤️‍🩹

One really dumb plot hole that keeps it from being a 5 star film. Still my second favorite one we watched in the noir class.

One really dumb plot hole that keeps it from being a 5 star film. Still my second favorite one we watched in the noir class.

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