Philip Marlowe

It recalls her November noir video for "Dance For You," in which she was half Grammy-winner, half Philip Marlowe; as well as her October video for "Love on Top," which recalled New Edition's early dancing days in the 80s.

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"That's why I chose the noir genre," Mr. Kerr said from his home near London, bringing up Philip Marlowe, Raymond Chandler's famous trench-coated gumshoe.

A Good Cop in a Very Bad Place Steve Dougherty 2011

In the American hard-boiled detective tradition, investigators like Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe hovered in midlife.

The (Really) Long Goodbye Alexandra Alter 2011

It recalls her November noir video for "Dance For You," in which she was half Grammy-winner, half Philip Marlowe; as well as her October video for "Love on Top," which recalled New Edition's early dancing days in the 80s.

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The creator of Philip Marlowe, LA's greatest gumshoe, wanted to be a comparative philologist!

Rewind radio: One block in Harlem; A coat, a Hat and a Gun; Seeksmusic.com | review 2011

It's a film noir without the darkness; only the trappings of the genre remain – the flashbacks, the Philip Marlowe trench-coat; life is refracted through an adolescence spent before a cinema screen.

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An intimate, art deco space, with a polished mahogany counter and wood-panelled walls, offers visitors with sophisticated tastes an elegant, cool ambience in which to savour whisky sours, white Russians, black Russians, daiquiris and gimlets PI Philip Marlowe's favoured tipple.

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It's also a fascinating combination of mostly well-known vocalists, nearly all of whom turn in the best work of their respective careers here, and some excellent songs so rare that it obviously took a musical Philip Marlowe to uncover them.

Getting Down to Brass Tacks Will Friedwald 2011

Like Elliott Gould's Philip Marlowe in "The Long Goodbye," Wilson can't comprehend the glittering new culture that surrounds him, mistaking valet car-parkers for uniformed troops in a gangster's private army.

Soderbergh Goes 'Haywire' With a Fast, Stylish Thriller Joe Morgenstern 2012

Philip Marlowe, despite much provocation, never swore.

Rewind radio: One block in Harlem; A coat, a Hat and a Gun; Seeksmusic.com | review 2011