They Live by Night
Not unlike Ray's debut "They Live by Night" (1948), it was advertised as a straight thriller although the film does not fit easily into one genre, as the marketing shows. Ray's films had a brief revival in the 1970s and Bogart's anti-hero stance gained a following in the 1960s, and the French "Cahiers du cinéma" critics during the 1950s praised Ray's unique film making. "Time" magazine, which gave the film a negative review upon its initial release, called it one of the 100 best films of all time in their 2005 list.