Fragments of Noir
Hopperesque
Wednesday, 20 November 2024
Tuesday, 19 November 2024
Monday, 18 November 2024
Run this Place
You ever seen a ghost ? There's this guy. Comes in here. Every May 1st. Every May 1st, every December 1st. Like clock work. What's he want ? Well frankly, i ain't exactly sure. He had the strangest story to tell.He left this here and I keep it for him. How do I know he'll be back ? What's that ? A woman was involved ? Hmm, just fits. I was married once myself. Beautiful girl. By the way my name is Jim Daurighty. I run this place. His name ? Sure. His name is Jack Grimaldi. Hey, there he is now !
Romeo is Bleeding
Peter Medak - 1993
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Romeo is Bleeding
Sunday, 17 November 2024
Always Starting Over
There is only one day left, always starting over : it is given to us at dawn and taken away at dusk.
Jean Paul Sartre
Saturday, 16 November 2024
Geoffrey Unsworth
Friday, 15 November 2024
Thursday, 14 November 2024
Half-Heard Voices
The movie is very dark, filled with shadows and secrets, and half-heard voices, and scratchy revelations on a clandestine tape recording. Out in the valley where the development is being built, the sunshine is harsh and casts black shadows, and the land is cruel ..........
Roger Ebgert
on Two Jakes (1990)
Image - Steven Chorney
Wednesday, 13 November 2024
Always Something
There's always something to do if you don't have to work or consider the cost. It's no real fun but the rich don't know that.
The Long Goodbye
Raymond Chandler
1953
Tuesday, 12 November 2024
Only One I Got
Here's to the drink habit. It's the only one I got that don't get me into trouble.
Asphalt Jungle
John Huston - 1950