Fragments of Noir

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

Mosaic Noir #230

Killers Kiss

Peeping Tom

Lady from Shanghai

Basic Instinct

Brighton Rock

After Dark My Sweet

The Big Combo

Deadly Affair

Manchurian Candidate (1962)

Farewell My Lovely

Phantom Lady

The Getaway (1972)

Public Eye

Miami Blues

Rope

Le Trou

Taxi Driver

Monday, 26 January 2026

Rest in Pain

The Siren's Lounge
https://www.youtube.com/@TheSirensLounge

Remember the spider that lived outside your window ? Orange body, green legs. Watched her build a web all summer, then one day there's a big egg in it. The egg hatched ......

Deckard
Blade Runner
1982

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Sunday, 25 January 2026

Downpour of Shadows #29

The Beast Must Die

Glengarry Glen Ross

The Housemaid (1960)

Kalifornia

Brighton Rock

Odd Man Out

End of the Affair (1999)

Plunder Road

Gun Crazy

Last Wave

Johnny O'Clock

In Cold Blood

Postman Always Rings Twice

Une Si Jolie Petite Plage

Red Rock west

Sorry Wrong Number

After Hours

Bitter Stems

You Don't Notice

The room was empty. It was full of silence and the memory of a nice perfume. One of those perfumes you don't notice until they are almost gone, like the last leaf on a tree.

Raymond Chandler
Trouble is My Business
1950

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Richard A. Chance
New York Times

Saturday, 24 January 2026

Likes to Torture

His aphorisms. His veiled threats. His manufactured molehill so he could create a mountain in his confrontation with Steve Dallas, the musician who likes J.J's sister. His veiled and not so veiled reminders to everyone that he has some dirt on 'em. His symbiotic relationship with Sidney .......... like a marriage gone bad, but he stays in because he likes to torture and dominate.