Jedidiah Ayres
@maybejed.bsky.social
new Mickey Reece? New Mickey Reece!
November 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
new Mickey Reece? New Mickey Reece!
on my list it goes - haven't missed with Hideo Gosha yet
underrated Tatsuya Nakadai recommendation: Hideo Gosha's Heat Wave, a period yakuza film that feels like Lady Snowblood + Red Peony Gambler. an extremely good-looking film about a gambler looking to avenge her father's murder, but she unfortunately discovers that the evildoer is a babe.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 AM
on my list it goes - haven't missed with Hideo Gosha yet
I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI and THE WOMAN ON PIER 13 are REEFER MADNESS-level Red Scare noirs... Looking forward to the day they will feel hilarious again
November 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I WAS A COMMUNIST FOR THE FBI and THE WOMAN ON PIER 13 are REEFER MADNESS-level Red Scare noirs... Looking forward to the day they will feel hilarious again
OUTLAND > HIGH NOON imo
Last night’s film, OUTLAND (1981). In the period between Bond & his late 1980s renaissance as older sex symbol, Sean Connery did some really Interesting films. Solid mix of low-fi SF, western & bad town noir. Could argue Connery at his best when he wasn’t firm in his footing, as seems the case here
November 11, 2025 at 7:13 AM
OUTLAND > HIGH NOON imo
(1995) SERPENT'S LAIR - Jeffrey Reiner
Isn't there a saying something like 'nutty as a Jeff Fahey succubus thriller?' There should be
Isn't there a saying something like 'nutty as a Jeff Fahey succubus thriller?' There should be
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 AM
(1995) SERPENT'S LAIR - Jeffrey Reiner
Isn't there a saying something like 'nutty as a Jeff Fahey succubus thriller?' There should be
Isn't there a saying something like 'nutty as a Jeff Fahey succubus thriller?' There should be
My wife and I just kinda screamed at the TV for the entirety of last night's THE CHAIR COMPANY episode. Sorry if I'm hoarse today... and my elbow is all soupy
November 10, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My wife and I just kinda screamed at the TV for the entirety of last night's THE CHAIR COMPANY episode. Sorry if I'm hoarse today... and my elbow is all soupy
been a while so I'm watching PLAY DIRTY again. this movie's a hoot
November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
been a while so I'm watching PLAY DIRTY again. this movie's a hoot
(1987) WEEDS - John D. Hancock
A wild, uneven, shaggy dog of a big swing that has plenty of good juice. Nick Nolte out front of a pretty compelling ensemble including William Forsythe, Ernie Hudson, John Toles-Bey, Joe Mantegna, Mark Rolston and Lane Smith, but it was Anne Ramsey that made me cry.
A wild, uneven, shaggy dog of a big swing that has plenty of good juice. Nick Nolte out front of a pretty compelling ensemble including William Forsythe, Ernie Hudson, John Toles-Bey, Joe Mantegna, Mark Rolston and Lane Smith, but it was Anne Ramsey that made me cry.
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
(1987) WEEDS - John D. Hancock
A wild, uneven, shaggy dog of a big swing that has plenty of good juice. Nick Nolte out front of a pretty compelling ensemble including William Forsythe, Ernie Hudson, John Toles-Bey, Joe Mantegna, Mark Rolston and Lane Smith, but it was Anne Ramsey that made me cry.
A wild, uneven, shaggy dog of a big swing that has plenty of good juice. Nick Nolte out front of a pretty compelling ensemble including William Forsythe, Ernie Hudson, John Toles-Bey, Joe Mantegna, Mark Rolston and Lane Smith, but it was Anne Ramsey that made me cry.
Helpful signs are helpful
November 8, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Helpful signs are helpful
Reposted by Jedidiah Ayres
watched the Missing Hours episode from S4 of MIAMI VICE and was convinced it had been the result of a bottle-buying binge by the producers attempting to catch that hot TWIN PEAKS lightening but... it pre-dated the TWIN PEAKS pilot by two and a half years
weird!
weird!
November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
watched the Missing Hours episode from S4 of MIAMI VICE and was convinced it had been the result of a bottle-buying binge by the producers attempting to catch that hot TWIN PEAKS lightening but... it pre-dated the TWIN PEAKS pilot by two and a half years
weird!
weird!
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Check out this interview with @jakehinkson.bsky.social, author of 🔍YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME🔎 in the Chicago Review of Books! Learn about Hinkson's inspiration for the book and how he used Chicago as a setting.
https://loom.ly/FDv1Xzs
https://loom.ly/FDv1Xzs
Dirtbag Cosplay: An interview with Jake Hinkson about his novel, “You Will Never See Me” - Chicago Review of Books
The Heart O’ Chicago hotel hasn’t seen this much action, possibly ever. Not in literature, anyway. The 1950s motel along Lincoln Avenue’s “hotel row” is just one of the many if-you-know-you-know locations highlighted in Chicago author Jake Hinkson’s latest crime novel, You Will Never See Me. Hinkson writes noir, the darkest of crime fiction, for…
chireviewofbooks.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Check out this interview with @jakehinkson.bsky.social, author of 🔍YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME🔎 in the Chicago Review of Books! Learn about Hinkson's inspiration for the book and how he used Chicago as a setting.
https://loom.ly/FDv1Xzs
https://loom.ly/FDv1Xzs
At the Anselm Kiefer exhibit at SLAM. For scale, I'm 6'4"
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
At the Anselm Kiefer exhibit at SLAM. For scale, I'm 6'4"
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If there’s any of you who profess to be into noir and have not yet seen MR INBETWEEN, you need to fix that asap. If you need further convincing, my @crimereads.bsky.social piece from a few years ago
#noirvember
crimereads.com/mr-inbetween/
#noirvember
crimereads.com/mr-inbetween/
Mr. Inbetween: It’s Time to Appreciate the Genius of This Very Australian Noir
I recently chaired a panel in which several American crime writers discussed their most memorable discoveries in terms of noir television and film during the various COVID lockdowns we have all end…
crimereads.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
If there’s any of you who profess to be into noir and have not yet seen MR INBETWEEN, you need to fix that asap. If you need further convincing, my @crimereads.bsky.social piece from a few years ago
#noirvember
crimereads.com/mr-inbetween/
#noirvember
crimereads.com/mr-inbetween/
More TV in 2025
THE DIPLOMAT season 2
THE DIPLOMAT season 3
LUPIN season 1
LUPIN season 2
THE DIPLOMAT season 2
THE DIPLOMAT season 3
LUPIN season 1
LUPIN season 2
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
More TV in 2025
THE DIPLOMAT season 2
THE DIPLOMAT season 3
LUPIN season 1
LUPIN season 2
THE DIPLOMAT season 2
THE DIPLOMAT season 3
LUPIN season 1
LUPIN season 2
It's me guys. I was the mysterious target audience.
I like THE PREDATOR a lot
I like THE PREDATOR a lot
Intended as a full-blooded reboot, things didn't work out on 2018's The Predator. A visit to the set gave an insight into what went wrong:
filmstories.co.uk/features/fad...
filmstories.co.uk/features/fad...
The Predator | The 2018 reboot, and what went horribly wrong
Intended as a full-blooded reboot, things didn't work out on 2018's The Predator. A visit to the set gave an insight into what went wrong.
filmstories.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It's me guys. I was the mysterious target audience.
I like THE PREDATOR a lot
I like THE PREDATOR a lot
THE LOWDOWN S2 is already overdue
Great TV
Great TV
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 AM
THE LOWDOWN S2 is already overdue
Great TV
Great TV
(1967) SAMURAI WOLF II: HELL CUT - Hideo Gosha
Enjoyed all the Gosha stuff I've seen (all new to me this year)
Enjoyed all the Gosha stuff I've seen (all new to me this year)
November 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
(1967) SAMURAI WOLF II: HELL CUT - Hideo Gosha
Enjoyed all the Gosha stuff I've seen (all new to me this year)
Enjoyed all the Gosha stuff I've seen (all new to me this year)
Beverly Michaels (also Russell Rouse [also Hugo Haas]) noir-preciation post
#NoirvemberChallenge Day 6 Coolest Film Noir Character. Cool is such a loaded word, slippery, subjective and ultimately in the eye of the beholder. Also traditionally masculine-coded, which is why I wanted to go with a female character this year.
November 6, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Beverly Michaels (also Russell Rouse [also Hugo Haas]) noir-preciation post
Holy crap, I loved VULCANIZADORA.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Holy crap, I loved VULCANIZADORA.
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The essential Ellroy insight was to see that you didn’t need a Vargas character in noir, you could hang the whole thing on Quinlan.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The essential Ellroy insight was to see that you didn’t need a Vargas character in noir, you could hang the whole thing on Quinlan.
(1941) OUT OF THE FOG - Anatole Litvak
Lupino and Garfield are of course great to watch, but the real pleasure for me was the production design by Carl Jules Weyl and cinematography by James Wong Howe. The moody lighting and harbor and diner sets are so lovely I want to crawl inside and live there
Lupino and Garfield are of course great to watch, but the real pleasure for me was the production design by Carl Jules Weyl and cinematography by James Wong Howe. The moody lighting and harbor and diner sets are so lovely I want to crawl inside and live there
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
(1941) OUT OF THE FOG - Anatole Litvak
Lupino and Garfield are of course great to watch, but the real pleasure for me was the production design by Carl Jules Weyl and cinematography by James Wong Howe. The moody lighting and harbor and diner sets are so lovely I want to crawl inside and live there
Lupino and Garfield are of course great to watch, but the real pleasure for me was the production design by Carl Jules Weyl and cinematography by James Wong Howe. The moody lighting and harbor and diner sets are so lovely I want to crawl inside and live there
Reposted by Jedidiah Ayres
Quittin time read: THE JUGGER by Richard Stark
November 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Quittin time read: THE JUGGER by Richard Stark