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Cinema Professor. Film History. Jazz. Books: Through a Noir Lens: Adapting Film Noir Visual Style. Blackout: World War II & Origins of Film Noir. Film Censorship. Music in the Shadows📚
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Dr Sheri Chinen Biesen📽️🎷🎬 @sheribiesen.bsky.social · Nov 9
Hope folks enjoy my new book
Through a Noir Lens
Adapting Film Noir Visual Style
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#Film #Cinema #media #filmstudies #cinemastudies #FilmNoir #filmhistory #mediastudies #cinemahistory #mediahistory #mediaindustry #noir #books #Noirvember
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I think you're swell.
All I got is bourbon.
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Film Noir mood 📽️ cinema FilmNoir Filmsky
September 2, 2023 at 12:29 AM
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Listening to Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington. So great. Gorgeous image by Herman Leonard of Ella Fitzgerald singing as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Richard Rodgers watch at the Downbeat club in New York City, 1949 #jazz #EllaFitzgerald #HermanLeonard #film #photo #Ella #JazzSky #photography
Photo by Herman Leonard of Ella Fitzgerald singing as Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Richard Rodgers watch at the Downbeat club in New York City, 1949
January 31, 2026 at 3:16 AM
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Such a wonderful shot of Katharine Hepburn and director George Cukor on the set of The Philadelphia Story (1940) #film #cinema #movies #photo #FilmSky 📽️🍁🎬🍂
George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn on the set of The Philadelphia Story
February 19, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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Go Alysa Liu, just fabulous!
Congratulations on an amazing skate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrF... #AlysaLiu #Olympics #figureskating #Gold #champion
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February 20, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Gorgeous color noir milieu.
Nighthawks (1942)
Edward Hopper bit.ly/k41Nye #Hopper #Nighthawks #cinematic #art #EdwardHopper #painting #FilmNoir #night #cafe #color #film #noir #painting
Edward Hopper’s 1942 painting ‘Nighthawks’ of a late night cafe diner
April 11, 2025 at 10:47 PM
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Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune
Venice Film Festival, 1961 bit.ly/k41Nye
January 12, 2024 at 12:18 AM
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a desert landscape at night with a starry sky
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November 24, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Beautiful Elizabeth Taylor. Such a gorgeous image by Philippe Halsman. #film #photography #ElizabethTaylor #PhilippeHalsman #Life #cinema #photo
Beautiful Elizabeth Taylor. Such a gorgeous image by Philippe Halsman.
November 22, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Go Alysa Liu, just fabulous!
Congratulations on an amazing skate! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCrF... #AlysaLiu #Olympics #figureskating #Gold #champion
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February 20, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Such a wonderful shot of Katharine Hepburn and director George Cukor on the set of The Philadelphia Story (1940) #film #cinema #movies #photo #FilmSky 📽️🍁🎬🍂
George Cukor and Katharine Hepburn on the set of The Philadelphia Story
February 19, 2026 at 5:08 AM
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Wonderful shot.
Ella Fitzgerald performs in Chicago, 1958 bit.ly/k41Nye pic.twitter.com/lXJTYwFKvU
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April in Paris - live
youtu.be/AZxrvslGt5w #classic #Ella #cinematic #jazz #music #noir #film #media #photo #WednesdayMotivation
June 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM
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Film Noir Mood #Noirvember #WednesdayVibes #film #noir #cinema #movies #FilmSky 📽️🍁🎬🍂
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November 12, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Winter Mood. Beautiful image of Snowy Night in Edinburgh, Scotland #snow #winter #night #film #photo #Edinburgh #Scotland #photography
Snowy night in Edinburgh, Scotland
January 26, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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Billie Holiday, 1958 #DennisStock
#BillieHoliday “Fine and Mellow” youtu.be/YKqxG09wlIA?... #BenWebster #LesterYoung #classic #jazz #noir #blues #music #FilmNoir #photo #jazznoir #JazzSky #musicsky
Billie Holiday, 1958 photo by Dennis Stock
June 18, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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I grieve over them long winter evenings. noirbooks.blogspot.com #Bogart #Bacall #Film #Noir #Cinema #RaymondChandler #TheBigSleep #FilmNoir #hardboiled #FilmSky 📽️🍁🎬🍂
December 29, 2024 at 11:41 PM
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Very sad news, so sorry to hear of the passing of Jesse Jackson. An inspirational icon of the civil rights movement. Such a loss. #RIP #JesseJackson
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February 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Very sad news, so sorry to hear of the passing of Jesse Jackson. An inspirational icon of the civil rights movement. Such a loss. #RIP #JesseJackson
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February 17, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Wow, Robert Duvall and Frederick Wiseman, RIP to two great cinema maestros. Very sad day. Huge loss. #RIP #RobertDuvall #FrederickWiseman #film #cinema #movies #FilmSky 📽️ 🎬
a man in a hat is sitting in the dirt with a caption that says if i say it 's safe to surf
Alt: Robert Duvall’s fabulous performance in Apocalypse Now: a man in a hat is sitting in the sand on a beach on fire with a caption that says if i say it 's safe to surf
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February 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
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Alfred Hitchcock composes a shot of Ingrid Bergman in Spellbound bit.ly/k41Nye
August 30, 2023 at 12:41 AM
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Hardboiled Film Noir Mood
Happy Valentine’s Day #hardboiled #film #noir #ValentinesDay #FilmNoir #cinema #FilmSky 📽️♥️🍁💕🎬💘
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February 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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#NowPlaying Rockin’ In Rhythm - Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington youtu.be/-mB45AIHJ04?... #jazz #music #JazzSky #musicsky
Rockin' In Rhythm
YouTube video by Ella Fitzgerald - Topic
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January 31, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Happy #Caturday
#SaturdayMotivation #GraceKelly #kitten #cat #cinema #film #photo
Grace Kelly holding a kitten
May 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Wonderful shot of Marlon Brando writing with his cat. noirbooks.blogspot.com #caturday #film #cinema #SaturdayVibes #mood #Brando #cat #writing
April 27, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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Hardboiled Film Noir Mood
Happy Valentine’s Day #hardboiled #film #noir #ValentinesDay #FilmNoir #cinema #FilmSky 📽️♥️🍁💕🎬💘
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February 14, 2026 at 4:16 AM
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Cinematic #Caturday Mood
#FridayFeeling #BingeWatching #SaturdayMotivation #cat #film #cinema #movies #streaming #media #spectatorship
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