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Teacher, moviegoer. I’ll see you in the trees.
December 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Three masterpieces [& I’m afraid I cannot condone Bacall to Arms]. I’ve really been leaning into Looney Tunes lately. #LetterboxdFour #LetterboxdFriday
December 6, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Three masterpieces [& I’m afraid I cannot condone Bacall to Arms]. I’ve really been leaning into Looney Tunes lately. #LetterboxdFour #LetterboxdFriday
Reminds me of Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing
(by William Shakespeare)
(by William Shakespeare)
December 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Reminds me of Kenneth Branagh’s Much Ado About Nothing
(by William Shakespeare)
(by William Shakespeare)
Everything from noir to western to Escape from New York.
December 1, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Everything from noir to western to Escape from New York.
All right I know I’m extrapolating a lot from the conditioned sociopathy of American driving but someone much smarter than me should write a paper on this passage and what it says about drivers today
November 25, 2025 at 12:15 PM
All right I know I’m extrapolating a lot from the conditioned sociopathy of American driving but someone much smarter than me should write a paper on this passage and what it says about drivers today
@godwhatamess.bsky.social tfw you are James Cameron wearing a Rolex piloting a submarine
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
@godwhatamess.bsky.social tfw you are James Cameron wearing a Rolex piloting a submarine
been sitting with this post open for a bit after I saw the "Film Noir Mount Rushmore" prompt
November 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
been sitting with this post open for a bit after I saw the "Film Noir Mount Rushmore" prompt
post someone who looks good in a hat
Dana Andrews was born wearing a fedora
Dana Andrews was born wearing a fedora
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
post someone who looks good in a hat
Dana Andrews was born wearing a fedora
Dana Andrews was born wearing a fedora
Very pleased with my notes for The Martian Chronicles. I hadn’t read this since 2008 according to my reading log! I read it as a reader and not a teacher which changes things a bit—and some of the stories I plain never read because they were cut from the ‘97 edition!
November 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Very pleased with my notes for The Martian Chronicles. I hadn’t read this since 2008 according to my reading log! I read it as a reader and not a teacher which changes things a bit—and some of the stories I plain never read because they were cut from the ‘97 edition!
Ebert’s review looms large for me, not the least of which because he pinpointed a moment I found mesmerizing;
October 29, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Ebert’s review looms large for me, not the least of which because he pinpointed a moment I found mesmerizing;
I was about to say “I don’t know why but the older I get the more I love the Winter Olympics” but I do know why, it’s because last go-around I watched this amazing documentary White Rock from 1977. Its descriptor on Criterion is maybe my favorite movie review (and accurate!)
October 28, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I was about to say “I don’t know why but the older I get the more I love the Winter Olympics” but I do know why, it’s because last go-around I watched this amazing documentary White Rock from 1977. Its descriptor on Criterion is maybe my favorite movie review (and accurate!)
Teaching right now feels like this, the line is 67, it doesn’t matter if you’ve never said it before either
October 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Teaching right now feels like this, the line is 67, it doesn’t matter if you’ve never said it before either
This joke I put in a birthday card is going to slay this kid in my third period lol
October 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This joke I put in a birthday card is going to slay this kid in my third period lol
Movie no. 21, “Tomorrow Is Another Day.”
I hadn’t seen this one since the first time I went to Noir City DC in 2019. Steve Cochran’s finest performance (though he’s great as the villain in The Chase). Like many films noir, the ending feels ultra-imposed by the studio, but that doesn’t destroy it.
I hadn’t seen this one since the first time I went to Noir City DC in 2019. Steve Cochran’s finest performance (though he’s great as the villain in The Chase). Like many films noir, the ending feels ultra-imposed by the studio, but that doesn’t destroy it.
October 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Movie no. 21, “Tomorrow Is Another Day.”
I hadn’t seen this one since the first time I went to Noir City DC in 2019. Steve Cochran’s finest performance (though he’s great as the villain in The Chase). Like many films noir, the ending feels ultra-imposed by the studio, but that doesn’t destroy it.
I hadn’t seen this one since the first time I went to Noir City DC in 2019. Steve Cochran’s finest performance (though he’s great as the villain in The Chase). Like many films noir, the ending feels ultra-imposed by the studio, but that doesn’t destroy it.
Movie no. 20, “My True Story.”
A Columbia B and Mickey Rooney’s only directorial credit. I liked the chemistry between Helen Walker (of Nightmare Alley fame!) and Willard Parker. An early glimpse at Aldo Ray!
I’ve seen loads of bad acting in B noirs and the acting here’s actually not too bad.
A Columbia B and Mickey Rooney’s only directorial credit. I liked the chemistry between Helen Walker (of Nightmare Alley fame!) and Willard Parker. An early glimpse at Aldo Ray!
I’ve seen loads of bad acting in B noirs and the acting here’s actually not too bad.
October 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Movie no. 20, “My True Story.”
A Columbia B and Mickey Rooney’s only directorial credit. I liked the chemistry between Helen Walker (of Nightmare Alley fame!) and Willard Parker. An early glimpse at Aldo Ray!
I’ve seen loads of bad acting in B noirs and the acting here’s actually not too bad.
A Columbia B and Mickey Rooney’s only directorial credit. I liked the chemistry between Helen Walker (of Nightmare Alley fame!) and Willard Parker. An early glimpse at Aldo Ray!
I’ve seen loads of bad acting in B noirs and the acting here’s actually not too bad.
Movie no. 19, “Cry Danger” (1951).
A good LA noir that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish and doesn’t try to punch above its weight. The scene where Dick Powell interrogates William Conrad (!) is impressively tense!
A good LA noir that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish and doesn’t try to punch above its weight. The scene where Dick Powell interrogates William Conrad (!) is impressively tense!
October 20, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Movie no. 19, “Cry Danger” (1951).
A good LA noir that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish and doesn’t try to punch above its weight. The scene where Dick Powell interrogates William Conrad (!) is impressively tense!
A good LA noir that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish and doesn’t try to punch above its weight. The scene where Dick Powell interrogates William Conrad (!) is impressively tense!
Movie no. 18, “Inferno.”
Maybe Robert Ryan’s best performance—he spends much of the movie acting only with himself in the desert!—and that’s a high compliment for the man in Odds Against Tomorrow, Act of Violence, Bad Day at Black Rock, Crossfire, Billy Budd, etc etc etc. Awesome on the big screen.
Maybe Robert Ryan’s best performance—he spends much of the movie acting only with himself in the desert!—and that’s a high compliment for the man in Odds Against Tomorrow, Act of Violence, Bad Day at Black Rock, Crossfire, Billy Budd, etc etc etc. Awesome on the big screen.
October 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Movie no. 18, “Inferno.”
Maybe Robert Ryan’s best performance—he spends much of the movie acting only with himself in the desert!—and that’s a high compliment for the man in Odds Against Tomorrow, Act of Violence, Bad Day at Black Rock, Crossfire, Billy Budd, etc etc etc. Awesome on the big screen.
Maybe Robert Ryan’s best performance—he spends much of the movie acting only with himself in the desert!—and that’s a high compliment for the man in Odds Against Tomorrow, Act of Violence, Bad Day at Black Rock, Crossfire, Billy Budd, etc etc etc. Awesome on the big screen.
Movie no. 17, “The Reckless Moment” (1949).
A noir soap opera (positive), tonally like Detour and Ozu baked into one. Postwar nuclear family turmoil, distant shades of Act of Violence. I really loved this movie!
Overheard some in the crowd saying “mehhh” afterward. Tosh!
A noir soap opera (positive), tonally like Detour and Ozu baked into one. Postwar nuclear family turmoil, distant shades of Act of Violence. I really loved this movie!
Overheard some in the crowd saying “mehhh” afterward. Tosh!
October 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Movie no. 17, “The Reckless Moment” (1949).
A noir soap opera (positive), tonally like Detour and Ozu baked into one. Postwar nuclear family turmoil, distant shades of Act of Violence. I really loved this movie!
Overheard some in the crowd saying “mehhh” afterward. Tosh!
A noir soap opera (positive), tonally like Detour and Ozu baked into one. Postwar nuclear family turmoil, distant shades of Act of Violence. I really loved this movie!
Overheard some in the crowd saying “mehhh” afterward. Tosh!
Movie no. 16, “The Woman in the Window” (1944).
Never disappoints. Fritz Lang’s cinematic sense of humor always feels a little perverse even when he pulls his punches. The humor in this is so fun.
Never disappoints. Fritz Lang’s cinematic sense of humor always feels a little perverse even when he pulls his punches. The humor in this is so fun.
October 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Movie no. 16, “The Woman in the Window” (1944).
Never disappoints. Fritz Lang’s cinematic sense of humor always feels a little perverse even when he pulls his punches. The humor in this is so fun.
Never disappoints. Fritz Lang’s cinematic sense of humor always feels a little perverse even when he pulls his punches. The humor in this is so fun.
Movie no. 15, "Caged" (1950).
Another dark one that boasts a battery of excellent performances. The script feels like a stage play (positive).
Another dark one that boasts a battery of excellent performances. The script feels like a stage play (positive).
October 18, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Movie no. 15, "Caged" (1950).
Another dark one that boasts a battery of excellent performances. The script feels like a stage play (positive).
Another dark one that boasts a battery of excellent performances. The script feels like a stage play (positive).