Andrija Popovic
@andrian6.bsky.social
Customer Success by day. Writer, photographer, geek, and #NoirAlley buff off hours. Also on Twitter. I write spicy stories as A.J. Harris and SFFH work as, er, myself.
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Day 14 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Who's on the Film Noir Mount Rushmore? If it was my Mount Rushmore, it would be these folks - Charles McGraw & Marie Windsor next to Ida Lupino & Richard Widmark. Noir wouldn't be Noir without them.
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Day 14 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Who's on the Film Noir Mount Rushmore? If it was my Mount Rushmore, it would be these folks - Charles McGraw & Marie Windsor next to Ida Lupino & Richard Widmark. Noir wouldn't be Noir without them.
Got to get on that hustle early in life. "Now, what did we promise Mommy about leaving rejected manuscripts and bourbon bottles on the stairs?"
November 13, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Got to get on that hustle early in life. "Now, what did we promise Mommy about leaving rejected manuscripts and bourbon bottles on the stairs?"
Day 12 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Sexiest Film Noir.
I'm going to go with one most don't think of. Thieves Highway. Why?
Richard Conte. Valentina Cortesa. Tic-Tac-Toe.
I'm going to go with one most don't think of. Thieves Highway. Why?
Richard Conte. Valentina Cortesa. Tic-Tac-Toe.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Day 12 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Sexiest Film Noir.
I'm going to go with one most don't think of. Thieves Highway. Why?
Richard Conte. Valentina Cortesa. Tic-Tac-Toe.
I'm going to go with one most don't think of. Thieves Highway. Why?
Richard Conte. Valentina Cortesa. Tic-Tac-Toe.
Quoth Steve McCroskey:
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Quoth Steve McCroskey:
Day 7 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - favorite Dan Duryea film. "Too Late for Tears." Lizabeth Scott in one of her best roles. Dan's trademark slap right on the poster. And his moment when he realizes he's caught a rabid tiger by the tail and it's going to eat him.
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Day 7 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - favorite Dan Duryea film. "Too Late for Tears." Lizabeth Scott in one of her best roles. Dan's trademark slap right on the poster. And his moment when he realizes he's caught a rabid tiger by the tail and it's going to eat him.
Day 8 of the #NoirvemberChallenge "Now You're Talking, Noir!" Favorite Line in a Film Noir. Damn impossible challenge. My vote, It's Charles McGraw in Narrow Margin. "Sixty-cent special: Cheap, flashy, strictly poison under the gravy."
youtu.be/U-HB6XKTrrs...
youtu.be/U-HB6XKTrrs...
November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Day 8 of the #NoirvemberChallenge "Now You're Talking, Noir!" Favorite Line in a Film Noir. Damn impossible challenge. My vote, It's Charles McGraw in Narrow Margin. "Sixty-cent special: Cheap, flashy, strictly poison under the gravy."
youtu.be/U-HB6XKTrrs...
youtu.be/U-HB6XKTrrs...
I love that the Predator's homeworld is essentially MAN HELL from Paperback Paradise:
November 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I love that the Predator's homeworld is essentially MAN HELL from Paperback Paradise:
Day 7 of the #NoirvemberChallenge: Favorite Film Noir Dream Sequence.
Going with a crazy coked-out favorite from Murder, My Sweet -
www.youtube.com/watc...
Going with a crazy coked-out favorite from Murder, My Sweet -
www.youtube.com/watc...
November 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Day 7 of the #NoirvemberChallenge: Favorite Film Noir Dream Sequence.
Going with a crazy coked-out favorite from Murder, My Sweet -
www.youtube.com/watc...
Going with a crazy coked-out favorite from Murder, My Sweet -
www.youtube.com/watc...
The Two Faces of Tellus
November 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
The Two Faces of Tellus
Day 6 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Coolest #FilmNoir character.
Another tough one, but for my money, no one faced their dark fate with more laconic chill than Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey/Markham in Out of the Past.
"Build my gallows high, baby."
Another tough one, but for my money, no one faced their dark fate with more laconic chill than Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey/Markham in Out of the Past.
"Build my gallows high, baby."
November 6, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Day 6 of the #NoirvemberChallenge - Coolest #FilmNoir character.
Another tough one, but for my money, no one faced their dark fate with more laconic chill than Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey/Markham in Out of the Past.
"Build my gallows high, baby."
Another tough one, but for my money, no one faced their dark fate with more laconic chill than Robert Mitchum as Jeff Bailey/Markham in Out of the Past.
"Build my gallows high, baby."
Today on #NoirvemberChallenge - Day 5: Film Noir You’d Show Someone Whose Never Seen One
Think this is a repeat from last year, but I tested it over Christmas. If I had an intro Noir for someone who wasn't a fan? It's Laura (1944).
www.youtube.com/watc...
Think this is a repeat from last year, but I tested it over Christmas. If I had an intro Noir for someone who wasn't a fan? It's Laura (1944).
www.youtube.com/watc...
November 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today on #NoirvemberChallenge - Day 5: Film Noir You’d Show Someone Whose Never Seen One
Think this is a repeat from last year, but I tested it over Christmas. If I had an intro Noir for someone who wasn't a fan? It's Laura (1944).
www.youtube.com/watc...
Think this is a repeat from last year, but I tested it over Christmas. If I had an intro Noir for someone who wasn't a fan? It's Laura (1944).
www.youtube.com/watc...
Fall feeling needed.
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Fall feeling needed.
Meanwhile, in another campfire drawn by Tom Toro...
November 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Meanwhile, in another campfire drawn by Tom Toro...
Day 4 of the #noirvemberchallenge by @ladykdesigns.bsky.social
Film Noir Ahead of Its Time: "Mystery Street." The very beginnings of forensic investigation on screen, and the casting of Ricardo Montalban as the lead make it an unsung milestone.
www.youtube.com/watc...
Film Noir Ahead of Its Time: "Mystery Street." The very beginnings of forensic investigation on screen, and the casting of Ricardo Montalban as the lead make it an unsung milestone.
www.youtube.com/watc...
November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Day 4 of the #noirvemberchallenge by @ladykdesigns.bsky.social
Film Noir Ahead of Its Time: "Mystery Street." The very beginnings of forensic investigation on screen, and the casting of Ricardo Montalban as the lead make it an unsung milestone.
www.youtube.com/watc...
Film Noir Ahead of Its Time: "Mystery Street." The very beginnings of forensic investigation on screen, and the casting of Ricardo Montalban as the lead make it an unsung milestone.
www.youtube.com/watc...
Day 3 of #NoirvemberChallenge - the film that made me a fan
There are so many! I'd loved Noir since Bogart complained about his manners in "The Big Sleep" but honestly, it was 2015's "Summer of Darkness" on TCM that made me a fan and showed me the depth of the genre.
There are so many! I'd loved Noir since Bogart complained about his manners in "The Big Sleep" but honestly, it was 2015's "Summer of Darkness" on TCM that made me a fan and showed me the depth of the genre.
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Day 3 of #NoirvemberChallenge - the film that made me a fan
There are so many! I'd loved Noir since Bogart complained about his manners in "The Big Sleep" but honestly, it was 2015's "Summer of Darkness" on TCM that made me a fan and showed me the depth of the genre.
There are so many! I'd loved Noir since Bogart complained about his manners in "The Big Sleep" but honestly, it was 2015's "Summer of Darkness" on TCM that made me a fan and showed me the depth of the genre.
Today's #NoirvemberChallenge: Favorite character introduction
No question: Rita Hayworth in Gilda - youtu.be/t5D-gqtETA4...
No question: Rita Hayworth in Gilda - youtu.be/t5D-gqtETA4...
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today's #NoirvemberChallenge: Favorite character introduction
No question: Rita Hayworth in Gilda - youtu.be/t5D-gqtETA4...
No question: Rita Hayworth in Gilda - youtu.be/t5D-gqtETA4...
All Hallows Eve bleeds into #Noirvember
October 31, 2025 at 9:11 PM
All Hallows Eve bleeds into #Noirvember
Apparently it is National Cat Day...
October 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Apparently it is National Cat Day...
Morning with Mr. Scorsese
October 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Morning with Mr. Scorsese
Tellus, my void cat, is not doing well. 2nd vet trip this week. Send mojo if you can.
October 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Tellus, my void cat, is not doing well. 2nd vet trip this week. Send mojo if you can.
Tellus, my best void cat, is unwell. A vet trip got him his appetite back, briefly, but now he is ignoring anything but snack food. Will check in with vet this afternoon if he hasn't eaten or done his usual business
October 21, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Tellus, my best void cat, is unwell. A vet trip got him his appetite back, briefly, but now he is ignoring anything but snack food. Will check in with vet this afternoon if he hasn't eaten or done his usual business
And the end of my #NoirCityDC trip - an old friend. RAW DEAL, directed by Anthony Mann, shot by John Alton.
October 13, 2025 at 12:10 AM
And the end of my #NoirCityDC trip - an old friend. RAW DEAL, directed by Anthony Mann, shot by John Alton.
Back at #NoirCityDC with Mary Ryan: Detective in 35mm - a new to me noir.
October 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Back at #NoirCityDC with Mary Ryan: Detective in 35mm - a new to me noir.