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Noteworthy on-screen illuminations
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The Conversation (1974)
Gene Hackman as Harry Caul in The Conversation, standing in a largely empty warehouse lit by pendant lights and a large blue fluorescent tube
March 8, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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Reds (1981)
A bowler hat, thrown in celebration of the Bolshevik victory in Russia, falls onto an elaborate chandelier. Screenshot from Warren Beatty’s Reds.
February 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM
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The Damned (1969)
Screenshot from Visconti’s The Damned in which Helmut Berger, Ingrid Thulin, Reinhard Kolldehoff, and Renaud Verley are luridly lit as they meet to plan the details of allying their massive steel company to the Nazi party—it doesn’t end well for any of them
February 2, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Darkness, Light, Darkness (1989)
A clay head being crushed against the ceiling of a small room, pushing aside a hanging lamp. Also what every moment of 2025 has felt like so far.
January 28, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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Twin Peaks: The Return (2017)
Scene from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: The Return with Janey-E and Dougie seated at their breakfast table complete with orange lamp Scene with Sonny Jim playing on his new jungle gym from the Mitchum brothers Big Ed’s Gas Farm
January 16, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Black Rainbow (1989)
Rosanna Arquette plays a psychic medium trotted around the South by her drunken father, Jason Robards—here they have a confrontation backstage after she claims to have had a genuine vision A man’s body, killed in his home in the manner Arquette’s character described in her vision, is discovered by his wife After this scene between Arquette and Robards (Eugene O’Neill mode: engaged) in a dramatically lit and mirrored dressing room, I immediately paused to buy the Arrow Blu-Ray This isn’t much of a lamp but the town’s depraved chemical magnate, here preaching a sermon, has some truly notable eyebrows
January 3, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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Squid Game (2021-present)
Screenshot of all-purple hallway lit by pendant lamps in the season 2 finale of Squid Game Screenshot of all-purple hallway lit by pendant lamps in the season 2 finale of Squid Game
December 29, 2024 at 7:42 PM
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Black Christmas (1974)
Screenshot from Black Christmas with Olivia Hussey standing in the glow of the coziest and most sinister red Christmas lights
December 28, 2024 at 2:09 AM
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Miracle Mile (1988)
Screenshot of Mare Winningham outside the diner in Miracle Mile Screenshot of the diner interior in Miracle Mile Screenshot from Miracle Mile Screenshot of Anthony Edwards, his helicopter pilot, and his helicopter pilot’s twink in Miracle Mile
December 3, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Honky Tonk Freeway (1981)
Screenshot from John Schlesinger’s Altman-meets-Cannonball Run farce Honky Tonk Freeway Screenshot from John Schlesinger’s Altman-meets-Cannonball Run farce Honky Tonk Freeway Screenshot from John Schlesinger’s Altman-meets-Cannonball Run farce Honky Tonk Freeway Screenshot from John Schlesinger’s Altman-meets-Cannonball Run farce Honky Tonk Freeway
November 25, 2024 at 7:33 PM
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The Prowler (1981)
Lights draped with haphazard charm on a building hosting a graduation dance A woman’s legs in front of a pool light in one of The Prowler’s murder sequences
November 24, 2024 at 1:58 PM
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Identikit, aka The Driver’s Seat (1974)
Screenshot from Identikit (cinematography by Vittorio Storaro) Screenshot from Identikit with Liz Taylor and Andy Warhol (cinematography by Vittorio Storaro) Screenshot from Identikit (cinematography by Vittorio Storaro) Screenshot from Identikit with Liz Taylor (cinematography by Vittorio Storaro)
November 17, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Screenshot from The Abominable Dr. Phibes Screenshot from The Abominable Dr. Phibes Screenshot from The Abominable Dr. Phibes Screenshot from The Abominable Dr. Phibes
November 16, 2024 at 3:14 AM
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The Keep (1983)
Still from The Keep with glowing cross
October 27, 2024 at 4:54 AM
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Quintet (1979)
Still from Robert Altman’s Quintet Still from Robert Altman’s Quintet Still from Robert Altman’s Quintet Still from Robert Altman’s Quintet
October 26, 2024 at 4:16 PM
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Prince of Darkness (1987)
October 14, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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The Comedians (1967)
Still from The Comedians with James Earl Jones and Richard Burton Still from The Comedians Still from The Comedians with Peter Ustinov, Elizabeth Taylor, and some exciting airplane reading lamps
October 8, 2024 at 8:40 PM
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Summer of 85 (2020)
Still from the movie Summer of 85 featuring a tacky boat sculpture that doubles as a wall sconce
September 29, 2024 at 12:54 AM
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Bluebeard (1972)
Still from the movie Bluebeard with giant red lamp and Joey Heatherton Still from the movie Bluebeard with Joey Heatherton and another actor in front of a massive floor lamp topped with what can only be described as a chiffon sphincter shade. The Hungarian subtitles are because this movie is not easy to stream—no effort should be made to make it easier.
September 28, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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Memoria (2021)
Still from the movie Memoria featuring dramatic overhead library lighting Still from the same scene featuring a library table lamp
September 8, 2024 at 6:05 AM
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Reds (1981)
Provincetown Players scene from Reds Provincetown Players scene from Reds
September 6, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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BUtterfield 8 (1960)
September 3, 2024 at 6:36 PM
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The World’s Greatest Sinner (1962)
Still from the movie The World’s Greatest Sinner with two men seated at table with a lamp.
June 16, 2024 at 9:26 PM
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Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Martin Landau washes his face after Jerry Orbach informs him that the hit on Anjelica Huston has taken place
February 8, 2024 at 1:44 AM
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Sweet Movie (1974)
January 12, 2024 at 1:43 AM