So, then, the "Sydney" version of Bing?
December 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
So, then, the "Sydney" version of Bing?
Westlake might have got this one from Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of the Underworld. "Jugger" is 1920s slang for a bank robber (a "jug" was a bank). It's sense 2 in the definition below.
November 8, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Westlake might have got this one from Eric Partridge's A Dictionary of the Underworld. "Jugger" is 1920s slang for a bank robber (a "jug" was a bank). It's sense 2 in the definition below.
Ever see this book? I never actually subscribed to any of the mailing lists mentioned inside, but they were great to read about.
November 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Ever see this book? I never actually subscribed to any of the mailing lists mentioned inside, but they were great to read about.
It has this cover, so the U.S. edition, I think?
September 3, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It has this cover, so the U.S. edition, I think?
Best first watches, August
Old: TRAP FOR CINDERELLA (1965) — An amnesiac burn victim (Dany Carrel) learns that she's a wealthy heiress (Dany Carrel) with a newly dead cousin (Dany Carrel). Okay, you can see where this is going. And it gets there, and then it careens right on past.
New: SEVEN VEILS
Old: TRAP FOR CINDERELLA (1965) — An amnesiac burn victim (Dany Carrel) learns that she's a wealthy heiress (Dany Carrel) with a newly dead cousin (Dany Carrel). Okay, you can see where this is going. And it gets there, and then it careens right on past.
New: SEVEN VEILS
August 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Best first watches, August
Old: TRAP FOR CINDERELLA (1965) — An amnesiac burn victim (Dany Carrel) learns that she's a wealthy heiress (Dany Carrel) with a newly dead cousin (Dany Carrel). Okay, you can see where this is going. And it gets there, and then it careens right on past.
New: SEVEN VEILS
Old: TRAP FOR CINDERELLA (1965) — An amnesiac burn victim (Dany Carrel) learns that she's a wealthy heiress (Dany Carrel) with a newly dead cousin (Dany Carrel). Okay, you can see where this is going. And it gets there, and then it careens right on past.
New: SEVEN VEILS
Best first watches, July
Old: THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE — Great, seedy drama about a Soho strip-club comedian frantically trying to scrape up enough cash for his gambling debts.
New: Um. FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES, I guess.
Old: THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE — Great, seedy drama about a Soho strip-club comedian frantically trying to scrape up enough cash for his gambling debts.
New: Um. FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES, I guess.
August 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Best first watches, July
Old: THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE — Great, seedy drama about a Soho strip-club comedian frantically trying to scrape up enough cash for his gambling debts.
New: Um. FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES, I guess.
Old: THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE — Great, seedy drama about a Soho strip-club comedian frantically trying to scrape up enough cash for his gambling debts.
New: Um. FINAL DESTINATION BLOODLINES, I guess.
I am the only person on Letterboxd who's seen TOKYO TWILIGHT. That's TOKYO TWILIGHT the not-terribly-good horror comedy from 2013 and not, you know, the other one.
August 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I am the only person on Letterboxd who's seen TOKYO TWILIGHT. That's TOKYO TWILIGHT the not-terribly-good horror comedy from 2013 and not, you know, the other one.
Best first watches, June
Old: DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS — Stands out from other Hammer vampire pictures thanks to Christopher Lee's atypical performance; he embodies hungering menace without speaking a word. Andrew Keir's also great in a Van Helsing-ish part as an irascible priest.
New: SINNERS
Old: DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS — Stands out from other Hammer vampire pictures thanks to Christopher Lee's atypical performance; he embodies hungering menace without speaking a word. Andrew Keir's also great in a Van Helsing-ish part as an irascible priest.
New: SINNERS
July 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Best first watches, June
Old: DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS — Stands out from other Hammer vampire pictures thanks to Christopher Lee's atypical performance; he embodies hungering menace without speaking a word. Andrew Keir's also great in a Van Helsing-ish part as an irascible priest.
New: SINNERS
Old: DRACULA, PRINCE OF DARKNESS — Stands out from other Hammer vampire pictures thanks to Christopher Lee's atypical performance; he embodies hungering menace without speaking a word. Andrew Keir's also great in a Van Helsing-ish part as an irascible priest.
New: SINNERS
I once made my way through the Shaw alphabet edition of Androcles and the Lion. Pretty obvious why it never caught on.
July 7, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I once made my way through the Shaw alphabet edition of Androcles and the Lion. Pretty obvious why it never caught on.
Best first watches, May
Old: SPL II — A conceptual "sequel" to SPL. The melodrama reaches atmospheric heights this time — feuding brothers, anguished cops, involuntary organ transplants, a small girl with leukaemia — and the action scenes are propulsive enough that it all works.
New: BLACK BAG
Old: SPL II — A conceptual "sequel" to SPL. The melodrama reaches atmospheric heights this time — feuding brothers, anguished cops, involuntary organ transplants, a small girl with leukaemia — and the action scenes are propulsive enough that it all works.
New: BLACK BAG
June 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Best first watches, May
Old: SPL II — A conceptual "sequel" to SPL. The melodrama reaches atmospheric heights this time — feuding brothers, anguished cops, involuntary organ transplants, a small girl with leukaemia — and the action scenes are propulsive enough that it all works.
New: BLACK BAG
Old: SPL II — A conceptual "sequel" to SPL. The melodrama reaches atmospheric heights this time — feuding brothers, anguished cops, involuntary organ transplants, a small girl with leukaemia — and the action scenes are propulsive enough that it all works.
New: BLACK BAG
Had a look, and Uncovered only has one Joan Fleming cover — not one of the ones above. Several Fowles and Chandler covers, though.
June 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Had a look, and Uncovered only has one Joan Fleming cover — not one of the ones above. Several Fowles and Chandler covers, though.
Looked the guy up and I gotta say, people with Wikipedia pages like this are generally already past the "minor controversy" phase
June 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Looked the guy up and I gotta say, people with Wikipedia pages like this are generally already past the "minor controversy" phase
Best first watches, April
Old: PLAY DIRTY — A cynical heist movie transplanted to the North African campaign in WWII. Distrust and backstabbing, long procedural sequences of professionals doing their jobs, and no heroics.
New: IT'S NOT ME — Yeah, it's a Godard pastiche. But it's a great one.
Old: PLAY DIRTY — A cynical heist movie transplanted to the North African campaign in WWII. Distrust and backstabbing, long procedural sequences of professionals doing their jobs, and no heroics.
New: IT'S NOT ME — Yeah, it's a Godard pastiche. But it's a great one.
May 31, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Best first watches, April
Old: PLAY DIRTY — A cynical heist movie transplanted to the North African campaign in WWII. Distrust and backstabbing, long procedural sequences of professionals doing their jobs, and no heroics.
New: IT'S NOT ME — Yeah, it's a Godard pastiche. But it's a great one.
Old: PLAY DIRTY — A cynical heist movie transplanted to the North African campaign in WWII. Distrust and backstabbing, long procedural sequences of professionals doing their jobs, and no heroics.
New: IT'S NOT ME — Yeah, it's a Godard pastiche. But it's a great one.
The Dutch publisher used different photos from the same sessions.
May 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The Dutch publisher used different photos from the same sessions.
May 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
This is incredibly common with older films, and they're usually purely decorative, though in some cases they do seem to represent an actual quotation.
May 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This is incredibly common with older films, and they're usually purely decorative, though in some cases they do seem to represent an actual quotation.
Best first watches, March
Old: LES RENDEZ-VOUS D'ANNA — Meetings and partings in a nighttime of empty train stations, shabby hotels, and barren streets. There's little conversation in the usual sense; people monologue to each other, forever alone.
New: PRESENCE
Old: LES RENDEZ-VOUS D'ANNA — Meetings and partings in a nighttime of empty train stations, shabby hotels, and barren streets. There's little conversation in the usual sense; people monologue to each other, forever alone.
New: PRESENCE
April 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Best first watches, March
Old: LES RENDEZ-VOUS D'ANNA — Meetings and partings in a nighttime of empty train stations, shabby hotels, and barren streets. There's little conversation in the usual sense; people monologue to each other, forever alone.
New: PRESENCE
Old: LES RENDEZ-VOUS D'ANNA — Meetings and partings in a nighttime of empty train stations, shabby hotels, and barren streets. There's little conversation in the usual sense; people monologue to each other, forever alone.
New: PRESENCE
Merriam-Webster has her back.
April 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Merriam-Webster has her back.
Japanese vending machines usually aren't near as bizarre as their popular reputation, but I'll admit I was startled by this sriracha sauce machine in a quiet residential parking lot.
April 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Japanese vending machines usually aren't near as bizarre as their popular reputation, but I'll admit I was startled by this sriracha sauce machine in a quiet residential parking lot.
A film that takes place where you're from
April 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A film that takes place where you're from
Repost with your favourite James Bond.
April 12, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Repost with your favourite James Bond.
