Sylvie
@slywit.bsky.social
Half 🇺🇸, half 🇫🇷, all-around opinionated. Editor currently living in San Francisco. Hitchcocko-Hawksienne. National parkologist. Opera aficionada. Supporting women directors is my jam. Blog: slywit.wordpress.com
Film noir: ACAB before ACAB was cool #Noirvember
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Film noir: ACAB before ACAB was cool #Noirvember
Me, when the marketing materials I've proofed through several rounds actually arrive in my mailbox from my client's client
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Me, when the marketing materials I've proofed through several rounds actually arrive in my mailbox from my client's client
This afternoon’s pairing is a classic case of good cop-bad cop: THE KILLER IS LOOSE (1956) & SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954).
“Cops, huh?”
“No, robbers.”
—John Agar as Sgt. Mark Brewster to police reporter Herb Butterfield in SHIELD FOR MURDER
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #9-10 #Filmsky 📽️
“Cops, huh?”
“No, robbers.”
—John Agar as Sgt. Mark Brewster to police reporter Herb Butterfield in SHIELD FOR MURDER
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #9-10 #Filmsky 📽️
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This afternoon’s pairing is a classic case of good cop-bad cop: THE KILLER IS LOOSE (1956) & SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954).
“Cops, huh?”
“No, robbers.”
—John Agar as Sgt. Mark Brewster to police reporter Herb Butterfield in SHIELD FOR MURDER
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #9-10 #Filmsky 📽️
“Cops, huh?”
“No, robbers.”
—John Agar as Sgt. Mark Brewster to police reporter Herb Butterfield in SHIELD FOR MURDER
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #9-10 #Filmsky 📽️
Tonight it’s #NoirDoubleFeatures à la française: LES PORTES DE LA NUIT (1946) & MARTIN ROUMAGNAC (1946).
«On peut être perdu dans les endroits les plus familiers.»
“You can get lost in the most familiar places.”
—Jean Vilar as “le Destin” in LES PORTES DE LA NUIT
#Noirvember #7-8 #Filmsky 📽️
«On peut être perdu dans les endroits les plus familiers.»
“You can get lost in the most familiar places.”
—Jean Vilar as “le Destin” in LES PORTES DE LA NUIT
#Noirvember #7-8 #Filmsky 📽️
November 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Tonight it’s #NoirDoubleFeatures à la française: LES PORTES DE LA NUIT (1946) & MARTIN ROUMAGNAC (1946).
«On peut être perdu dans les endroits les plus familiers.»
“You can get lost in the most familiar places.”
—Jean Vilar as “le Destin” in LES PORTES DE LA NUIT
#Noirvember #7-8 #Filmsky 📽️
«On peut être perdu dans les endroits les plus familiers.»
“You can get lost in the most familiar places.”
—Jean Vilar as “le Destin” in LES PORTES DE LA NUIT
#Noirvember #7-8 #Filmsky 📽️
We interrupt this #Noirvember to bring you this important #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #DirectedByWomen triple feature from the mother of the mayor-elect of New York City 📽️
November 8, 2025 at 4:04 AM
We interrupt this #Noirvember to bring you this important #FemaleFilmmakerFriday #DirectedByWomen triple feature from the mother of the mayor-elect of New York City 📽️
November 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Today’s pairing involves adaptations of Eric Ambler novels: JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1943) & THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944). Unlike with the books, I think I prefer DIMITRIOS. Remember, kids, "The only risk you take is in not doing as you’re told." #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #5-6 #Filmsky 📽️
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Today’s pairing involves adaptations of Eric Ambler novels: JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1943) & THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944). Unlike with the books, I think I prefer DIMITRIOS. Remember, kids, "The only risk you take is in not doing as you’re told." #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #5-6 #Filmsky 📽️
This was a rewatch for me because I thought I might have misjudged this lackluster noir when I first saw it on Mubi. I didn’t. But Angel and Smitty rule.
“I got such a yen for you, it hurts like a toothache.” — Kay Medford as Angel in GUILTY BYSTANDER
“I got such a yen for you, it hurts like a toothache.” — Kay Medford as Angel in GUILTY BYSTANDER
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 AM
This was a rewatch for me because I thought I might have misjudged this lackluster noir when I first saw it on Mubi. I didn’t. But Angel and Smitty rule.
“I got such a yen for you, it hurts like a toothache.” — Kay Medford as Angel in GUILTY BYSTANDER
“I got such a yen for you, it hurts like a toothache.” — Kay Medford as Angel in GUILTY BYSTANDER
I’m not a big Dane Clark fan, but I sort of liked him here. More importantly, the supporting characters provide enough local color to encourage you to stick around until the convoluted mystery's solved.
“What do they call this stuff, Kiss of Death?”
—Dane Clark in BLACKOUT
“What do they call this stuff, Kiss of Death?”
—Dane Clark in BLACKOUT
November 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I’m not a big Dane Clark fan, but I sort of liked him here. More importantly, the supporting characters provide enough local color to encourage you to stick around until the convoluted mystery's solved.
“What do they call this stuff, Kiss of Death?”
—Dane Clark in BLACKOUT
“What do they call this stuff, Kiss of Death?”
—Dane Clark in BLACKOUT
Continuing with Criterion’s Blackout Noir collection, the films in today’s pairing both involve mysteries that don’t make a lick of sense... but it’s not because of the booze: MURDER BY PROXY (aka BLACKOUT) (1954) & GUILTY BYSTANDER (1950) #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #3-4 #Filmsky 📽️
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Continuing with Criterion’s Blackout Noir collection, the films in today’s pairing both involve mysteries that don’t make a lick of sense... but it’s not because of the booze: MURDER BY PROXY (aka BLACKOUT) (1954) & GUILTY BYSTANDER (1950) #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #3-4 #Filmsky 📽️
This was more of a standard noir than DEADLINE AT DAWN but it had the same moral underpinning in terms of the character who blacks out.
“You make more sense when you’re drunk.”
—Janis Carter in FRAMED (1947)
“You make more sense when you’re drunk.”
—Janis Carter in FRAMED (1947)
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
This was more of a standard noir than DEADLINE AT DAWN but it had the same moral underpinning in terms of the character who blacks out.
“You make more sense when you’re drunk.”
—Janis Carter in FRAMED (1947)
“You make more sense when you’re drunk.”
—Janis Carter in FRAMED (1947)
This started out on the slow side but when it picked up I was all in. More of a mystery than your typical noir shenanigans. Loved both Susan Hayward and Paul Lukas.
“It’s all right to live in a cocoon like this if you expect to be a butterfly someday.” —Susan Hayward in DEADLINE AT DAWN
“It’s all right to live in a cocoon like this if you expect to be a butterfly someday.” —Susan Hayward in DEADLINE AT DAWN
November 3, 2025 at 6:58 AM
This started out on the slow side but when it picked up I was all in. More of a mystery than your typical noir shenanigans. Loved both Susan Hayward and Paul Lukas.
“It’s all right to live in a cocoon like this if you expect to be a butterfly someday.” —Susan Hayward in DEADLINE AT DAWN
“It’s all right to live in a cocoon like this if you expect to be a butterfly someday.” —Susan Hayward in DEADLINE AT DAWN
Today’s pairing is all about what people may have done under the influence and what they do or don’t remember about it. And, more importantly, what they're going to do about it: DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946) & FRAMED (1947)
Available at Criterion. #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #1-2 #Filmsky 📽️
Available at Criterion. #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #1-2 #Filmsky 📽️
November 3, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Today’s pairing is all about what people may have done under the influence and what they do or don’t remember about it. And, more importantly, what they're going to do about it: DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946) & FRAMED (1947)
Available at Criterion. #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #1-2 #Filmsky 📽️
Available at Criterion. #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #1-2 #Filmsky 📽️
What's it like inside your head?
November 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What's it like inside your head?
This is how I’m gonna look every time someone hits the dislike button one of my posts.
November 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is how I’m gonna look every time someone hits the dislike button one of my posts.
As per usual, I'll be doing #NoirDoubleFeatures for the month. These will mostly be pulled from the 1940s since I'm bound and determined to finish up with that decade by the end of the year (for my Century+ project). I'll be starting with the films I haven't seen in this new Criterion collection.
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
As per usual, I'll be doing #NoirDoubleFeatures for the month. These will mostly be pulled from the 1940s since I'm bound and determined to finish up with that decade by the end of the year (for my Century+ project). I'll be starting with the films I haven't seen in this new Criterion collection.
Kanopy has also gotten on the #Noirvember train and has a ton of classic noirs under this banner, including some of my favorites like DOA, THE HITCH-HIKER, KC CONFIDENTIAL, and LURED as well as the Flicker Alley restorations of THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF, WOMAN ON THE RUN, and REPEAT PERFORMANCE.
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Kanopy has also gotten on the #Noirvember train and has a ton of classic noirs under this banner, including some of my favorites like DOA, THE HITCH-HIKER, KC CONFIDENTIAL, and LURED as well as the Flicker Alley restorations of THE MAN WHO CHEATED HIMSELF, WOMAN ON THE RUN, and REPEAT PERFORMANCE.
Me on October 31st vs Me on #Noirvember 1st
November 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Me on October 31st vs Me on #Noirvember 1st
Top 10 new-to-me watches in October:
HAMNET (2025)
HOLLYWOOD 90028 (1973)
BUGONIA (2025)
OPERAZIONE PAURA (KILL, BABY… KILL!) (1966)
MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991)
FISH TANK (2009)
THE CANDIDATE (1972)
WEAPONS (2025)
JUGGERNAUT (1974)
LA FRUSTA E IL CORPO (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) (1963)
#Filmsky 📽️
HAMNET (2025)
HOLLYWOOD 90028 (1973)
BUGONIA (2025)
OPERAZIONE PAURA (KILL, BABY… KILL!) (1966)
MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991)
FISH TANK (2009)
THE CANDIDATE (1972)
WEAPONS (2025)
JUGGERNAUT (1974)
LA FRUSTA E IL CORPO (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) (1963)
#Filmsky 📽️
November 1, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Top 10 new-to-me watches in October:
HAMNET (2025)
HOLLYWOOD 90028 (1973)
BUGONIA (2025)
OPERAZIONE PAURA (KILL, BABY… KILL!) (1966)
MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991)
FISH TANK (2009)
THE CANDIDATE (1972)
WEAPONS (2025)
JUGGERNAUT (1974)
LA FRUSTA E IL CORPO (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) (1963)
#Filmsky 📽️
HAMNET (2025)
HOLLYWOOD 90028 (1973)
BUGONIA (2025)
OPERAZIONE PAURA (KILL, BABY… KILL!) (1966)
MISSISSIPPI MASALA (1991)
FISH TANK (2009)
THE CANDIDATE (1972)
WEAPONS (2025)
JUGGERNAUT (1974)
LA FRUSTA E IL CORPO (THE WHIP AND THE BODY) (1963)
#Filmsky 📽️
Rewatched my final Carpenter assignment a bit earlier than usual since I’m heading out for tricks and treats soon. HALLOWEEN is certainly the scariest Carpenter and a fun rewatch during spooky season, but it’s not quite as interesting to me as ASSAULT or THE FOG. #FortnightOfFright #14
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Rewatched my final Carpenter assignment a bit earlier than usual since I’m heading out for tricks and treats soon. HALLOWEEN is certainly the scariest Carpenter and a fun rewatch during spooky season, but it’s not quite as interesting to me as ASSAULT or THE FOG. #FortnightOfFright #14
It's been a rough few days out there in movieland. Stay safe, everyone! #LastFourWatched #Filmsky 📽️
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 PM
It's been a rough few days out there in movieland. Stay safe, everyone! #LastFourWatched #Filmsky 📽️
Well, folks, I've made it through John Carpenter's entire filmography. Tonight's selection was the much-reviled THE WARD. And you know what? I didn't hate it. It certainly held my attention all the way through, which is more than I can say for some other lesser Carpenters. #FortnightOfFright #13
October 31, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Well, folks, I've made it through John Carpenter's entire filmography. Tonight's selection was the much-reviled THE WARD. And you know what? I didn't hate it. It certainly held my attention all the way through, which is more than I can say for some other lesser Carpenters. #FortnightOfFright #13
walking home after your motley crew of randos crushes it at the membership library horror trivia night
October 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
walking home after your motley crew of randos crushes it at the membership library horror trivia night
This title is a crime.
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This title is a crime.
