Mat Brewster
@themidnightcafe.bsky.social
Just finished watching Stakeout (1958) in which two cops watch a woman in hopes she'll lead them to a killer and learn that the life of a housewife is hard and unfulfilling.
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Just finished watching Stakeout (1958) in which two cops watch a woman in hopes she'll lead them to a killer and learn that the life of a housewife is hard and unfulfilling.
Pink Floyd at the Hollywood Bowl, 1977
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Pink Floyd at the Hollywood Bowl, 1977
Elvis Costello at the Grand Old Opry, 1982
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Elvis Costello at the Grand Old Opry, 1982
I had a lot of other things to watch this week, but happy to be back on the #noirvember beat this weekend. First up was The Woman in Question (1950) a pretty great little Rashomon take on the genre.
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I had a lot of other things to watch this week, but happy to be back on the #noirvember beat this weekend. First up was The Woman in Question (1950) a pretty great little Rashomon take on the genre.
Three Strangers (1946)
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Three Strangers (1946)
Rilo Kiley in Los Angeles, 2025
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Rilo Kiley in Los Angeles, 2025
Nastassja Kinski
November 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Nastassja Kinski
Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve in Anna Karenina (1985)
November 21, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Jacqueline Bisset and Christopher Reeve in Anna Karenina (1985)
Veronica Lake with curls.
November 21, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Veronica Lake with curls.
Hedy Lamarr and Louis B. Mayer.
November 20, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hedy Lamarr and Louis B. Mayer.
Still from the movie Arch of Triumph (1948)
November 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Still from the movie Arch of Triumph (1948)
Van Morrison playing sax in Kissimmee, Florida, January 02 2007
November 20, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Van Morrison playing sax in Kissimmee, Florida, January 02 2007
I only managed to watch two films today and they are wildly different. First was The Ogre of Athens a noirish drama from Greece. I'll have a full review of it shortly. Then I needed something light and caught up with the MCU by watching Thunderbolts. It was fun until it wasn't.
November 17, 2025 at 4:16 AM
I only managed to watch two films today and they are wildly different. First was The Ogre of Athens a noirish drama from Greece. I'll have a full review of it shortly. Then I needed something light and caught up with the MCU by watching Thunderbolts. It was fun until it wasn't.
Finished the night up with Framed (1947). It is mostly a great little noir, but I never believed in the romance and it rushes its ending a bit.
#noirvember
#noirvember
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Finished the night up with Framed (1947). It is mostly a great little noir, but I never believed in the romance and it rushes its ending a bit.
#noirvember
#noirvember
Tonight I finally landed on something that looked mildly interesting: The Mothman Prophesies (2002.)
I should have just subscribed to Hulu for a couple of months or something. This movie stinks.
I should have just subscribed to Hulu for a couple of months or something. This movie stinks.
November 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Tonight I finally landed on something that looked mildly interesting: The Mothman Prophesies (2002.)
I should have just subscribed to Hulu for a couple of months or something. This movie stinks.
I should have just subscribed to Hulu for a couple of months or something. This movie stinks.
Lobby card for Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
November 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Lobby card for Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Brigitte Bardot and Eddy Constantine at Cannes festival 1955
November 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Brigitte Bardot and Eddy Constantine at Cannes festival 1955
Richard Thompson
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Richard Thompson
Furthur performing in Eugene, OR on 09/25/11
November 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Furthur performing in Eugene, OR on 09/25/11
Zsa Zsa Gabor showing off what was probably a large TV back then, something I'm now looking at on a computer monitor twice as big.
November 14, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Zsa Zsa Gabor showing off what was probably a large TV back then, something I'm now looking at on a computer monitor twice as big.
Neil Young in Munich, 2009.
November 14, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Neil Young in Munich, 2009.
Chester Morris and Carole Lombard in Sinners in the Sun. (1932)
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Chester Morris and Carole Lombard in Sinners in the Sun. (1932)
Just binge watched the first season of The Bear which is good, and sad, and rather stressful. I'm not sure it was a good choice for in this moment.
November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just binge watched the first season of The Bear which is good, and sad, and rather stressful. I'm not sure it was a good choice for in this moment.
Bob Weir and Phil Lesh performing sometime after Bob got that beard.
November 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Bob Weir and Phil Lesh performing sometime after Bob got that beard.