Possibly bending the rules a bit but I’m watching the 1991 film The Linguini Incident directed by Richard Shepard as my Noirvember film for tonight on the Criterion Channel. 🎥

My film noir tonight for Noirvember is the 1946 film The Black Angel directed by Roy William Neill. 🎥

My Noirvember film tonight is the 1952 noir Strange Fascination directed by Hugo Hass in the Criterion Channel’s Columbia Noir collection. 🎥

Tonight’s Noirvember film is from 1941 starring Peter Lorre in The Face Behind the Mask directed by Robert Florey on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Tonight’s Noirvember film features Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, and Claude Rains in Archie Mayo’s 1942 film Moontide on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Tonight’s Noirvember film is Byron Haskin’s 1947 film I Walk Alone in Noir Alley on TCM. 🎥

Tonight’s Noirvember film is Alice Troughton’s 2023 film The Lesson. 🎥

Rewatching Jim Jarmusch’s 2009 film The Limits of Control as my Noirvember film tonight. 🎥

Watching Blake Edwards’ 1962 film noir Experiment in Terror on The Criterion Channel as my Noirvember film tonight. 🎥

Rewatching the Coen Brothers’ 1987 film Raising Arizona as my next Noirvember film. 🎥

Made some pizza for supper tonight.

Second film noir for Noirvember is Susan Seidelman’s 2001 film Gaudi Afternoon. 🎥

Watching the gorgeous restoration of Chantal Akerman’s 1984 short J’ai Faim, J’ai Froid on Le Cinema Club. . 🎥

Kicking off Noirvember with the 1957 British noir Eyewitness. 🎥

Starting to watch the final season of What We Do in the Shadows which I love. 📺

Watching Sarah Minter’s 1991 film Alma Punk on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Sunset in Canning, Nova Scotia.

Watching Jean Grémillon’s 1937 film ‎Lady Killer on The Criterion Channel. 🎥

Bee on a flower.

Pizza fresh from the oven topped with some local peppers, basil, and pesto that I made.

It’s time for the Giornate del Cinema Muto again and I’m watching some of the great silent films that they are streaming again this year. It always provides a different and wonderful perspective on world cinema and history. 🎥🤫

Currently reading: Cue the Sun! by Emily Nussbaum 📚

Favourite new-to-me films for September 2024:

Native Tongue, Never Look Away, Presence , Black Box Diaries, When the Light Breaks, Bird, Julie Keeps Quiet, Dahomey, Bob Trevino Likes It, and How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at His Farm in Normandy.

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Watching Rob Reiner’s 1984 film This is Spinal Tap again. It amazes me how many of the details of the film I remember. 🎥

Another great day of films at the Atlantic International Film Festival where I saw films from India, Japan, Iceland, and the UK. 🎥