Watching Mélanie Laurent’s 2021 film THE MAD WOMEN’S BALL. 🎥
Excited to have the chance to finally watch Jane Campion’s latest film THE POWER OF THE DOG on Netflix. 🎥
Best new-to-me films watched in November 2021: Devil in a Blue Dress, Zero Focus, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Passing, Titane, Nightmare Alley, No Way Out, Drunken Angel, Quai des Orfevres, The Big Risk.
Wrapping up #Noirvember with the new-to-me French noir THE BIG RISK from 1960 directed by Claude Sautet on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Completing my viewing of the Fox Noir collection for #Noirvember tonight by watching the 1950 film WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS directed by Otto Preminger. 🎥
Part way through watching Quai des Orfèvres and I thought Mathieu Amalric could play the police inspector in a remake. Then I remembered that Wes Anderson modelled Amalric’s character in The French Dispatch on Louis Jouvet’s character and it all made sense.
Some French noir on the final weekend of #Noirvember with Henri-Georges Clouzot’s 1947 film QUAI DES ORFÈVRES on MUBI. 🎥
View of the sky as the week ended.
For tonight’s #Noirvember viewing I’m watching Fritz Lang’s 1953 film THE BLUE GARDENIA for the first time. 🎥
My #Noirvember viewing tonight is the 1954 film BLACK WIDOW directed by Nunnally Johnson on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching the fascinating miniseries THE MIDDLEMAN, starring Mathieu Amalric on The Criterion Channel. 📺
Some new-to-me Kurosawa for #Noirvember with his 1947 film DRUNKEN ANGEL on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching one more #Noirvember film tonight with the 1952 film SCANDAL SHEET directed by Phil Karlson. 🎥
Time for some colourful Japanese noir for #Noirvember viewing with Seijun Suzuki’s 1963 film Youth of the Beast on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
A bit of Noir Alley viewing on Sunday night for #Noirvember with the 1947 film JOHNNY O’CLOCK directed by Robert Rossen. 🎥
Fresh sourdough loaf cooling.
Some more new-to-me noir tonight with the 1950 film NO WAY OUT directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz and starring Sidney Poitier and Richard Widmark. 🎥
Skillet cornbread.
Afternoon walk.
Watching Chantal Akerman’s 1986 musical GOLDEN EIGHTIES again on The Criterion Channel. One of the few musicals that feature people singing about Labrador. 🎥
Some new-to-me #Noirvember viewing with the 1947 film ODD MAN OUT directed by Carol Reed. 🎥
Celebrating a great director’s birthday by watching the delightful 2011 film HUGO directed by Martin Scorsese. 🎥
Another #Noirvember film tonight from the Fox Noir collection on The Criterion Channel, the 1947 film NIGHTMARE ALLEY directed by Edmund Goulding. 🎥
Finally watching Julia Ducournau’s 2021 film TITANE. Counting it as a #Noirvember watch based on my vague knowledge about the film. 🎥
Japanese noir tonight for #Noirvember with the 1957 film I AM WAITING directed by Koreyoshi Kurahara on The Criterion Channel. 🎥