Just finished watching LANDSCAPERS and it’s great. Ed Sinclair and Will Sharpe have crafted something remarkably sad and beautiful.
Remembering a great writer by watching Griffin Dunne’s 2017 documentary JOAN DIDION: THE CENTER WILL NOT HOLD again. 🎥
Relaxing by watching one of the great films, Michael Curtiz’s 1942 ‎CASABLANCA. 🎥
Celebrating Jane Birkin’s birthday by watching Agnès Varda’s 1988 documentary ‎JANE B. BY AGNÈS V. on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching ‎Aki Kaurismäki’s 1996 film DRIFTING CLOUDS on the Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching ‎Penny Lane’s 2021 documentary LISTENING TO KENNY G. 🎥
Watching ‎Beth B’s 2019 documentary LYDIA LUNCH: THE WAR IS NEVER OVER on The Criterion Channel. 🎥
Watching Andreas Fontana’s 2021 film AZOR on MUBI. 🎥
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. 🎥
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. 🎥
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. 🎥
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. 🎥
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. 🎥