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Ég Man Thig (2017)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 22, 2018
vt I Remember You Iceland / 106 minutes / color with bw sequences / Ape&Bjørn, Icelandic Film Centre, Norsk Filminstitutt, Nordsk Film & TV Fond, Sena, Scanbox, RÚV, Zik Zak, Sighvatsson Dir: Oskar Thór Axelsson Pr: Thórir Snaer Sigurjonsson, Sigurjón Sighvatsson, Skúli Malmquist, Chris read more
snapshot: Date Bait (1960)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 19, 2018
US / 72 minutes / bw / Marathon, Filmgroup Dir & Pr: O’Dale Ireland Scr: Robert Slaven, Ethelmae Wilson Page Story: O’Dale Ireland, Robert Slaven, Ethelmae Wilson Page Cine: Larry Raimond Cast: Gary Clarke, Marla Ryan, Richard Gering, Carol Dawne, Jon Lindon, Gabe De Lutri (i.e., John Garwood), read more
book: The Last Night at Tremore Beach (2014; trans 2017 Carlos Frías) by Mikel Santiago
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 17, 2018
A white-knuckle thriller, the most gripping I’ve read in quite a while. Drained of inspiration and indeed almost the will to live by the desertion of his wife, popular composer Pete Harper ends up abandoning the bright lights for the remoteness of a Donegal beach, miles from a small to read more
book: The Crow Girl (2010, 2011, 2012; trans 2015 by Neil Smith) by Erik Axl Sund
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 16, 2018
Several mutilated corpses of pre-adolescent boys turn up in and around Stockholm, and Detective Superintendent Jeanette Kihlberg and her team mount a hunt for what’s obviously a serial killer. As part of her effort, she ropes in the assistance of psychologist Sofia Zetterlund, and, even as th read more
Crush (2013)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 15, 2018
US / 95 minutes / color / Intrepid Pictures, FilmNation Dir: Malik Bader Pr: Trevor Macy, Marc D. Evans Scr: Sonny Mallhi Cine: Scott Kevan Cast: Lucas Till, Crystal Reed, Sarah Bolger, Caitriona Balfe, Reid Ewing, Holt McCallany, DJ Kemp, Camille Guaty, Michael Landes, Isaiah Mustafa, Leigh Whannel read more
snapshot: Berlin Correspondent (1942)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 12, 2018
US / 70 minutes / bw / TCF Dir: Eugene Forde Pr: Bryan Foy Scr: Steve Fisher, Jack Andrews Cine: Virgil Miller Cast: Virginia Gilmore, Dana Andrews, Mona Maris, Martin Kosleck, Sig Ruman, Kurt Katch, Erwin Kalser, Torben Meyer, William Edmunds, Hans Schumm, Leonard Mudie, Hans von Morhart, Curt read more
snapshot: The Pace that Kills (1935)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 11, 2018
vt The Cocaine Fiends; vt Cocaine Madness US / 60 minutes / bw / Willis Kent Dir: William A. O’Connor Pr: Willis Kent Scr: uncredited Cine: Jack Greenhalgh Cast: Lois January, Noel Madison, Sheila Manners, Dean Benton, Lois Lindsay, Chas. Delaney, Gaby Fay (i.e., Fay Holden), Maury Peck, Nona Lee, read more
book: The Last Thing I Told You (2018) by Emily Arsenault
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 8, 2018
One of my favorite books of the past few years’ reading is Emily Arsenault’s The Broken Teaglass, a quirky puzzler — set in the world of lexicography, no less — that had me grinning whenever it didn’t have me on the edge of my seat, and vice versa. It’s one of th read more
Sandome no Satsujin (2017)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 8, 2018
vt The Third Murder Japan / 125 minutes / color / Amuse, FILM, Fuji TV, GAGA, Gyaga Dir & Scr: Hirokazu Koreeda Pr: Kaoru Matsuzaki, Hijiri Taguchi Cine: Mikiya Takimoto Cast: Masaharu Fukuyama, Kôji Yakusho, Suzu Hirose, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Mikako Ichikawa, Izumi Matsuoka, Isao Hashizume, read more
snapshot: The Net (1953)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 5, 2018
vt Project M7 UK / 82 minutes / bw / Two Cities, Rank Dir: Anthony Asquith Pr: Antony Darnborough Scr: William Fairchild Story: The Net (1952) by John Pudney Cine: Desmond Dickinson Cast: Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Robert Beatty, Herbert Lom, Muriel Pavlow, Noel Willman, Walter Fitzgerald, read more
book: The Trespasser (2016) by Tana French
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 1, 2018
Antoinette Conway and Steve Moran, the detectives from French’s previous novel, The Secret Place , are given a new murder case, one that looks to be a straightforward “domestic incident.” Yet nothing seems to fit quite right as Antoinette and Steve investigate Rory for the death read more
o/t: leisure reading for August 2018
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 1, 2018
Just a few books read this month, though these five represent quite a surprising number of pages. No duds, although I had some serious reservations about the French and the Cronin. The Lippman was the standout for me. The links are as usual to my Goodreads notes. This month all of my sputterings wer read more
My Blood Runs Cold (1965)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Sep 1, 2018
US / 104 minutes / bw / William Conrad Productions, Warner Bros.–First National Dir & Pr: William Conrad Scr: John Mantley Story: John Meredyth Lucas Cine: Sam Leavitt Cast: Troy Donahue, Joey Heatherton, Barry Sullivan, Nicolas Coster, Jeanette Nolan, Russell Thorson, Jean Paul King, Ben Wright read more
reblog: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 29, 2018
***A splendid account by J.D. Lafrance of what’s arguably the best noir parody / parody noir out there. Wonders in the Dark By J.D. Lafrance In the early 1980s it must’ve seemed like a crazy idea to mix several contemporary actors with clips from classic films into something resembling a cohe read more
snapshot: The Net 2.0 (2006 DTV)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 29, 2018
US / 93 minutes / color with brief bw / Sony Dir: Charles Winkler Pr: Rob Cowan, Irwin Winkler Scr: Rob Cowan Cine: S. Douglas Smith Cast: Nikki DeLoach, Keegan Connor Tracy, Neil Hopkins, Demet Akbag, Sebnem Dönmez, Güven Kiraç, Halit Ergenç, Mehmet Ergen, Charles Winkler, Ezel Akay, Michael read more
Book: The Promise (2015) by Robert Crais
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 25, 2018
Los Angeles PI Elvis Cole is hired off the books by Meryl Lawrence, senior executive in an explosives manufacturer, to track down Amy Breslyn, an employee who’s gone AWOL with a stack of plastic explosive and nearly half a million bucks in company money. Next thing he knows, Elvis has walked read more
Keep Your Distance (2005)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 25, 2018
US / 94 minutes / color / Lunacy Unlimited, Blue & Grey Dir & Scr: Stu Pollard Pr: Christina Varotsis, Stu Pollard Cine: Matthew Irving Cast: Gil Bellows, Jennifer Westfeldt, Kim Raver, Christian Kane, Jamie Harrold, Gary Anthony Williams, Cynthia Martells, Dennis Burkley, Rick Overton, Eliz read more
snapshot: Half Past Midnight (1948)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 22, 2018
US / 69 minutes / bw / Sol M. Wurtzel, Twentieth Century–Fox Dir: William F. Claxton Pr: Sol M. Wurtzel Scr: Arnold Belgard Cine: Benjamin Kline Cast: Kent Taylor, Peggy Knudsen, Joe Sawyer, Walter Sande, Martin Kosleck, Mabel Paige, Gil Stratton Jr., Jean Wong, Jane Everett, Damian O’Flynn, read more
book: Sunburn (2018) by Laura Lippman
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 21, 2018
A silky-smooth piece of noir. If a writer like James M. Cain or David Goodis had mellowed with age, had become a little less disenchanted with his fellow man, he might have produced something like Sunburn. Here we have a femme fatale, Polly, who’s as ruthless and seductive as any, yet whose m read more
book: The Passage (2010) by Justin Cronin
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Aug 20, 2018
Work pressure means I have to be (relatively) brief here, which is probably just as well since this is a very long book (not far shy of 1,000 pages in the edition I read) and my notes here might have been proportionately verbose. The US military, hoping to develop a new superweapon, recovers from t read more