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o/t: Coming Soon! The Hot & Bothered Blogathon!
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 8, 2016
Click the pic to find out more. My own contribution will be a witter about the Helen Twelvetrees outing Unashamed (1932). Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ) You are commenting us read more
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 7, 2016
vt Killer Bait
US / 100 minutes / bw / Hunt Stromberg, UA Dir: Byron Haskin Pr: Hunt Stromberg Scr: Roy Huggins Story: Too Late for Tears (1947, originally serialized in Saturday Evening Post) by Roy Huggins Cine: William Mellor Cast: Lizabeth Scott, Don DeFore, Dan Duryea, Arthur Kennedy, Kristine read more
Key Lime Pie (2007)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 4, 2016
Canada / 3 minutes 30 seconds / bw animated / Trevor Jimenez Dir & Pr & Scr & Anim: Trevor Jimenez Voice cast: Barry Parker. An extremely short animated movie that uses all the noirish tropes—well, the cinematography, the obsessive desire, the husky voiceover—to tell a tale of food read more
o/t: Todd Mason’s invaluable Tuesday’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on May 3, 2016
Another helping of Todd’s excellent weekly roundup of online writings about movies and other a/v goodies. Click here to find yourself at Todd’s Sweet Freedom blog, where you’ll find all the individual links. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting read more
o/t: leisure reading during April
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 30, 2016
Very few books read this month, mainly because I’ve been working my little, er, socks off checking the edits, copyedits and proofs of — then quickly doing the index for — my upcoming earthshattering masterpiece Eureka!: Fifty Scientists who Shaped Our World (coming this fall! hurry read more
Impulsos (2002)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 30, 2016
vt Impulses Spain / 88 minutes / color / Castelao, Filmax, TVE, Via Digital, ICAA, ICF Dir & Scr: Miguel Alcantud Pr: Julio Fernández Cine: Tote Trenas Cast: Ana Risueño, Daniel Freire, Walter Moreno, Miquel García Borda, Liz Lobato, Ruth Puebla, Michaela Brízová, Paloma Ruiz de Alda, Ricardo read more
o/t: another outpouring of Todd Mason’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 28, 2016
Many thanks as always to Todd for permitting me to cross-post this incredibly useful list of online cinema goodies. Click HERE to be transported to his great Sweet Freedom blog, where you’ll find the individual links: Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting u read more
Daring Daughters (1933)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 27, 2016
US / 61 minutes / bw / Tower Dir: Christy Cabanne Pr: Sig Neufeld Scr: Barry Barringer, F. Hugh Herbert Story: Sam Mintz Cine: Harry Forbes Cast: Marian Marsh, Kenneth Thomson, Joan Marsh, Bert Roach, Lita Chevret, Allan Vincent, Richard Tucker, Arthur Hoyt, Florence Roberts, Charlotte Merriam, Brya read more
o/t: the return of Todd Mason’s Overlooked Films and/or Other A/V – the links to the reviews and more
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 24, 2016
A real bumper batch o’ the good stuff here as Todd surfaces after a short hiatus. Click to be magically transported to Todd’s fab Sweet Freedom blog and all the individual links. Anne Billson: Hugh Grant; chapter titles in movies; photographers in movies Anonymous: Commissar; Still Mine; read more
Cha Wu Ci Ren (2011)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 23, 2016
vt To Forgive
China / 94 minutes / color / Beijing Film Studio, Beijing Bigfish Media, World Media Advertising, Beijing Yi Jiu Qi Jiu Dir & Scr: Zhu Minjiang Pr: Wu Xiangwei Cine: Han Qiming Cast: Yu Xiaowei, Vivian Wu, Qiao Renliang (i.e., Kimi Qiao), Law Kar Ying, Liu Nanxi, Li Hongquan, Zhou read more
Blind (2014)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 20, 2016
Norway / 92 minutes / color / Motlys, Lemming Dir & Scr: Eskil Vogt Pr: Hans-Jørgen Osnes, Sigve Endresen Cine: Thimios Bakatakis Cast: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Henrik Rafaelsen, Vera Vitali, Marius Kolbenstvedt, Stella Kvam Young, Isak Nikolai Møller, Jacob Young, Nikki Butenschøn, Erle Kyllingma read more
All That I Have (1951)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 16, 2016
US / 62 minutes / bw / Family, Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod), Presbyterian Church in the USA Dir: William F. Claxton Scr: Charles Francis Royal, Herman W. Gockel Idea: Leete Renick Brown Cine: Joseph Biroc Cast: Houseley Stevenson Sr., Donald Woods, Onslow Stevens, Robert Stevenson, John Eldredge read more
o/t: a reminder
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 16, 2016
As I type, someone’s systematically going through every movie entry on this site and, as far as I can judge from the speed with which this is happening, not reading the pieces but downloading them. Could I remind that individual that the material on this site is copyright. If you’re doin read more
Lover’s Leap (2015)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 13, 2016
US / 7 minutes / color / DC Dogs Dir & Scr: Jonathan Zuck Pr: Jennifer Osborn Cine: Fernando Ortega Cast: Michael Mack, Seregon O’Dassey, Ted Onulak, Sun King Davis, Dave Coyne, Jose Guzman, Exit 10. The preamble to this short movie delivers us a voiceover and visuals which tell us unequivocall read more
Unholy Love (1932)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 9, 2016
vt Deceit
US / 75 minutes / bw / Albert Ray, Allied Dir: Albert Ray Pr: M.H. Hoffman Scr: Frances Hyland Story: Madame Bovary (1856) by Gustave Flaubert Cine: Harry Neumann, Tom Galligan Cast: H.B. Warner, Lila Lee, Joyce Compton, Ivan Lebedeff, Beryl Mercer, Jason Robards Sr., Lysle Talbot (i.e., L read more
o/t: Detectives and Dames
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 7, 2016
I’ve been asked by the kindly folk at Flicker Alley if I’d like to take part in this blogathon, and I’m very much leaning toward agreement, despite having too much on my plate already. It’s to promote their May 10 release on Blu-ray and DVD of restored versions of those grea read more
Touch of Larceny, A (1959)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 6, 2016
UK-US / 93 minutes / bw / Paramount Dir: Guy Hamilton Pr: Ivan Foxwell Scr: Roger MacDougall, Guy Hamilton, Ivan Foxwell Story: The Megstone Plot (1956) by Andrew Garve Cine: John Wilcox Cast: James Mason, Vera Miles, George Sanders, Harry Andrews, Robert Flemyng, Ernest Clark, Duncan Lamont, Percy read more
Escort for Hire (1960)
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 2, 2016
UK / 64 minutes / color / Danziger, MGM Dir: Godfrey Grayson Pr: Edward J. Danziger, Harry Lee Danziger Scr: Mark Grantham Cine: Jimmy Wilson Cast: June Thorburn, Pete Murray, Noel Trevarthen, Jan Holden, Peter Butterworth, Guy Middleton, Mary Laura Wood, Patricia Plunkett, Derek Blomfield, Jill Mel read more
o/t: leisure reading in March
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Apr 1, 2016
Something of a thin month, readingwise, in part because of (a) a couple of abandonments (I’m getting more ruthless about these in my dotage), in part because (b) we have the men in to do a lot of hammering as they rebuild our downstairs, in part because (c) I’m halfway through reading a read more
Reblog: RIDLEY SCOTT’S ‘BLADE RUNNER’ “It’s painful living in fear, isn’t it?”
Noirish Posted by John Grant on Mar 31, 2016
++Over at Wonders in the Dark, James Clark has posted an admirable piece on what’s likely my (and everyone else’s?) piece of science-fiction noir. With Jim’s kind permission, I’m reblogging it here. Wonders in the Dark © 2016 by James Clark Blade Runner (1982) read more