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Day 2 of Noirvember: Top Five Reasons Why I Love Sweet Smell of Success
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 2, 2019
For my money, one of noir’s most riveting films is the 1957 noir Sweet Smell of Success. Like all of my favorite noirs, I’ve seen this one numerous times, but every viewing is just as good as the last, and I simply can’t get enough of it. This first-rate feature stars Burt Lancaster as powerful read more
Grab your trench coat and get your gat . . . it’s Noirvember!
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Nov 1, 2019
Can you believe it? It’s Noirvember! The creation of Marya over at Cinema-Fanatic.com, Noirvember is an awesome month-long celebration of all things film noir, and I am pleased to say that this will be my sixth year participating in this event. That means that I’ll be posting film noir c read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival — Part 5
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Oct 30, 2019
The Descendants. As the calendar ticks ever closer to November, you know what that means: the passes for the 2020 TCM Film Festival will be going on sale soon – and it’s a perfect time for my next installment on this year’s film fest! Today, I’m covering one of my (many) favorite experiences, read more
The CMBA 10th Anniversary Blogathon: Top Five Film Noirs from 70 Years Ago
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Oct 17, 2019
There’s a reason why they called it “The Golden Age of Hollywood.” These days, if I were to decide on any given evening that I wanted to go to the picture show, I’d be hard-pressed to find something that was worth my time or money. But that wasn’t the case 70 years ago. The year 1949 saw the read more
Summertime and the Livin’ Is Easy: The 2019 Summer Classic Film Book Challenge
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Sep 14, 2019
I can scarcely believe that this is my seventh year participating in the Summer Classic Movie Book Challenge, hosted by Raquel over at Out the Past. I’m telling you, time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. (Thank you! I’ll be here all week! Tip o’ the hat to Groucho!) But seriously, read more
Mae Clarke: More than a Grapefruit in the Face
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Sep 8, 2019
I was recently a guest on a podcast, on which I was asked about Mae Clarke, and I am mortified to admit that, at the time, I couldn’t think of the name of a single, solitary one of her movies. This would have been bad enough if it had been just any classic movie star, but Mae Clarke?!? One of read more
Noirvember 2018 in Review
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Sep 7, 2019
It’s only September, but the wintry months are just around the corner, and you know what that means: Noirvember will be here soon! To whet your appetite for this year’s daily fare of shadowy posts, here’s the complete listing of last year’s Noirvember series. Don’t go d read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival — Part 4
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Sep 1, 2019
Now that TCM has announced the dates for next year’s Turner Classic Movies Film Festival (April 16-19, 2020), it’s the perfect time for another installation in my ongoing look at this year’s event! Today, I’m taking a look at the only poolside screening I attended – well, I actually didn’t read more
Pre-Code Crazy: The Little Giant (1933)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Aug 20, 2019
Edward G. Robinson? Mary Astor? It’s a “don’t miss” combo – and the reason why The Little Giant (1933) is my Pre-Code Crazy pick for the month of August. (My Pre-Code Crazy partner in crime, Kristina over at Speakeasy, is taking a little break from our monthly collaboration, so I’m going read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival — Part 3
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Jun 26, 2019
The “So You Think You Know Movies” trivia contest is held each year in the historic Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel. It’s (finally) pleasantly warm outside, putting me in mind of the glorious weather in L.A. . . . and reminding me that it’s a great time for the next installment of read more
The Great Villain Blogathon 2019: Pre-Code Villainy
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 26, 2019
There’s a lot to love about pre-Code. The scandalous plots. The memorable lines. The gratuitous shots of ladies in their undies. And then there’re the bad guys – the fellas who were often the forebears of the heavies of the film noir era: scoundrels, cheaters, murderers, and rogues. To celebrate read more
The Great Villain Blogathon 2019 – Day 3 Recap
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 26, 2019
Day 3 of The Great Villains Blogathon 2019 made us want to dance with joy! Our participants turned in another batch of swoon-worthy posts in which they extolled the virtues (or the lack, thereof) of those baddies we love to hate. Check ’em out, below . . . And you’ll find all of the rec read more
The Great Villain Blogathon 2019 – Day 2 Recap
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 25, 2019
Day 2 . . . more villainy, more characters you’ll love to hate! Silver Screenings We’re having too much fun here at 2019 Great Villain Blogathon. Like Kristina said yesterday, we’re always impressed by the turnout and the entries for this event. Please visit participating blogs and share read more
The Great Villain Blogathon 2019 – Day 1 Recap
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 24, 2019
We’re off to a great start for our annual blogathon!! Get your villain fix by checking out these great posts!! Speakeasy It’s been a fun Day 1 for the 2019 Great Villain Blogathon! We are always so impressed by the turnout for this event, and once again many bloggers are taking part and coveri read more
National Classic Movie Day Blogathon: Five Favorite Films of the 1950s
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 16, 2019
Every year, in celebration of National Classic Movie Day, Rick over at the Classic Film and TV Café hosts a blogathon, and when I found out that this year’s theme was “Five Favorite Films of the 1950s,” I was all over it like white on rice! I can never turn down an opportunity to indulge in a read more
Pre-Code Crazy: It Happened One Night (1934)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on May 5, 2019
My Pre-Code Crazy pick for this month is a film that I’d bet money you’ve all seen already – It Happened One Night (1934). And if you haven’t, I’m absolutely certain you’ve seen a clip of its most famous scene, where Claudette Colbert succeeds in flagging down a passing car by flashing one read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 TCM Film Festival – Part 2
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 27, 2019
Hollywood Boulevard: The calm before the storm Two weeks ago today, I was with my older daughter, Veronica, in sunny Los Angeles, joyfully immersed in the world of cinema (and the circus-like atmosphere that is Hollywood Boulevard) at the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival. As I look I my window in read more
The CMBA “Femme/Homme Fatales of Noir” Blogathon — Sam Wild in Born to Kill (1947)
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 19, 2019
Sam Wild. If that isn’t a fitting name for a homme fatale, I just don’t know what is. Wild, a psychopathic drifter played with panache by Lawrence Tierney, is the title-referenced subject of the 1947 noir Born to Kill. In this first-rate, wholly riveting feature, Wild is a cool-minded serial killer, read more
A Many Splendored Thing: The 2019 TCM Film Festival
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Apr 1, 2019
The countdown is truly on! The 2019 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival will kick off in Los Angeles, California, in less than two weeks, and for the seventh consecutive year, I’ll be there! This year’s fest will be extra special, as it’s the 10-year anniversary of the festival and the read more
TCM Has Gone Film Noir Nutty!
Shadows and Satin Posted by shadowsandsatin on Mar 13, 2019
Kirk Douglas will do anything for a headline in Ace in the Hole. If you’ve got a hankering for a hefty dose of film noir, you can get your fix on Thursday, March 14th by tuning in to TCM. From the evening – when the noirish shadows first start rolling in – to the morning’s wee hours on Friday, read more