Movie posters for THE UNSUSPECTED (left) & DILLINGER (right)
For the last of my 2025 #NoirDoubleFeatures and #AdventWatch #1: THE UNSUSPECTED (1947) & DILLINGER (1945).
“After slaving all day over a hot typewriter, there’s nothing I like better than a swan dive into a bottle of bourbon.”
—Constance Bennett in THE UNSUSPECTED
#Noirvember #23-24 #Filmsky 📽️
Movie posters for SHADOW OF A WOMAN (left) & NOBODY LIVES FOREVER (right)
Catching up on my Thanksgiving week pairings. First up, a couple of "romances" from 1946: SHADOW OF A WOMAN (1946) & NOBODY LIVES FOREVER (1946).
“See the moon. See the stars. All for one dime.”
—Walter Brennan in NOBODY LIVES FOREVER
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #21-22 #Filmsky 📽️
BLUES IN THE NIGHT (left) & THE PHENIX CITY STORY (right).
Sometimes noirs don’t follow the typical formula. Tonight’s pairing: BLUES IN THE NIGHT (1941) & THE PHENIX CITY STORY (1955).
“I’d slap you right in the mouth if I thought it’d do you any good.”
—Priscilla Lane in BLUES IN THE NIGHT
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #19-20 #Filmsky 📽️
Movie posters for ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (left) and JOHNNY ANGEL (right)
Gun. And Ships. And so the balance shifts. Tonight’s pairing: ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT (1942) & JOHNNY ANGEL (1945).
“What have you done except dangle a little bait in front of me? And then when I swallowed it, you want to quibble.”
—George Raft in JOHNNY ANGEL
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #17-18 📽️
It’s #FemaleFilmmakerFriday! I’ve been meaning to rewatch I’M YOUR WOMAN (Julia Hart, 2020) & LITTLE WOODS (Nia DaCosta, 2018) and when I saw them both on this list, I knew it was time.
“Your choices are only as good as your options.”
—Ollie in LITTLE WOODS
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #15-16 📽️
Movie posters for DESPERATE (left) and THE LOCKET (right).
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Well, at RKO anyway. Tonight’s pairing: DESPERATE (1947) & THE LOCKET (1946).
“I really didn’t mean to be offensive.”
“That hardly seems possible.”
—Robert Mitchum to Laraine Day in THE LOCKET
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #13-14 #Filmsky 📽️
Banner ad for the Directed by Howard Hawks collection on the Criterion Channel, featuring a scene from GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES
Tonight this Hitchcocko-Hawksienne finally dipped into this new Criterion collection and scored a double Bogie: TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT (1944) & THE BIG SLEEP (1946).
“Why didn’t you put him on the center table in a goldfish bowl and be done with it?”
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #11-12 #Filmsky 📽️
Posters for THE KILLER IS LOOSE (left) & SHIELD FOR MURDER (right)
This afternoon’s pairing is a classic case of good cop-bad cop: THE KILLER IS LOOSE (1956) & SHIELD FOR MURDER (1954).
“Cops, huh?”
“No, robbers.”
—John Agar as Sgt. Mark Brewster to police reporter Herb Butterfield in SHIELD FOR MURDER
#NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #9-10 #Filmsky 📽️
Posters for LES PORTES DE LA NUIT (left) & MARTIN ROUMAGNAC (right)
Tonight it’s #NoirDoubleFeatures à la française: LES PORTES DE LA NUIT (1946) & MARTIN ROUMAGNAC (1946).
«On peut être perdu dans les endroits les plus familiers.»
“You can get lost in the most familiar places.”
—Jean Vilar as “le Destin” in LES PORTES DE LA NUIT
#Noirvember #7-8 #Filmsky 📽️
Movie posters for Journey into Fear (left) and The Mask of Dimitrios (right)
Today’s pairing involves adaptations of Eric Ambler novels: JOURNEY INTO FEAR (1943) & THE MASK OF DIMITRIOS (1944). Unlike with the books, I think I prefer DIMITRIOS. Remember, kids, "The only risk you take is in not doing as you’re told." #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #5-6 #Filmsky 📽️
Banner ad for the Criterion Blackout Noir collection, featuring an image of Susan Hayward
Continuing with Criterion’s Blackout Noir collection, the films in today’s pairing both involve mysteries that don’t make a lick of sense... but it’s not because of the booze: MURDER BY PROXY (aka BLACKOUT) (1954) & GUILTY BYSTANDER (1950) #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #3-4 #Filmsky 📽️
Banner ad for Criterion's Blackout Noir collection, featuring an image of Susan Hayward.
Today’s pairing is all about what people may have done under the influence and what they do or don’t remember about it. And, more importantly, what they're going to do about it: DEADLINE AT DAWN (1946) & FRAMED (1947)
Available at Criterion. #NoirDoubleFeatures #Noirvember #1-2 #Filmsky 📽️
As per usual, I'll be doing #NoirDoubleFeatures for the month. These will mostly be pulled from the 1940s since I'm bound and determined to finish up with that decade by the end of the year (for my Century+ project). I'll be starting with the films I haven't seen in this new Criterion collection.
