Saturday, August 15, 2015

A day in the life, Aug 13


A day in the life, Aug 13, objet trouvé

Fan Bingbing


New York


1905 Luna Park, Coney Island, Brooklyn - New York City

Sasha Pivovarova


ph: Sebastian Kim

First Lines: Peter Lovesey - Bertie and the Tin Man


The Tinman asked, "Are they coming?" and reached for his revolver.

Christina Lindberg


A day in the life, Aug 12


A day in the life, Aug 12, the Danube

Shannon Brennan


New Stuff: You and Me


Next title in the Film Noir series.

Martina Correa


New Stuff: Chelsea Wolfe


Heard some songs online and was instantly intrigued.


Antonina Vasylchenko


ph: Wayne Maser

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Kathleen McGonigle


New York


Times Square, 1905

Karlie Kloss


First Lines: Mary Stewart - My Brother Michael


Nothing ever happens to me.

Gintare Sudziute


Window faces


Regensburg, August 2015

Claudia Anticevic


ph: Esperanza Moya

A day in the life, Aug 10


A day in the life, Aug 10, objet trouvé

Wanessa Milhomem


The Last House on the Left (1972)


Two teenage girls head to the city for a concert, then afterward go looking for drugs, but they find a gang of escaped convicts who subject them to a night of torture and rape.

Highly influential low-budget slasher that replaces suspense with effective shocks and presents an uncanny cast of depraved characters.

Halliwell (no star): "Low-budget shocker, updating and debasing Ingmar Bergman's Virgin Spring."

Maltin*1/2: "Cheap, and looks it. Repellent but admittedly powerful and (for better or worse) influential horror shocker."

Shani Zigron


New Stuff: Maria's Lovers


I wanted to rewatch this movie, and the DVD was available for a very reasonable price.

Alexa Chung


Desert Fury (1947)


The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

Unusual Noir melodrama in Technicolor has good story and atmosphere, and Lizabeth Scott holds it all together very well, but the male protagonists are all a shade sallow.

Halliwell (no star): "Muddled melodrama slightly helped by Arizona colour settings; unconvincing characters mouth unspeakable lines in an airless tedium."

Monday, August 10, 2015

First Lines: Jack Higgins - The Eagle Has Landed


Someone was digging a grave in one corner of the cemetery as I went in through the lychgate.

Nina Brosh


ph: Dewey Nicks

A day in the life, Aug 8


A day in the life, Aug 8, doorstop

Kendra Anderson


New Stuff: The New Yorker


(art: Joost Swarte)

Natalia Beber


The Dark Mirror (1946)



A man is found murdered, with witnesses convinced about the woman they saw leaving his apartment, but it becomes apparent that the woman has a twin, and finding out which one is the killer seems impossible.

The amateur psychology doesn't hurt this well-staged and effective Noir thriller; and Olivia de Havilland in the double role of good sister/bad sister is a treat.

Halliwell**: "Unconvincing but highly absorbing thrilller with all credits plus; the best brand of Hollywood moonshine."