黒蜥蜴 [Kurotokage / Kuro tokage / Black Lizard] (Kinji Fukasaku, 1968)
Aug
4
The Black Lizard (Akihiro Miwa) in embrace with Detective Akechi (Isao Kimura). DP: Hiroshi Dōwaki.
“I'd become a sort of a reverse zombie. I was living in a world already dead, and I alone knowing it.”
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (John Farrow, 1948)
Aug
3
Mentalist John Triton (Edward G. Robinson, middle) and two of his conspirators. DP: John F. Seitz.
A continuity error later on in the movie makes it August 4.
– John Triton
“I don't talk to guys wearing aprons.”
The Outfit (John Flynn, 1973)
Jul
31
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A white man in a dark coat in an undefined room. A concrete wall, a metal pipe, a loaf of white bread on a walnut counter. DP: Bruce Surtees.
– Earl Macklin
“It's a lot of work, ya know, just staying alive.”
Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969)
Jul
30
1968
Man's hands hold up the July 30, 1968 San Francisco Chronicle. The headline reads GANGLAND FEUD EXPLODES: TWO CUT DOWN BY MACHINE GUN. It's a Tuesday. DP: Erico Menczer.
– Rosemary Scott
“Twelve boxes of cornflakes – all for himself?”
Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)
Jul
25
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Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller.
– Jack
“Don't ask a dying man to lie his soul into Hell.”
The Killers (Robert Siodmak, 1946)
Jul
20
1940
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The July 21 headline. DP: Elwood Bredell.
– Lt. Sam Lubinsky
“I'll tell you what though, Mac. There'll be no more games from now on.”
Figures in a Landscape (Joseph Losey, 1970)
Jul
17
MacConnachie (Robert Shaw, standing and peering upwards) and Ansell (Malcolm McDowell, squatting and facing away) in a barren landscape. Both have their hands tied behind their back. DPs: Henri Alekan, Peter Suschitzky & Guy Tabary.
– Ansell
妻は告白する [Tsuma wa kokuhaku suru / A Wife Confesses] (Yasuzō Masumura, 1961)
Jul
15
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An expert called into the court case studies an enlarged photograph of the supposed crime scene. DP: Setsuo Kobayashi.
La dame dans l'auto avec des lunettes et un fusil [The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun] (Anatole Litvak, 1970)
Jul
10
Vendredi
A man with a lot of swagger and rolled up blueprints is about to enter a room with a prominent Coca-Cola machine and a jazzy leather swivel chair on display. An electronic flip clock tells the time and date. It's 17:52. DP: Claude Renoir.
“The house takes care of itself.”
Burnt Offerings (Dan Curtis, 1976)
Jul
1
The chauffeur (Anthony James). DP: Jacques R. Marquette.
– Roz Allardyce