The Thing from Another World (Christian Nyby + Howard Hawks, 1951)

Nov

1

Scientists and crew armed to the teeth. DP: Russell Harlan.

Until November 3.

“No pleasure, no pain… no emotion, no heart. Our superior in every way.”

– Dr. Arthur Carrington

#FilmDuJour #November #ChristianNyby #HowardHawks #JohnWCampbellJr #MargaretSheridan #KennethTobey #RobertCornthwaite #DimitriTiomkin #RussellHarlan #BookAdaptation #horror #SciFi #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

Night of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur, 1957)

Oct

28

John Holden (Dana Andrews) standing in Stonehenge's inner circle. He's holding a strip of paper with something written on it. DP: Edward Scaife.

“It's in the trees! It's coming!”

#FilmDuJour #October #JacquesTourneur #DanaAndrews #PeggyCummins #NiallMacGinnis #CliftonParker #EdwardScaife #Stonehenge #MRJames #BookAdaptation #horror #UK #1950s ★★★★☆

Śledztwo [The Investigation] (Marek Piestrak, 1974)

Oct

28

A person offscreen shoots a handgun. DP: Edward Kłosiński.

#FilmDuJour #October #MarekPiestrak #StanisławLem #TadeuszBorowski #WłodzimierzNahorny #EdwardKłosiński #TVMovie #crime #BookAdaptation #Poland #1970s ★★★★☆

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich Lipský, 1981)

Oct

27

1897

A calendar – undeniably designed by the great Jan Švankmajer – with the date October 27, 1897, set on the day of – or referencing a saint – Sabina. Screenshot via DVDBeaver. DP: Viktor Růžička.

– You surely know that my financial support is unlimited.

– Yes. Long live your false cheque factories!

#FilmDuJour #October #OldřichLipský #MichalDočolomanský #EvelynaSteimarová #JanHartl #JanŠvankmajer #RudolfHrušínský #LubošFišer #ViktorRůžička #SciFi #fantasy #comedy #JulesVerne #Carpathians #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1980s ★★★★☆

Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973)

Oct

25

Lobbycard. The blurb reads: “The battle for the title of “Emperor of the North Pole” begins between Shack (ERNEST BORGNINE) and A-No. 1 (LEE MARVIN)“. DP: Joseph F. Biroc.

“Stay off the tracks. Forget it. Its a bum's world for a bum.”

– Shack

#FilmDuJour #October #RobertAldrich #JackLondon #LeeMarvin #ErnestBorgnine #KeithCarradine #SidHaig #FrankDeVol #JosephFBiroc #BookAdaptation #hobos #thriller #trains #USA #1970s ★★★½

La donna del lago [The Lady of the Lake / The Possessed] (Luigi Bazzoni + Franco Rossellini, 1965)

Oct

25

Tilde (Virna Lisi) caressing a man's hand, resting on her shoulder, with her cheek. DP: Leonida Barboni.

Until November 20.

#FilmDuJour #October #November #LuigiBazzoni #FrancoRossellini #GiovanniComisso #VirnaLisi #PeterBaldwin #RenzoRossellini #LeonidaBarboni #BookAdaptation #giallo #FilmNoir #crime #mystery #Italy #1960s ★★★½

0課の女赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)

Oct

15

Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the long red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima.

#FilmDuJour #October #YukioNoda #TōruShinohara #MikiSugimoto #ShunsukeKikuchi #YoshioNakajima #BookAdaptation #PinkuEiga #exploitation #crime #action #Tōei #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

La notte dei diavoli [The Night of the Devils] (Giorgio Ferroni, 1972)

Oct

12

soup

The two children (Cinzia De Carolis on the right) eat soup and giggle. Some parsley is stuck to the left child's mouth. DP: Manuel Berenguer.

The UFO Incident [Interrupted Journey] (Richard A. Colla, 1975)

Sep

19

Betty Hill (Estelle Parsons) observed from above. It's night, and tire tracks are visible. DP: Rexford L. Metz.

#FilmDuJour #September #RichardAColla #JohnGFuller #JamesEarlJones #EstelleParsons #BillyGoldenberg #RexfordLMetz #hypnotism #UFOs #SciFi #biography #BookAdaptation #drama #TVMovie #USA #1970s ★★★☆☆

In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967)

Sep

13

Det. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) and Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) at the train station. The timetable is written by hand on a blackboard. DP: Haskell Wexler.

“They call me MISTER TIBBS.”

– Det. Virgil Tibbs

#FilmDuJour #September #NormanJewison #JohnBall #SidneyPoitier #RodSteiger #WarrenOates #LeeGrant #QuincyJones #HaskellWexler #BookAdaptation #crime #racism #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

bookadaptation

The Thing from Another World (Christian Nyby + Howard Hawks, 1951)

Nov

1

Scientists and crew armed to the teeth. DP: Russell Harlan.

Until November 3.

– Dr. Arthur Carrington

#FilmDuJour #November #ChristianNyby #HowardHawks #JohnWCampbellJr #MargaretSheridan #KennethTobey #RobertCornthwaite #DimitriTiomkin #RussellHarlan #BookAdaptation #horror #SciFi #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

Night of the Demon (Jacques Tourneur, 1957)

Oct

28

John Holden (Dana Andrews) standing in Stonehenge's inner circle. He's holding a strip of paper with something written on it. DP: Edward Scaife.

#FilmDuJour #October #JacquesTourneur #DanaAndrews #PeggyCummins #NiallMacGinnis #CliftonParker #EdwardScaife #Stonehenge #MRJames #BookAdaptation #horror #UK #1950s ★★★★☆

Śledztwo [The Investigation] (Marek Piestrak, 1974)

Oct

28

A person offscreen shoots a handgun. DP: Edward Kłosiński.

#FilmDuJour #October #MarekPiestrak #StanisławLem #TadeuszBorowski #WłodzimierzNahorny #EdwardKłosiński #TVMovie #crime #BookAdaptation #Poland #1970s ★★★★☆

Tajemství hradu v Karpatech [The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians] (Oldřich Lipský, 1981)

Oct

27

1897

A calendar – undeniably designed by the great Jan Švankmajer – with the date October 27, 1897, set on the day of – or referencing a saint – Sabina. Screenshot via DVDBeaver. DP: Viktor Růžička.

#FilmDuJour #October #OldřichLipský #MichalDočolomanský #EvelynaSteimarová #JanHartl #JanŠvankmajer #RudolfHrušínský #LubošFišer #ViktorRůžička #SciFi #fantasy #comedy #JulesVerne #Carpathians #BookAdaptation #Czechoslovakia #1980s ★★★★☆

Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973)

Oct

25

Lobbycard. The blurb reads: “The battle for the title of “Emperor of the North Pole” begins between Shack (ERNEST BORGNINE) and A-No. 1 (LEE MARVIN)“. DP: Joseph F. Biroc.

– Shack

#FilmDuJour #October #RobertAldrich #JackLondon #LeeMarvin #ErnestBorgnine #KeithCarradine #SidHaig #FrankDeVol #JosephFBiroc #BookAdaptation #hobos #thriller #trains #USA #1970s ★★★½

La donna del lago [The Lady of the Lake / The Possessed] (Luigi Bazzoni + Franco Rossellini, 1965)

Oct

25

Tilde (Virna Lisi) caressing a man's hand, resting on her shoulder, with her cheek. DP: Leonida Barboni.

Until November 20.

#FilmDuJour #October #November #LuigiBazzoni #FrancoRossellini #GiovanniComisso #VirnaLisi #PeterBaldwin #RenzoRossellini #LeonidaBarboni #BookAdaptation #giallo #FilmNoir #crime #mystery #Italy #1960s ★★★½

0課の女 赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)

Oct

15

Rei (Miki Sugimoto) wielding the long red chain of her handcuffs. DP: Yoshio Nakajima.

#FilmDuJour #October #YukioNoda #TōruShinohara #MikiSugimoto #ShunsukeKikuchi #YoshioNakajima #BookAdaptation #PinkuEiga #exploitation #crime #action #Tōei #Japan #1970s ★★★★☆

La notte dei diavoli [The Night of the Devils] (Giorgio Ferroni, 1972)

Oct

12

soup

The two children (Cinzia De Carolis on the right) eat soup and giggle. Some parsley is stuck to the left child's mouth. DP: Manuel Berenguer.

The UFO Incident [Interrupted Journey] (Richard A. Colla, 1975)

Sep

19

Betty Hill (Estelle Parsons) observed from above. It's night, and tire tracks are visible. DP: Rexford L. Metz.

#FilmDuJour #September #RichardAColla #JohnGFuller #JamesEarlJones #EstelleParsons #BillyGoldenberg #RexfordLMetz #hypnotism #UFOs #SciFi #biography #BookAdaptation #drama #TVMovie #USA #1970s ★★★☆☆

In the Heat of the Night (Norman Jewison, 1967)

Sep

13

Det. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) and Chief Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger) at the train station. The timetable is written by hand on a blackboard. DP: Haskell Wexler.

– Det. Virgil Tibbs

#FilmDuJour #September #NormanJewison #JohnBall #SidneyPoitier #RodSteiger #WarrenOates #LeeGrant #QuincyJones #HaskellWexler #BookAdaptation #crime #racism #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

0課の女赤い手錠 [Zeroka no onna: Akai wappa / Zero Woman: Red Handcuffs] (Yukio Noda, 1974)