Le passager de la pluie [Rider on the Rain] (René Clément, 1970)

Oct

10

Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau (Marlène Jobert) and Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson), dancing. DP: Andréas Winding.

– You expect me to eat that?

– Americans live on ketchup and milk. I'm a whiz at geography.

#FilmDuJour #October #RenéClément #CharlesBronson #MarlèneJobert #FrancisLai #AndréasWinding #crime #drama #mystery #France #Italy #1970s ★★★½

Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)

Oct

7

1916

The Amarillo Dispatch reports on President Wilson's October 7 visit to the town of Panhandle. DP: Néstor Almendros.

– Here he is!

– There he goes!

– That's the president of the whole country.

– Ohh!

#FilmDuJour #October #TerrenceMalick #RichardGere #BrookeAdams #LindaManz #SamShepard #HaskellWexler #NéstorAlmendros #EnnioMorricone #Americana #drama #crime #USA #1970s

The Sniper (Edward Dmytryk, 1952)

Oct

4

Man's hands, one bandaged, holding a rifle. DP: Burnett Guffey.

“I'm gonna be happy for a change.”

– Edward Miller

#FilmDuJour #October #EdwardDmytryk #AdolpheMenjou #ArthurFranz #RichardKiley #GeraldMohr #MarieWindsor #GeorgeAntheil #BurnettGuffey #crime #drama #thriller #SerialKillers #SanFrancisco #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Oct

3

Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier.

#FilmDuJour #October #ClaudeChabrol #JeanYanne #StéphaneAudran #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #crime #thriller #food #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

Armaguedon [Armageddon] (Alain Jessua, 1977)

Sep

30

11 H 45

A train station. In LCD lettering the caption GÊNES 30 SEPTEMBRE 11 H 45. DP: Jacques Robin.

La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947)

Sep

25

1947

A tear-off calendar for Tuesday, September 25, 1947. Handwritten the remark Guadalajara. DP: Alex Phillips.

#FilmDuJour #September #RobertoGavaldón #MaríaFélix #ArturoDeCórdova #RosarioGranados #FortunioBonanova #RodolfoHalffter #AlexPhillips #melodrama #drama #romance #crime #thriller #Mexico #1940s ★★★½

El chacal de Nahueltoro [Jackal of Nahueltoro] (Miguel Littin, 1969)

Sep

23

1960

The condemned (Nelson Villagra) in his penitentiary cell, swapping out his sandals for leather dress shoes. Two members of the Gendarmería de Chile wait for him to finish. DP: Héctor Ríos.

Full title: En cuanto a la infancia, andar, regeneración y muerte de Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, quien se hace llamar también José del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, Jorge Sandoval Espinoza, José Jorge Castillo Torres, alias el Campano, el Trucha, el Canaca, el Chacal de Nahueltoro

#FilmDuJour #September #MiguelLittin #NelsonVillagra #ShendaRomán #MarceloRomo #SergioOrtega #HéctorRíos #drama #crime #biography #CinémaVérité #Chile #1960s ★★★★½

Wśród nocnej ciszy [Quiet Is the Night] (Tadeusz Chmielewski, 1978)

Sep

14

A young student sits on the ledge of a barge, looking up at another man. DP: Jerzy Szurowski.

#FilmDuJour #September #TadeuszChmielewski #TomaszZaliwski #PiotrŁysak #JerzyMatuszkiewicz #JerzySzurowski #crime #SerialKillers #Christmas #Poland #1970s ★★½

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 ★★★★☆

Maléfices [Sorcery / Where the Truth Lies] (Henri Decoin, 1962)

Sep

10

crime

Le passager de la pluie [Rider on the Rain] (René Clément, 1970)

Oct

10

Mélancolie 'Mellie' Mau (Marlène Jobert) and Col. Harry Dobbs (Charles Bronson), dancing. DP: Andréas Winding.

#FilmDuJour #October #RenéClément #CharlesBronson #MarlèneJobert #FrancisLai #AndréasWinding #crime #drama #mystery #France #Italy #1970s ★★★½

Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick, 1978)

Oct

7

1916

The Amarillo Dispatch reports on President Wilson's October 7 visit to the town of Panhandle. DP: Néstor Almendros.

#FilmDuJour #October #TerrenceMalick #RichardGere #BrookeAdams #LindaManz #SamShepard #HaskellWexler #NéstorAlmendros #EnnioMorricone #Americana #drama #crime #USA #1970s

The Sniper (Edward Dmytryk, 1952)

Oct

4

Man's hands, one bandaged, holding a rifle. DP: Burnett Guffey.

– Edward Miller

#FilmDuJour #October #EdwardDmytryk #AdolpheMenjou #ArthurFranz #RichardKiley #GeraldMohr #MarieWindsor #GeorgeAntheil #BurnettGuffey #crime #drama #thriller #SerialKillers #SanFrancisco #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Oct

3

Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier.

#FilmDuJour #October #ClaudeChabrol #JeanYanne #StéphaneAudran #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #crime #thriller #food #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

Armaguedon [Armageddon] (Alain Jessua, 1977)

Sep

30

11 H 45

A train station. In LCD lettering the caption GÊNES 30 SEPTEMBRE 11 H 45. DP: Jacques Robin.

#FilmDuJour #September #AlainJessua #DavidLippincott #AlainDelon #JeanYanne #RenatoSalvatori #MarieDéa #MichelCreton #AstorPiazzolla #JacquesRobin #thriller #drama #crime #BookAdaptation #Paris #France #Italy #Belgium #1970s ★★★★☆

La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947)

Sep

25

1947

A tear-off calendar for Tuesday, September 25, 1947. Handwritten the remark Guadalajara. DP: Alex Phillips.

#FilmDuJour #September #RobertoGavaldón #MaríaFélix #ArturoDeCórdova #RosarioGranados #FortunioBonanova #RodolfoHalffter #AlexPhillips #melodrama #drama #romance #crime #thriller #Mexico #1940s ★★★½

El chacal de Nahueltoro [Jackal of Nahueltoro] (Miguel Littin, 1969)

Sep

23

1960

The condemned (Nelson Villagra) in his penitentiary cell, swapping out his sandals for leather dress shoes. Two members of the Gendarmería de Chile wait for him to finish. DP: Héctor Ríos.

Full title: En cuanto a la infancia, andar, regeneración y muerte de Jorge del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, quien se hace llamar también José del Carmen Valenzuela Torres, Jorge Sandoval Espinoza, José Jorge Castillo Torres, alias el Campano, el Trucha, el Canaca, el Chacal de Nahueltoro

#FilmDuJour #September #MiguelLittin #NelsonVillagra #ShendaRomán #MarceloRomo #SergioOrtega #HéctorRíos #drama #crime #biography #CinémaVérité #Chile #1960s ★★★★½

Wśród nocnej ciszy [Quiet Is the Night] (Tadeusz Chmielewski, 1978)

Sep

14

A young student sits on the ledge of a barge, looking up at another man. DP: Jerzy Szurowski.

#FilmDuJour #September #TadeuszChmielewski #TomaszZaliwski #PiotrŁysak #JerzyMatuszkiewicz #JerzySzurowski #crime #SerialKillers #Christmas #Poland #1970s ★★½

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 ★★★★☆

Maléfices [Sorcery / Where the Truth Lies] (Henri Decoin, 1962)

Sep

10

Myriam Heller (Juliette Gréco) sharing a bed with Nyète, her cheetah. DP: Marcel Grignon.

#FilmDuJour #September #HenriDecoin #PierreBoileau #ThomasNarcejac #JulietteGréco #LiselottePulver #JeanMarcBory #MaîthéMansoura #PierreHenry #MarcelGrignon #drama #thriller #crime #romance #mystery #animals #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★½