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crime

La Femme Bourreau [A Woman Kills] (Jean-Denis Bonan, 1968)

May

20

1943

La Femme Bourreau (1968)

A dark-haired woman lounging on a bed. DP: Gérard de Battista.

“Hélène Picard, born in Lyon, May 20, 1943. A child in care, she is reported as a runaway, a thief and unstable.”

Compulsion (Richard Fleischer, 1959)

May

16

Compulsion (1959)

Straus (Bradford Dillman) with Steiner (Dean Stockwell) behind the wheel. They're beaming. DP: William C. Mellor.

“Murder's nothing. It's just a simple experience. Murder and rape? Do you know what beauty there is in evil?”

Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky, 1975)

May

14

Martedi

Una libélula para cada muerto (1975)

Grimy looking Inspector Paolo Scaporella (Paul Naschy) in intense phone conversation. The wall calendar reads Maggio 29 Martedi. DP: Miguel Fernández Mila.

 

Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)

May

14

Les félins (1964)

Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë.

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang, 1956)

May

7

Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Susan Spencer (Joan Fontaine) lighting Tom Garrett's (Dana Andrews) cigarette. DP: William E. Snyder.

“It's a weird, crazy idea, but that's the reason it intrigues me.”

– Tom Garrett

The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, 1925)

May

6

The Unholy Three (1925)

Tweedledee (Harry Earles), Hercules (Victor McLaglen), and Echo – The Ventriloquist (Lon Chaney). DP: David Kesson.

“It's spooky! It sounds… unholy!”

– Echo

My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)

May

5

My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)

Nina Foch as Julia Ross… or is she… Julia's lying on a made bed, looking over her shoulder at two middle-aged men and an elderly woman standing in the doorway to her room. DP: Burnett Guffey.

– You haven't forgotten us again, have you, Marion?

– You know perfectly well I'm Julia Ross!

重慶森林 [Chung Hing sam lam / Chungking Express] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)

Apr

28

8:59

重慶森林 (1994)

A flipclock. It's April 28, a Friday, and 8:59 pm. DPs: Christopher Doyle & Wai Keung Lau.

“We broke up on April's fools day, so I took it as a joke. I'm willing to humor her for a month.”

– He Zhiwu, Cop 223

The Kirlian Witness (Jonathan Sarno, 1978)

Apr

27

The Kirlian Witness (1978)

A ficus hooked up to a polygraph. DP: João Fernandes.

“Based on a true occult event”

– tagline

Vulcano [Volcano] (William Dieterle, 1950)

Apr

23

1949

spoiler warning: click to toggle image Vulcano (1950)

A letter from Pietro, dated April 23, 1949 DP: Arturo Gallea.