crime &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:crime @settima@zirk.us Mon, 11 May 2026 09:58:26 +0200 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang, 1956) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rpt6 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (Fritz Lang, 1956)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)/div div class="caption" Susan Spencer (Joan Fontaine) lighting Tom Garrett's (Dana Andrews) cigarette. DP: William E. Snyder./div div class="txt" "It's a weird, crazy idea, but that's the reason it intrigues me." ### – Tom Garrett /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #FritzLang #DanaAndrews #JoanFontaine #HerschelBurkeGilbert #WilliamESnyder #crime #drama #NewspaperNoirTrilogy #FilmNoir #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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

#FilmDuJour #May #FritzLang #DanaAndrews #JoanFontaine #HerschelBurkeGilbert #WilliamESnyder #crime #drama #NewspaperNoirTrilogy #FilmNoir #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rpt6 Thu, 07 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, 1925) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-unholy-three-1925 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Unholy Three (Tod Browning, 1925)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Unholy Three (1925)/div div class="caption" Tweedledee (Harry Earles), Hercules (Victor McLaglen), and Echo - The Ventriloquist (Lon Chaney). DP: David Kesson./div div class="txt" "It's spooky! It sounds… unholy!" ### – Echo /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #TodBrowning #LonChaney #HarryEarles #VictorMcLaglen #DavidKesson #SilentFilm #crime #PreCode #USA #1920s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

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

#FilmDuJour #May #TodBrowning #LonChaney #HarryEarles #VictorMcLaglen #DavidKesson #SilentFilm #crime #PreCode #USA #1920s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-unholy-three-1925 Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-c3bh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" My Name Is Julia Ross (Joseph H. Lewis, 1945)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 5/div div class="X" /div div class="img" My Name Is Julia Ross (1945)/div div class="caption" 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./div div class="txt" – You haven't forgotten us again, have you, Marion? – You know perfectly well I'm Julia Ross! ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #JosephHLewis #NinaFoch #AnthonyGilbert #BurnettGuffey #crime #suspense #drama #mystery #thriller #BookAdaptation #1940s #USA ★★★★☆ /div /section ]]>

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!

#FilmDuJour #May #JosephHLewis #NinaFoch #AnthonyGilbert #BurnettGuffey #crime #suspense #drama #mystery #thriller #BookAdaptation #1940s #USA ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-c3bh Tue, 05 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 重慶森林 [Chung Hing sam lam / Chungking Express] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k05k <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 重慶森林 [Chung Hing sam lam / Chungking Express] (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" 8:59/div div class="img" 重慶森林 (1994)/div div class="caption" A flipclock. It's April 28, a Friday, and 8:59 pm. DPs: Christopher Doyle & Wai Keung Lau./div div class="txt" "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 /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #WongKarWai #BrigitteLin #TonyLeungChiuWai #FayeWong #TakeshiKaneshiro #ValerieChow #PiggyChan #FrankieChan #MichaelGalasso #RoelAGarcía #ChristopherDoyle #WaiKeungLau #romance #crime #drama #comedy #HongKong #1990s/div /section ]]>

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

#FilmDuJour #April #WongKarWai #BrigitteLin #TonyLeungChiuWai #FayeWong #TakeshiKaneshiro #ValerieChow #PiggyChan #FrankieChan #MichaelGalasso #RoelAGarcía #ChristopherDoyle #WaiKeungLau #romance #crime #drama #comedy #HongKong #1990s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k05k Tue, 28 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Kirlian Witness (Jonathan Sarno, 1978) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kzmb <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Kirlian Witness (Jonathan Sarno, 1978)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Kirlian Witness (1978)/div div class="caption" A ficus hooked up to a polygraph. DP: João Fernandes./div div class="txt" "Based on a true occult event" ### – tagline /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #JonathanSarno #NancySnyder #NancyBoykin #JoelColodner #HarryManfredini #JoãoFernandes #occultism #paranormal #telekinesis #KirlianPhotography #plants #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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

#FilmDuJour #April #JonathanSarno #NancySnyder #NancyBoykin #JoelColodner #HarryManfredini #JoãoFernandes #occultism #paranormal #telekinesis #KirlianPhotography #plants #thriller #crime #USA #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kzmb Mon, 27 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Vulcano [Volcano] (William Dieterle, 1950) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-szl7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Vulcano [Volcano] (William Dieterle, 1950)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" 1949/div div class="img" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary Vulcano (1950).png)/div div class="caption" A letter from Pietro, dated April 23, 1949 DP: Arturo Gallea./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #WilliamDieterle #AnnaMagnani #RossanoBrazzi #GeraldineBrooks #EduardoCiannelli #EnzoStaiola #EnzoMasetti #ArturoGallea #volcanos #islands #drama #romance #crime #prostitution #Salina #Italy #1950s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

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.

 

#FilmDuJour #April #WilliamDieterle #AnnaMagnani #RossanoBrazzi #GeraldineBrooks #EduardoCiannelli #EnzoStaiola #EnzoMasetti #ArturoGallea #volcanos #islands #drama #romance #crime #prostitution #Salina #Italy #1950s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-szl7 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-7hcf <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" しの霊歌 (1968)/div div class="caption" A newspaper headline for April 3, 1968: "COMPANY DIRECTOR'S WIFE NEWEST VICTIM". DP: Keiji Maruyama./div div class="txt" "With bar hostesses, there's a type who are likely to be murdered." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #TaiKatō #MakotoSatō #HajimeKaburagi #KeijiMaruyama #crime #thriller #rape #revenge #SerialKillers #Japan #1960s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

みな殺しの霊歌 [Minagoroshi no reika / I, the Executioner] (Tai Katō, 1968)

Apr

3

1968

しの霊歌 (1968)

A newspaper headline for April 3, 1968: “COMPANY DIRECTOR'S WIFE NEWEST VICTIM”. DP: Keiji Maruyama.

“With bar hostesses, there's a type who are likely to be murdered.”

#FilmDuJour #April #TaiKatō #MakotoSatō #HajimeKaburagi #KeijiMaruyama #crime #thriller #rape #revenge #SerialKillers #Japan #1960s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-7hcf Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bgsr <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="occasion" 1964/div div class="img" Les yeux cernés (1964)/div div class="caption" A typed request on official stationary dated April 2, requesting to show up at the police precinct on April 4, 1964. DP: Jean Boffety./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #crime #mystery #FilmNoir #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)

Apr

2

1964

Les yeux cernés (1964)

A typed request on official stationary dated April 2, requesting to show up at the police precinct on April 4, 1964. DP: Jean Boffety.

#FilmDuJour #April #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #crime #mystery #FilmNoir #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bgsr Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zpfs <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 7 p.m./div div class="img" 野獣死すべし (1959)/div div class="caption" Kunihiko Date (Tatsuya Nakadai) driving along at night. DP: Fukuzō Koizumi./div div class="txt" "He’s not a beast. No, he’s a robot. A machine created by a modern, twisted society." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #EizōSugawa #HaruhikoŌyabu #TatsuyaNakadai #HiroshiKoizumi #ReikoDan #YumiShirakawa #MakotoSatō #EikoMiyoshi #ToshirōMayuzumi #FukuzōKoizumi #crime #FilmNoir #Bookadaptation #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

野獣死すべし [Yajū shisubeshi / The Beast Shall Die] (Eizō Sugawa, 1959)

Mar

30

7 p.m.

野獣死すべし (1959)

Kunihiko Date (Tatsuya Nakadai) driving along at night. DP: Fukuzō Koizumi.

“He’s not a beast. No, he’s a robot. A machine created by a modern, twisted society.”

#FilmDuJour #March #EizōSugawa #HaruhikoŌyabu #TatsuyaNakadai #HiroshiKoizumi #ReikoDan #YumiShirakawa #MakotoSatō #EikoMiyoshi #ToshirōMayuzumi #FukuzōKoizumi #crime #FilmNoir #Bookadaptation #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zpfs Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w8ys <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Supermarkt (1974)/div div class="caption" Willi Hansen (Charly Wierzejewski) in a phone booth. Filmed from the outside in, his face is partially obscured by neon lights. DP: Jost Vacano./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #March #RolandKlick #CharlyWierzejewski #EvaMattes #WalterKohut #PeterHesslein #JostVacano #crime #heist #drama #StPauli #Hamburg #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Supermarkt [Die Stadt, Jane Love / Supermarket] (Roland Klick, 1974)

Mar

30

Supermarkt (1974)

Willi Hansen (Charly Wierzejewski) in a phone booth. Filmed from the outside in, his face is partially obscured by neon lights. DP: Jost Vacano.

#FilmDuJour #March #RolandKlick #CharlyWierzejewski #EvaMattes #WalterKohut #PeterHesslein #JostVacano #crime #heist #drama #StPauli #Hamburg #WestGermany #1970s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-w8ys Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200