The List of Adrian Messenger (John Huston, 1963)

Feb

16

Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm (Dana Wynter), Anthony Gethryn (George C. Scott), and Raoul Le Borg (Jacques Roux). DP: Joseph MacDonald.

“There's nary a conspiracy. And if I'm right about this, it's a far older sin than politics.”

– Adrian Messenger

#FilmDuJour #February #JohnHuston #DanaWynter #GeorgeCScott #KirkDouglas #JacquesRoux #TonyCurtis #KirkDouglas #BurtLancaster #RobertMitchum #FrankSinatra #JerryGoldsmith #JosephMacDonald #USA #crime #mystery #1960s ★★★☆☆

Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)

Feb

13

J&B

Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori.

“You represent everything I detest in a man.”

– Lily Harmer

#FilmDinner #JandB #whisky #UmbertoLenzi #CarrollBaker #JeanSorel #LuisDávila #AlbertoDalbés #GregorioGarcíaSegura #NinoRota #GuglielmoMancori #giallo #crime #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★½

暗黒街の美女 [Ankokugai no bijo / Underworld Beauty] (Seijun Suzuki, 1958)

Feb

8

A man, all in #bandages besides one half of his face, is interviewed by a policeman. Captions read: February 8^th. DP: Wataro Nakao.

Policeman: What's today's date?

Injured man: February 8^th.

#FilmDuJour #February #SeijunSuzuki #MichitarōMizushima #MariShiraki #HideakiNitani #ShinsukeAshida #HiroshiKondō #KakuTakashina #TōruAbe #NaozumiYamamoto #WataroNakao #crime #FilmNoir #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆

Night Must Fall (Karel Reisz, 1964)

Feb

2

roast

A man mostly off screen carves meat of some sort. Surely it's symbolic. DP: Freddie Francis.

#FilmDinner #roast #meat #KarelReisz #EmlynWilliams #AlbertFinney #MonaWashbourne #SusanHampshire #SheilaHancock #RonGrainer #FreddieFrancis #theatre #drama #crime #thriller #UK #1960s ★★★½

Shaft (Gordon Parks, 1971)

Jan

27

John Shaft (Richard Roundtree). Can you dig it, baby? DP: Urs Furrer.

“Play straight, baby.”

– John Shaft

#FilmDuJour #January #ErnestTidyman #RichardRoundtree #ChristopherStJohn #CurtisMayfield #IsaacHayes #JJJohnson #UrsFurrer #Blaxploitation #crime #USA #1970s ★★★½

کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک [Klūzāp, nemā-ye nazdīk / Close-Up] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)

Jan

19

Hossain Sabzian on the back of a motorcycle on a busy tree-lined, four lane street. He's holding a large potted rose-red dahlia. DP: Ali Reza Zarrindast.

– Is there anything I can do for you?

– You could make a film about my suffering.

#FilmDuJour #January #AbbasKiarostami #HossainSabzian #MohsenMakhmalbaf #AliRezaZarrindast #drama #crime #biography #docudrama #Iran #1990s ★★★★★

The Sleeping Tiger (Joseph Losey, 1954)

Jan

14

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A cheque dated January 14. DP: Harry Waxman .

“If the halo fits, put it on. And don't pretend you don't love winding people up like little toys.”

– Glenda Esmond

#FilmDuJour #January #JosephLosey #MauriceMoiseiwitsch #DirkBogarde #AlexisSmith #AlexanderKnox #HughGriffith #PatriciaMcCarron #MalcolmArnold #HarryWaxman #drama #romance #crime FilmNoir #BookAdaptation #UK #USA #1950s ★★★½

Sprawa Gorgonowej [The Gorgon Case] (Janusz Majewski, 1977)

Dec

30

1931

Ewa Dałkowska as governess Rita Gorgonowa. DP: Zygmunt Samosiuk.

#FilmDuJour #December #JanuszMajewski #EwaDałkowska #AleksanderBardini #MariuszDmochowski #StanisławRadwan #ZygmuntSamosiuk #RitaGorgonowa #biography #crime #drama #Poland #1970s

Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)

Dec

30

1947

A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton.

“We're not here to play dominoes.”

#FilmDuJour #December #CraneWilbur #ScottBrady #JohnAlton #drama #crime #JailBreak #FilmNoir #DocuDrama #thriller #HomeInvasion #CanonCity #Colorado #USA #1940s ★★★½

Balada pro banditu [Ballad for a Bandit] (Vladimír Sís, 1979)

Dec

24

Christmas Eve – Nikolas

crime

The List of Adrian Messenger (John Huston, 1963)

Feb

16

Lady Jocelyn Bruttenholm (Dana Wynter), Anthony Gethryn (George C. Scott), and Raoul Le Borg (Jacques Roux). DP: Joseph MacDonald.

– Adrian Messenger

#FilmDuJour #February #JohnHuston #DanaWynter #GeorgeCScott #KirkDouglas #JacquesRoux #TonyCurtis #KirkDouglas #BurtLancaster #RobertMitchum #FrankSinatra #JerryGoldsmith #JosephMacDonald #USA #crime #mystery #1960s ★★★☆☆

Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)

Feb

13

J&B

Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori.

– Lily Harmer

#FilmDinner #JandB #whisky #UmbertoLenzi #CarrollBaker #JeanSorel #LuisDávila #AlbertoDalbés #GregorioGarcíaSegura #NinoRota #GuglielmoMancori #giallo #crime #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★½

暗黒街の美女 [Ankokugai no bijo / Underworld Beauty] (Seijun Suzuki, 1958)

Feb

8

A man, all in #bandages besides one half of his face, is interviewed by a policeman. Captions read: February 8th. DP: Wataro Nakao.

#FilmDuJour #February #SeijunSuzuki #MichitarōMizushima #MariShiraki #HideakiNitani #ShinsukeAshida #HiroshiKondō #KakuTakashina #TōruAbe #NaozumiYamamoto #WataroNakao #crime #FilmNoir #Japan #1950s ★★★★☆

Night Must Fall (Karel Reisz, 1964)

Feb

2

roast

A man mostly off screen carves meat of some sort. Surely it's symbolic. DP: Freddie Francis.

#FilmDinner #roast #meat #KarelReisz #EmlynWilliams #AlbertFinney #MonaWashbourne #SusanHampshire #SheilaHancock #RonGrainer #FreddieFrancis #theatre #drama #crime #thriller #UK #1960s ★★★½

Shaft (Gordon Parks, 1971)

Jan

27

John Shaft (Richard Roundtree). Can you dig it, baby? DP: Urs Furrer.

– John Shaft

#FilmDuJour #January #ErnestTidyman #RichardRoundtree #ChristopherStJohn #CurtisMayfield #IsaacHayes #JJJohnson #UrsFurrer #Blaxploitation #crime #USA #1970s ★★★½

کلوزآپ ، نمای نزدیک [Klūzāp, nemā-ye nazdīk / Close-Up] (Abbas Kiarostami, 1990)

Jan

19

Hossain Sabzian on the back of a motorcycle on a busy tree-lined, four lane street. He's holding a large potted rose-red dahlia. DP: Ali Reza Zarrindast.

#FilmDuJour #January #AbbasKiarostami #HossainSabzian #MohsenMakhmalbaf #AliRezaZarrindast #drama #crime #biography #docudrama #Iran #1990s ★★★★★

The Sleeping Tiger (Joseph Losey, 1954)

Jan

14

A cheque dated January 14. DP: Harry Waxman .

– Glenda Esmond

#FilmDuJour #January #JosephLosey #MauriceMoiseiwitsch #DirkBogarde #AlexisSmith #AlexanderKnox #HughGriffith #PatriciaMcCarron #MalcolmArnold #HarryWaxman #drama #romance #crime FilmNoir #BookAdaptation #UK #USA #1950s ★★★½

Sprawa Gorgonowej [The Gorgon Case] (Janusz Majewski, 1977)

Dec

30

1931

Ewa Dałkowska as governess Rita Gorgonowa. DP: Zygmunt Samosiuk.

#FilmDuJour #December #JanuszMajewski #EwaDałkowska #AleksanderBardini #MariuszDmochowski #StanisławRadwan #ZygmuntSamosiuk #RitaGorgonowa #biography #crime #drama #Poland #1970s

Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)

Dec

30

1947

A calendar page. It's December 30, 1947. DP: John Alton.

#FilmDuJour #December #CraneWilbur #ScottBrady #JohnAlton #drama #crime #JailBreak #FilmNoir #DocuDrama #thriller #HomeInvasion #CanonCity #Colorado #USA #1940s ★★★½

Balada pro banditu [Ballad for a Bandit] (Vladimír Sís, 1979)

Dec

24

Christmas Eve – Nikolas

The bandit and his bride. DP: Viktor Růžička.

A Nikolas or Nicholas for Christmas Eve.

The tale of legendary highwayman Nikola Šuhaj from Koločava.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #Nikolas #VladimírSís #MilanUhde #MilošŠtědroň #MiroslavDonutil #PetrMaláč #IvaBittová #BlankaRudová #FrantišekDerfler #MilošŠtědroň #VlastimilHála #ViktorRůžička #crime #FairyTale #drama #romance #musical #theatre #history #biopic #Czechoslovakia #1970s

A man, all in #bandages besides one half of his face, is interviewed by a policeman. Captions read: February 8^th. DP: Wataro Nakao.