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The Sleeping Tiger (Joseph Losey, 1954)

Jan

14

spoiler warning: click to toggle image The Sleeping Tiger (1954)

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

Times Square (Allan Moyle, 1980)

Jan

10

1967

Times Square (1980)

A bus on Times Square with a large (expensive) ad asking people to be on the lookout for a Pamela Pearl, born January 10, 1967. DP: James A. Contner.

“Yes, it's story time on WJAD in the heart of Times Square, New York, New York. The city so nice, they named it twice.”

– Johnny LaGuardia, on the air

N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971)

Jan

3

1979

N.P. il segreto (1971)

The January 3–4 International Herald Tribune reports on The Gunboat Affair. DP: Dimitri Nicolau.

And April 27.

 

Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)

Jan

3

Que la bête meure (1969)

A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.

 

Amore di ussaro (Luis Marquina, 1940)

Jan

1

1900

Amore di ussaro (1940)

Margarita (Conchita Montenegro) and her hussar Leonardo de Vargas (Luis Sagi Vela) hold each other on New Year's Eve when the year changes from 1899 to 1900. DP: Carlo Montuori.

 

儀式 [Gishiki / The Ceremony] (Nagisa Ōshima, 1971)

Jan

1

儀式 (1971)

A boy in school uniform has his ear pressed against the ground. DP: Tōichirō Narushima.

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

Dec

30

1931

Sprawa Gorgonowej (1977)

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

Canon City (Crane Wilbur, 1948)

Dec

30

1947

Canon City (1948)

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

“We're not here to play dominoes.”

La noche de los Inocentes [Night of the Innocents] (Arturo Sotto Díaz, 2007)

Dec

28

La noche de los Inocentes (2007)

The cast in the hospital. Lighting and stances appear theatre-like. DP: Ernesto Granado.

姿三四郎 [Sugata Sanshirō / Judo Saga] (Akira Kurosawa, 1943)

Dec

26

8 p.m.

姿三四郎 (1943)

A letter beckoning to come to Ukyō-ku, on December 26, at 8 o'clock. DP: Akira Mimura.

“On the night of December 26, at 8:00 on Ukyō-ku.”