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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.”

Nowhere to Go (Seth Holt + Basil Dearden, 1958)

Dec

22

Tue

Nowhere to Go (1958)

A man checks into a hotel. A wall calendar reads December 22, a Tuesday. DP: Paul Beeson .

“Sloane! Be lucky!”

– Paul Gregory

Accidente 703 [Los culpables] (José María Forqué, 1962)

Dec

21

Accidente 703 (1962)

A darkened room. People take care of a man slumped on a coach. A wall calendar tells us it's the 21st. DP: Juan Mariné.

Panic in the Streets (Elia Kazan, 1950)

Dec

13

Panic in the Streets (1950)

A bunch of tough-looking guys at a table with what may be a sandwich. Even the sandwich is up to no good.. DP: Joseph MacDonald.

 

The Big Combo (Joseph H. Lewis, 1955)

Nov

15

1946

The Big Combo (1955)

A man's hand holds up a photo negative of a black-and-white picture, showing two men and a woman, and the date 11-15-46 underneath. DP: John Alton.

“I'm trying to run an impersonal business. Killing is very personal. Once it gets started, it's hard to stop.”

– Mr. Brown

Panique [Panic] (Julien Duvivier, 1946)

Nov

7

Panique (1946)

A child probes her dinner with a fork larger than her head while another one is all neat and proper. In the midst of them, as serious table settings require, a large man. His napkin tucked in at the neck, he leans over the first child with something to say. DP: Nicolas Hayer.

“Dead meat always attracts flies.”

– Monsieur Hire

拳銃は俺のパスポート [Koruto wa ore no pasupōto / A Colt Is My Passport] (Takashi Nomura, 1967)

Nov

3

拳銃は俺のパスポート (1967)

A blurry shot of a man with a moustache in a space with chairs and a round table. DP: Shigeyoshi Mine.

 

Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936)

Oct

26

1936

Fury (1936)

A distraught Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy ) in the sheriff's office. DP: Joseph Ruttenberg.

 

Killer's Kiss (Stanley Kubrick, 1955)

Oct

25

Fri

Killer's Kiss (1955)

An already worn-out poster for “another great bout” between Davey Gordon and Kid Rodriguez. DP: Stanley Kubrick.

“It's crazy how you can get yourself in a mess sometimes and not even be able to think about it with any sense, and yet, not be able to think about anything else. You get so you're no good for anything or anybody. Maybe it begins by taking life too serious. Anyway, I think that's the way it began for me, just before my fight with Rodriguez three days ago…”

– Davy Gordon

La donna del lago [The Lady of the Lake / The Possessed] (Luigi Bazzoni + Franco Rossellini, 1965)

Oct

25

La donna del lago (1965)

Tilde (Virna Lisi) caressing a man's hand, resting on her shoulder, with her cheek. DP: Leonida Barboni.

Until November 20.