jazz &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:jazz @settima@zirk.us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:39:58 +0200 Nowhere to Go (Seth Holt + Basil Dearden, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1nw4 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Nowhere to Go (Seth Holt + Basil Dearden, 1958)/div div class="month" Dec/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" Tue/div div class="img" Nowhere to Go (1958).png)/div div class="caption" A man checks into a hotel. A wall calendar reads December 22, a Tuesday. DP: Paul Beeson ./div div class="txt" "Sloane! Be lucky!" ### – Paul Gregory /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #December #SethHolt #BasilDearden #DonaldMacKenzie #GeorgeNader #MaggieSmith #BernardLee #DizzyReece #PaulBeeson #drama #crime #FilmNoir #jazz #BookAdaptation #UK #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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

#FilmDuJour #December #SethHolt #BasilDearden #DonaldMacKenzie #GeorgeNader #MaggieSmith #BernardLee #DizzyReece #PaulBeeson #drama #crime #FilmNoir #jazz #BookAdaptation #UK #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1nw4 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 [Mingus / Mingus In Greenwich Village] (Thomas... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/mingus-charlie-mingus-1968-1968-xvdy <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 [Mingus / Mingus In Greenwich Village] (Thomas Reichman, 1968)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 (1968)/div div class="caption" Charles Mingus and Carolyn sharing an intimate father/daughter moment in their studio. DPs: Lee Osborne & Michael Wadleigh./div div class="txt" "I pledge allegiance to the flag–the white flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of America. When they say “black” or “negro,” it means you’re not an American. I pledge allegiance to your flag. Not that I have to, but just for the hell of it I pledge allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. The white flag, with no stripes, no stars. It is a prestige badge worn by a profitable minority." ### – Charles Mingus\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #November #ThomasReichman #CharlesMingus #LonnieHillyer #CharlesMcPherson #JohnGilmore #WalterBishopJr #DannieRichmond #SueMingus #CarolynMingus #LeeOsborne #MichaelWadleigh #jazz #documentary #music #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 [Mingus / Mingus In Greenwich Village] (Thomas Reichman, 1968)

Nov

22

1968

Mingus: Charlie Mingus 1968 (1968)

Charles Mingus and Carolyn sharing an intimate father/daughter moment in their studio. DPs: Lee Osborne & Michael Wadleigh.

“I pledge allegiance to the flag–the white flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of America. When they say “black” or “negro,” it means you’re not an American. I pledge allegiance to your flag. Not that I have to, but just for the hell of it I pledge allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. The white flag, with no stripes, no stars. It is a prestige badge worn by a profitable minority.”

– Charles Mingus

#FilmDuJour #November #ThomasReichman #CharlesMingus #LonnieHillyer #CharlesMcPherson #JohnGilmore #WalterBishopJr #DannieRichmond #SueMingus #CarolynMingus #LeeOsborne #MichaelWadleigh #jazz #documentary #music #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/mingus-charlie-mingus-1968-1968-xvdy Sat, 22 Nov 2025 09:00:00 +0100 The Criminal [The Concrete Jungle] (Joseph Losey, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ql5s <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Criminal [The Concrete Jungle] (Joseph Losey, 1960)/div div class="month" Nov/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 21/div div class="occasion" chow time/div div class="img" The Criminal (1960).png)/div div class="caption" A prison space. Two tough looking guys in dark clothing appear to savour their meals. One of them is holding a book. DP: Robert Krasker./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #PrisonChow #JosephLosey #StanleyBaker #SamWanamaker #GrégoireAslan #MargitSaad #JillBennett #JohnDankworth #RobertKrasker #drama #crime #jazz #UK #1960s ★★★½ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

The Criminal [The Concrete Jungle] (Joseph Losey, 1960)

Nov

21

chow time

The Criminal (1960)

A prison space. Two tough looking guys in dark clothing appear to savour their meals. One of them is holding a book. DP: Robert Krasker.

 

#FilmDinner #PrisonChow #JosephLosey #StanleyBaker #SamWanamaker #GrégoireAslan #MargitSaad #JillBennett #JohnDankworth #RobertKrasker #drama #crime #jazz #UK #1960s ★★★½ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ql5s Fri, 21 Nov 2025 17:23:10 +0100 Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qnbh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" 1936/div div class="img" Fury (1936)/div div class="caption" A distraught Joe Wilson (Spencer Tracy ) in the sheriff's office. DP: Joseph Ruttenberg./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #FritzLang #Sylvia Sidney #SpencerTracy #WalterAbel #BruceCabot #EdwardEllis #WalterBrennan #FranzWaxman #JosephRuttenberg #jazz #crime #revenge #PreCode #mobs #drama #FilmNoir #romance #USA #1930s ★★★★☆/♥︎/div /section ]]>

Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936)

Oct

26

1936

Fury (1936)

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

 

#FilmDuJour #October #FritzLang #Sylvia Sidney #SpencerTracy #WalterAbel #BruceCabot #EdwardEllis #WalterBrennan #FranzWaxman #JosephRuttenberg #jazz #crime #revenge #PreCode #mobs #drama #FilmNoir #romance #USA #1930s ★★★★☆/♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qnbh Sun, 26 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0100 Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/melodie-en-sous-sol-1963 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="occasion" Tue/div div class="img" Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)/div div class="caption" Mario (Henri Virlojeux), bathhouse proprietor. A nearby wall calendar reads mardi, septembre 6. DP: Louis Page./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #HenriVerneuil #ZekialMarko #JeanGabin #AlainDelon #HenriVirlojeux #MichelMagne #LouisPage #crime #heist #BookAdaptation #jazz #Paris #Cannes #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Mélodie en sous-sol [Any Number Can Win] (Henri Verneuil, 1963)

Sep

6

Tue

Mélodie en sous-sol (1963)

Mario (Henri Virlojeux), bathhouse proprietor. A nearby wall calendar reads mardi, septembre 6. DP: Louis Page.

#FilmDuJour #September #HenriVerneuil #ZekialMarko #JeanGabin #AlainDelon #HenriVirlojeux #MichelMagne #LouisPage #crime #heist #BookAdaptation #jazz #Paris #Cannes #France #Italy #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/melodie-en-sous-sol-1963 Sat, 06 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0200 Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-80rd <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" International Panic Day/div div class="img" Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)/div div class="caption" M Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) seated in an elevator, calmly smoking. Around him several items speak of less calm moments. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" A character in panic mode on International Panic Day "Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?" ### Julien Tavernier has a plan about how to run off with his boss' wife. There's just this one snag. No time to panic, c'est cool c'est cool./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud [Elevator to the Gallows] (Louis Malle, 1958)

Jun

18

International Panic Day

Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958)

M Tavernier (Maurice Ronet) seated in an elevator, calmly smoking. Around him several items speak of less calm moments. DP: Henri Decaë.

A character in panic mode on International Panic Day

“Have you seen Mr Tavernier tonight?”

Julien Tavernier has a plan about how to run off with his boss' wife. There's just this one snag. No time to panic, c'est cool c'est cool.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #LouisMalle #NoëlCalef #JeanneMoreau #MauriceRonet #MilesDavis #HenriDecaë #BookAdaptation #drama #crime #romance #jazz #FilmNoir #Paris #France #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-80rd Wed, 18 Jun 2025 18:10:00 +0200 Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-09r3 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Les félins (1964)/div div class="caption" 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./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

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.

#FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-09r3 Wed, 14 May 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Daïnah la métisse [Dainah the Mixed] (Jean Grémillon, 1932) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tbjm <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Daïnah la métisse [Dainah the Mixed] (Jean Grémillon, 1932)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Titanic/div div class="img" Daïnah la métisse (1932)/div div class="caption" Mechanic Michaux (Charles Vanel) and Daïnah (Laurence Clavius) on the Art Deco liner. DPs: Louis Page & Georges Périnal./div div class="txt" A cruise ship in remembrance of the sinking of the Titanic on April 14–15, 1912. &nbsp; Mestiza Daïnah, who accompanies her illusionist husband on the luxury cruise ship he works on, loves to flirt and tease the other sex, including the ship's engineer Michaux. Then, she disappears./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #CruiseShip #JeanGrémillon #PierreDaye #CharlesVanel #HabibBenglia #GastonDubosc #LucienGuérard #LaurenceClavius #GabrielleFontan #Maryanne #LouisPage #GeorgesPérinal #jazz #crime #drama #romance #France #1930s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Daïnah la métisse [Dainah the Mixed] (Jean Grémillon, 1932)

Apr

15

Titanic

Daïnah la métisse (1932)

Mechanic Michaux (Charles Vanel) and Daïnah (Laurence Clavius) on the Art Deco liner. DPs: Louis Page & Georges Périnal.

A cruise ship in remembrance of the sinking of the Titanic on April 14–15, 1912.

 

Mestiza Daïnah, who accompanies her illusionist husband on the luxury cruise ship he works on, loves to flirt and tease the other sex, including the ship's engineer Michaux. Then, she disappears.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #CruiseShip #JeanGrémillon #PierreDaye #CharlesVanel #HabibBenglia #GastonDubosc #LucienGuérard #LaurenceClavius #GabrielleFontan #Maryanne #LouisPage #GeorgesPérinal #jazz #crime #drama #romance #France #1930s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-tbjm Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0200 ドキュメント 路上 [Document Rojo / On the Road: The Document] (Noriaki Tsuchimoto, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-911h <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" ドキュメント 路上 [Document Rojo / On the Road: The Document] (Noriaki Tsuchimoto, 1964)/div div class="month" Mar/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" Road Traffic Act 1934/div div class="img" ドキュメント 路上 (1964)/div div class="caption" A look from a Tokyo cab driver's perspective. We see the dashboard, heavy trucks ahead, and behind, and the reflection of the driver in his rearview mirror. DP: Tatsuo Suzuki./div div class="txt" Bad drivers: the start of compulsory driving tests in the UK was established on March 26, 1934 with the Road Traffic Act. "This film portrays the traffic war that goes on every day. — Tokyo, 1964" ### – opening title I find no solid proof to support this statement/div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #RoadTrafficAct1934 #NoriakiTsuchimoto #KimioKawasaki #MinoruMiki #TatsuoSuzuki #CarCrash #traffic #taxis #cars #jazz #documentary #Tokyo #Japan #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

ドキュメント 路上 [Document Rojo / On the Road: The Document] (Noriaki Tsuchimoto, 1964)

Mar

26

Road Traffic Act 1934

ドキュメント 路上 (1964)

A look from a Tokyo cab driver's perspective. We see the dashboard, heavy trucks ahead, and behind, and the reflection of the driver in his rearview mirror. DP: Tatsuo Suzuki.

Bad drivers: the start of compulsory driving tests in the UK was established on March 26, 1934* with the Road Traffic Act.

“This film portrays the traffic war that goes on every day. — Tokyo, 1964”

– opening title

*I find no solid proof to support this statement

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #RoadTrafficAct1934 #NoriakiTsuchimoto #KimioKawasaki #MinoruMiki #TatsuoSuzuki #CarCrash #traffic #taxis #cars #jazz #documentary #Tokyo #Japan #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-911h Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0100 All My Life (Bruce Baillie, 1966) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kb83 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" All My Life (Bruce Baillie, 1966)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" roses/div div class="img" All My Life (1966)/div div class="caption" A still of a red rose bush next to a fence. Image via à pala de walsh. DP: Bruce Baillie./div div class="txt" Roses for the end of the Wars of the Roses (note: January 18 is when Henry VII married Elizabeth of York in 1486; the wars would continue until June 16 the following year). "All my life, hold me close to your heart But all else above Hold my love, darling, just hold my love" ### – Ella Fitzgerald, All My Life (Sidney D. Mitchell & Sammy Stept), 1936 In one continuous shot, the camera tracks a fence and rose bushes while Ella Fitzgerald's 1936 debut song All My Life is playing./div div class="tags" ##### #Bales2025FilmChallenge #roses #BruceBaillie #EllaFitzgerald #flowers #jazz #music #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

All My Life (Bruce Baillie, 1966)

Jan

18

roses

All My Life (1966)

A still of a red rose bush next to a fence. Image via à pala de walsh. DP: Bruce Baillie.

Roses for the end of the Wars of the Roses (note: January 18 is when Henry VII married Elizabeth of York in 1486; the wars would continue until June 16 the following year).

“All my life, hold me close to your heart But all else above Hold my love, darling, just hold my love”

– Ella Fitzgerald, All My Life (Sidney D. Mitchell & Sammy Stept), 1936

In one continuous shot, the camera tracks a fence and rose bushes while Ella Fitzgerald's 1936 debut song All My Life is playing.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #roses #BruceBaillie #EllaFitzgerald #flowers #jazz #music #ShortFilm #ExperimentalFilm #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kb83 Sat, 18 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0100