june &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:june @settima@zirk.us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 18:33:10 +0200 蠱​ [Gu / Bewitched] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1981) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/gu-1981 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 蠱​ [Gu / Bewitched] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1981)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="X" /div div class="img" 蠱 (1981)/div div class="caption" Exorcising demons. DP: Hsin-Yeh Li./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #ChihHungKuei #JenHouSu #EddieWang #HsinYehLi #ShawBrothers #horror #HongKong #Thailand #1980s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

蠱​ [Gu / Bewitched] (Chih-Hung Kuei, 1981)

Jun

30

蠱 (1981)

Exorcising demons. DP: Hsin-Yeh Li.

#FilmDuJour #June #ChihHungKuei #JenHouSu #EddieWang #HsinYehLi #ShawBrothers #horror #HongKong #Thailand #1980s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/gu-1981 Mon, 30 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Le démon dans l'île [Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island] (Francis... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/le-demon-dans-lile-1983 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le démon dans l'île [Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island] (Francis Leroi, 1983)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" 1947/div div class="img" Le démon dans l'île (1983)/div div class="caption" Dr. Gabrielle Martin (Anny Duperey) reads her digital patient file. It mentions her day of birth, June 28, 1947. DP: Jacques Assuérus./div div class="txt" "Don't think too much, it could affect your health, Gabrielle." ### – Dr. Marshall /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #FrancisLeroi #AnnyDuperey #JeanClaudeBrialy #ChristianGaubert #JacquesAssuérus #horror #mystery #France #1980s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Le démon dans l'île [Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island] (Francis Leroi, 1983)

Jun

28

1947

Le démon dans l'île (1983)

Dr. Gabrielle Martin (Anny Duperey) reads her digital patient file. It mentions her day of birth, June 28, 1947. DP: Jacques Assuérus.

“Don't think too much, it could affect your health, Gabrielle.”

– Dr. Marshall

#FilmDuJour #June #FrancisLeroi #AnnyDuperey #JeanClaudeBrialy #ChristianGaubert #JacquesAssuérus #horror #mystery #France #1980s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/le-demon-dans-lile-1983 Sat, 28 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 The Lottery (Larry Yust, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-lottery-1969 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Lottery (Larry Yust, 1969)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Lottery (1969)/div div class="caption" Drawing lots from a box. DP: Isidore Mankofsky./div div class="txt" This, or any other adaptation of Shirley Jackson's story. "Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones." ### – Shirley Jackson, The Lottery (1948) /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #LarryYust #ShirleyJackson #IsidoreMankofsky #lottery #BookAdaptation #horror #mystery #ShortFilm #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Lottery (Larry Yust, 1969)

Jun

27

The Lottery (1969)

Drawing lots from a box. DP: Isidore Mankofsky.

This, or any other adaptation of Shirley Jackson's story.

“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.”

– Shirley Jackson, The Lottery (1948)

#FilmDuJour #June #LarryYust #ShirleyJackson #IsidoreMankofsky #lottery #BookAdaptation #horror #mystery #ShortFilm #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-lottery-1969 Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Ikarie XB 1 [Icarus XB 1] (Jindřich Polák, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ikarie-xb-1-1963 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ikarie XB 1 [Icarus XB 1] (Jindřich Polák, 1963)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Ikarie XB 1 (1963)/div div class="caption" An astronaut passing a perfectly symmetrical walkway, similar to the ones seen in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). DP: Jan Kališ./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #JindřichPolák #StanisławLem #ZdeněkLiška #JanKališ #BookAdaptation #drama #SciFi #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ikarie XB 1 [Icarus XB 1] (Jindřich Polák, 1963)

Jun

26

Ikarie XB 1 (1963)

An astronaut passing a perfectly symmetrical walkway, similar to the ones seen in Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). DP: Jan Kališ.

#FilmDuJour #June #JindřichPolák #StanisławLem #ZdeněkLiška #JanKališ #BookAdaptation #drama #SciFi #Czechoslovakia #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ikarie-xb-1-1963 Thu, 26 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/limmortelle-1963-34t6 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" Sat/div div class="img" L'immortelle (1963)/div div class="caption" A man's hand holds a crumbled up diary page for Saturday June 23. There are no calendar entries. DP: Maurice Barry./div div class="txt" "You're a foreigner and you're lost." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #AlainRobbeGrillet #FrançoiseBrion #JacquesDoniolValcroze #GuidoCelano #GeorgesDelerue #MichelFano #TahsinKavalcioglu #MauriceBarry #ExperimentalFilm #drama #mystery #France #Italy #Turkey #1960s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)

Jun

23

Sat

L'immortelle (1963)

A man's hand holds a crumbled up diary page for Saturday June 23. There are no calendar entries. DP: Maurice Barry.

“You're a foreigner and you're lost.”

#FilmDuJour #June #AlainRobbeGrillet #FrançoiseBrion #JacquesDoniolValcroze #GuidoCelano #GeorgesDelerue #MichelFano #TahsinKavalcioglu #MauriceBarry #ExperimentalFilm #drama #mystery #France #Italy #Turkey #1960s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/limmortelle-1963-34t6 Mon, 23 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 6-18-67 (George Lucas, 1967) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/6-18-67-1967 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" 6-18-67 (George Lucas, 1967)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 18/div div class="occasion" 1967/div div class="img" 6-18-67 (1967)/div div class="caption" The opening credits with the date 6-18-67 superimposed over it. DPs: Charles Braverman, George Lucas, David MacDougall & David Wyler./div div class="txt" "We had never been around such opulence, zillions of dollars being spent every five minutes on this huge, unwieldy thing. It was mind-boggling to us because we had been making films for three hundred dollars, and seeing this incredible waste - that was the worst of Hollywood." ### – pre-blockbuster George Lucas /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #GeorgeLucas #JLeeThompson #JosephMacDonald #GregoryPeck #CharlesBraverman #DavidMacDougall #DavidWyler #western #ShortFilm #documentary #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

6-18-67 (George Lucas, 1967)

Jun

18

1967

6-18-67 (1967)

The opening credits with the date 6-18-67 superimposed over it. DPs: Charles Braverman, George Lucas, David MacDougall & David Wyler.

“We had never been around such opulence, zillions of dollars being spent every five minutes on this huge, unwieldy thing. It was mind-boggling to us because we had been making films for three hundred dollars, and seeing this incredible waste – that was the worst of Hollywood.”

– pre-blockbuster George Lucas

#FilmDuJour #June #GeorgeLucas #JLeeThompson #JosephMacDonald #GregoryPeck #CharlesBraverman #DavidMacDougall #DavidWyler #western #ShortFilm #documentary #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/6-18-67-1967 Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b6g0 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Ace in the Hole (1951)/div div class="caption" A man holds up the first newspaper reporting on Leo Minosa's faith, dated June 17. The headline blares ANCIENT CURSE ENTOMBS MAN. DP: Charles Lang./div div class="txt" "It's a good story today. Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it." ### – Charles Tatum /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #BillyWilder #KirkDouglas #JanSterling #RobertArthur #PorterHall #FrankCady #RichardBenedict #HugoFriedhofer #CharlesLang #drama #satire #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Ace in the Hole (Billy Wilder, 1951)

Jun

17

Ace in the Hole (1951)

A man holds up the first newspaper reporting on Leo Minosa's faith, dated June 17. The headline blares ANCIENT CURSE ENTOMBS MAN. DP: Charles Lang.

“It's a good story today. Tomorrow, they'll wrap a fish in it.”

– Charles Tatum

#FilmDuJour #June #BillyWilder #KirkDouglas #JanSterling #RobertArthur #PorterHall #FrankCady #RichardBenedict #HugoFriedhofer #CharlesLang #drama #satire #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b6g0 Tue, 17 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/picture-snatcher-1933 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Picture Snatcher (1933)/div div class="caption" Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis) and Danny Kean (James Cagney). DP: Sol Polito./div div class="txt" "That gets it. That little touch of lavender. Am I gonna stink pretty." ### – Danny Kean /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #LloydBacon #JamesCagney #PatriciaEllis #BillyWest #SolPolito #PreCode #comedy #crime #USA #1930s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Picture Snatcher (Lloyd Bacon, 1933)

Jun

16

Picture Snatcher (1933)

Patricia Nolan (Patricia Ellis) and Danny Kean (James Cagney). DP: Sol Polito.

“That gets it. That little touch of lavender. Am I gonna stink pretty.”

– Danny Kean

#FilmDuJour #June #LloydBacon #JamesCagney #PatriciaEllis #BillyWest #SolPolito #PreCode #comedy #crime #USA #1930s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/picture-snatcher-1933 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 La maudite galette [Dirty Money] (Denys Arcand, 1972) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d320 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La maudite galette [Dirty Money] (Denys Arcand, 1972)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 16/div div class="X" /div div class="img" La maudite galette (1972)/div div class="caption" Berthe (Luce Guilbeault) points a rifle offscreen. Next to her a perpetual wall calendar from Desjardins with the date. It's June 16. DP: Alain Dostie./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #DenysArcand #LuceGuilbeault #MarcelSabourin #RenéCaron #GabrielArcand #MichelHinton #LionelThériault #AlainDostie #crime #drama #absurdism #Montréal #Québec #Canada #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

La maudite galette [Dirty Money] (Denys Arcand, 1972)

Jun

16

La maudite galette (1972)

Berthe (Luce Guilbeault) points a rifle offscreen. Next to her a perpetual wall calendar from Desjardins with the date. It's June 16. DP: Alain Dostie.

#FilmDuJour #June #DenysArcand #LuceGuilbeault #MarcelSabourin #RenéCaron #GabrielArcand #MichelHinton #LionelThériault #AlainDostie #crime #drama #absurdism #Montréal #Québec #Canada #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-d320 Mon, 16 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200 Strategia del ragno [The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/strategia-del-ragno-1970-32zh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Strategia del ragno [The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Sat/div div class="img" Strategia del ragno (1970)/div div class="caption" A clock face. It's 9:54 on Saturday June 15. DPs: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro./div div class="txt" The two-page story this film is based on – Jorge Luis Borges' Tema del traidor y del héroe [Theme of the Traitor and Hero] (1944) – takes place on January 3 and August 2. "Instead of leaving this morning, I'm still here. Among friends." ### – Athos Magnani /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #BernardoBertolucci #JorgeLuisBorges #FrancoDiGiacomo #VittorioStoraro #GiulioBrogi #AlidaValli #BookAdaptation #mystery #clocks #drama #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Strategia del ragno [The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

Jun

15

Sat

Strategia del ragno (1970)

A clock face. It's 9:54 on Saturday June 15. DPs: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro.

The two-page story this film is based on – Jorge Luis Borges' Tema del traidor y del héroe [Theme of the Traitor and Hero] (1944) – takes place on January 3 and August 2.

“Instead of leaving this morning, I'm still here. Among friends.”

– Athos Magnani

#FilmDuJour #June #BernardoBertolucci #JorgeLuisBorges #FrancoDiGiacomo #VittorioStoraro #GiulioBrogi #AlidaValli #BookAdaptation #mystery #clocks #drama #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/strategia-del-ragno-1970-32zh Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0200