thriller &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:thriller @settima@mograph.social Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:42:21 +0100 Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fllw <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Emperor of the North Pole (1973)/div div class="caption" Lobbycard. The blurb reads: "The battle for the title of "Emperor of the North Pole" begins between Shack (ERNEST BORGNINE) and A-No. 1 (LEE MARVIN)". DP: Joseph F. Biroc./div div class="txt" "Stay off the tracks. Forget it. Its a bum's world for a bum." ### – Shack /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #RobertAldrich #JackLondon #LeeMarvin #ErnestBorgnine #KeithCarradine #SidHaig #FrankDeVol #JosephFBiroc #BookAdaptation #hobos #thriller #trains #USA #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Emperor of the North Pole (Robert Aldrich, 1973)

Oct

25

Emperor of the North Pole (1973)

Lobbycard. The blurb reads: “The battle for the title of “Emperor of the North Pole” begins between Shack (ERNEST BORGNINE) and A-No. 1 (LEE MARVIN)“. DP: Joseph F. Biroc.

“Stay off the tracks. Forget it. Its a bum's world for a bum.”

– Shack

#FilmDuJour #October #RobertAldrich #JackLondon #LeeMarvin #ErnestBorgnine #KeithCarradine #SidHaig #FrankDeVol #JosephFBiroc #BookAdaptation #hobos #thriller #trains #USA #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-fllw Sun, 25 Oct 2026 10:00:00 +0100 Nattmara [Nightmare] (Arne Mattsson, 1965) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5vnw <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Nattmara [Nightmare] (Arne Mattsson, 1965)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" Tue/div div class="img" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary Nattmara (1965)/div div class="caption" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to read/summary Hands hold up a small diary. The camera is focussed on Tuesday the 19supth/sup of October, 1965. Handwriting, a chicken scrawl, reads CITROEN A66692 MAJ BERG ✝. Besides that the week is uneventful. DP: Max Wilén./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #ArneMattsson #UllaJacobsson #GunnarHellström #SvenLindberg #MimiPollak #MonaMalm #TordPeterson #GeorgRiedel #MaxWilén #drama #mystery #crime #thriller #Sweden #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Nattmara [Nightmare] (Arne Mattsson, 1965)

Oct

19

Tue

spoiler warning: click to toggle image Nattmara (1965)
spoiler warning: click to read

Hands hold up a small diary. The camera is focussed on Tuesday the 19th of October, 1965. Handwriting, a chicken scrawl, reads CITROEN A66692 MAJ BERG ✝. Besides that the week is uneventful. DP: Max Wilén.

#FilmDuJour #October #ArneMattsson #UllaJacobsson #GunnarHellström #SvenLindberg #MimiPollak #MonaMalm #TordPeterson #GeorgRiedel #MaxWilén #drama #mystery #crime #thriller #Sweden #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5vnw Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-75f6 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" 1970/div div class="img" Un posto ideale per uccidere (1971).png)/div div class="caption" A cop berates a sheepish hippie couple. Captions read "Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970". DP: Alfio Contini./div div class="txt" "Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970." ### – Policeman /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #UmbertoLenzi #IrenePapas #RayLovelock #OrnellaMuti #MichelBardinet #SalBorgese #CarlaMancini #UmbertoRaho #FrancoRessel #BrunoLauzi #AlfioContini #hippies #Mansonsploitation #crime #thriller #drama #mystery #Italy #France #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)

Oct

17

1970

Un posto ideale per uccidere (1971)

A cop berates a sheepish hippie couple. Captions read “Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970”. DP: Alfio Contini.

“Arrested for selling pornography October 17, 1970.”

– Policeman

#FilmDuJour #October #UmbertoLenzi #IrenePapas #RayLovelock #OrnellaMuti #MichelBardinet #SalBorgese #CarlaMancini #UmbertoRaho #FrancoRessel #BrunoLauzi #AlfioContini #hippies #Mansonsploitation #crime #thriller #drama #mystery #Italy #France #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-75f6 Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Sniper (Edward Dmytryk, 1952) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldgv <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Sniper (Edward Dmytryk, 1952)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Sniper (1952)/div div class="caption" Man's hands, one bandaged, holding a rifle. DP: Burnett Guffey./div div class="txt" "I'm gonna be happy for a change." ### – Edward Miller\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #EdwardDmytryk #AdolpheMenjou #ArthurFranz #RichardKiley #GeraldMohr #MarieWindsor #GeorgeAntheil #BurnettGuffey #crime #drama #thriller #SerialKillers #SanFrancisco #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Sniper (Edward Dmytryk, 1952)

Oct

4

The Sniper (1952)

Man's hands, one bandaged, holding a rifle. DP: Burnett Guffey.

“I'm gonna be happy for a change.”

– Edward Miller

#FilmDuJour #October #EdwardDmytryk #AdolpheMenjou #ArthurFranz #RichardKiley #GeraldMohr #MarieWindsor #GeorgeAntheil #BurnettGuffey #crime #drama #thriller #SerialKillers #SanFrancisco #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldgv Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-j7yc <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)/div div class="month" Oct/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Le boucher (1970)/div div class="caption" Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #October #ClaudeChabrol #JeanYanne #StéphaneAudran #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #crime #thriller #food #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Le boucher [The Butcher] (Claude Chabrol, 1970)

Oct

3

Le boucher (1970)

Popaul (Jean Yanne) and Hélène (Stéphane Audran) in the former's butcher shop. DP: Jean Rabier.

#FilmDuJour #October #ClaudeChabrol #JeanYanne #StéphaneAudran #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #crime #thriller #food #France #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-j7yc Sat, 03 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Armaguedon [Armageddon] (Alain Jessua, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qv2d <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Armaguedon [Armageddon] (Alain Jessua, 1977)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 11 H 45/div div class="img" Armaguedon (1977).png)/div div class="caption" A train station. In LCD lettering the caption GÊNES 30 SEPTEMBRE 11 H 45. DP: Jacques Robin./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #AlainJessua #DavidLippincott #AlainDelon #JeanYanne #RenatoSalvatori #MarieDéa #MichelCreton #AstorPiazzolla #JacquesRobin #thriller #drama #crime #BookAdaptation #Paris #France #Italy #Belgium #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Armaguedon [Armageddon] (Alain Jessua, 1977)

Sep

30

11 H 45

Armaguedon (1977)

A train station. In LCD lettering the caption GÊNES 30 SEPTEMBRE 11 H 45. DP: Jacques Robin.

 

#FilmDuJour #September #AlainJessua #DavidLippincott #AlainDelon #JeanYanne #RenatoSalvatori #MarieDéa #MichelCreton #AstorPiazzolla #JacquesRobin #thriller #drama #crime #BookAdaptation #Paris #France #Italy #Belgium #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qv2d Wed, 30 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0200 La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-73fq <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" 1947/div div class="img" La diosa arrodillada (1947).png)/div div class="caption" A tear-off calendar for Tuesday, September 25, 1947. Handwritten the remark Guadalajara. DP: Alex Phillips./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #RobertoGavaldón #MaríaFélix #ArturoDeCórdova #RosarioGranados #FortunioBonanova #RodolfoHalffter #AlexPhillips #melodrama #drama #romance #crime #thriller #Mexico #1940s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

La diosa arrodillada [The Kneeling Goddess] (Roberto Gavaldón, 1947)

Sep

25

1947

La diosa arrodillada (1947)

A tear-off calendar for Tuesday, September 25, 1947. Handwritten the remark Guadalajara. DP: Alex Phillips.

 

#FilmDuJour #September #RobertoGavaldón #MaríaFélix #ArturoDeCórdova #RosarioGranados #FortunioBonanova #RodolfoHalffter #AlexPhillips #melodrama #drama #romance #crime #thriller #Mexico #1940s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-73fq Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Professione: reporter [The Passenger] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k634 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Professione: reporter [The Passenger] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" three o'clock/div div class="img" Professione: reporter (1975).png)/div div class="caption" The girl (Maria Schneider) reads out Locke's (Jack Nicholson) calendar: "at three o'clock on the ten of September, don't forget". DP: Luciano Tovoli./div div class="txt" The reporter keeps a detailed calendar with many, many dates to pick from: "Monday 3 September 1973, Munich - airport; Wednesday 5 September 1973, Barcelona, 12 a.m. - Parque Communal, - Umbraculo; Friday 7 September 1973, pick up Lucy; Monday 10 September 1973, Melina - 3 p.m. Plaza de la Iglesia, S. Ferdinando; Tuesday 11 September 1973, Daisy, 6 p.m. - Osuna, Hotel de la Gloria; Thursday 13 September 1973, 47-22, including SM, $40; Sunday 16 September 1973, care Daisy in Madrid." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #MichelangeloAntonioni #JackNicholson #MariaSchneider #JennyRunacre #IanHendry #StevenBerkoff #LucianoTovoli #RoadMovie #drama #mystery #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★★½ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Professione: reporter [The Passenger] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975)

Sep

10

three o'clock

Professione: reporter (1975)

The girl (Maria Schneider) reads out Locke's (Jack Nicholson) calendar: “at three o'clock on the ten of September, don't forget”. DP: Luciano Tovoli.

The reporter keeps a detailed calendar with many, many dates to pick from:

“Monday 3 September 1973, Munich – airport; Wednesday 5 September 1973, Barcelona, 12 a.m. – Parque Communal, – Umbraculo; Friday 7 September 1973, pick up Lucy; Monday 10 September 1973, Melina – 3 p.m. Plaza de la Iglesia, S. Ferdinando; Tuesday 11 September 1973, Daisy, 6 p.m. – Osuna, Hotel de la Gloria; Thursday 13 September 1973, 47-22, including SM, $40; Sunday 16 September 1973, care Daisy in Madrid.”

#FilmDuJour #September #MichelangeloAntonioni #JackNicholson #MariaSchneider #JennyRunacre #IanHendry #StevenBerkoff #LucianoTovoli #RoadMovie #drama #mystery #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★★½ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-k634 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Maléfices [Sorcery / Where the Truth Lies] (Henri Decoin, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6yrz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Maléfices [Sorcery / Where the Truth Lies] (Henri Decoin, 1962)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Maléfices (1962)/div div class="caption" Myriam Heller (Juliette Gréco) sharing a bed with Nyète, her cheetah. DP: Marcel Grignon./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #HenriDecoin #PierreBoileau #ThomasNarcejac #JulietteGréco #LiselottePulver #JeanMarcBory #MaîthéMansoura #PierreHenry #MarcelGrignon #drama #thriller #crime #romance #mystery #animals #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Maléfices [Sorcery / Where the Truth Lies] (Henri Decoin, 1962)

Sep

10

Maléfices (1962)

Myriam Heller (Juliette Gréco) sharing a bed with Nyète, her cheetah. DP: Marcel Grignon.

#FilmDuJour #September #HenriDecoin #PierreBoileau #ThomasNarcejac #JulietteGréco #LiselottePulver #JeanMarcBory #MaîthéMansoura #PierreHenry #MarcelGrignon #drama #thriller #crime #romance #mystery #animals #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6yrz Thu, 10 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Nuits rouges [L'homme sans visage / Shadowman] (Georges Franju, 1974) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-7knt <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Nuits rouges [L'homme sans visage / Shadowman] (Georges Franju, 1974)/div div class="month" Sep/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Nuits rouges (1974)/div div class="caption" A faceless man in black wearing a red balaclava (Jacques Champreux) holds his right wrist, which is bleeding profusely. DP: Guido Bertoni./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #September #GeorgesFranju #GayleHunnicutt #JacquesChampreux #GuidoBertoni #crime #thriller #France #Italy #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Nuits rouges [L'homme sans visage / Shadowman] (Georges Franju, 1974)

Sep

6

Nuits rouges (1974)

A faceless man in black wearing a red balaclava (Jacques Champreux) holds his right wrist, which is bleeding profusely. DP: Guido Bertoni.

#FilmDuJour #September #GeorgesFranju #GayleHunnicutt #JacquesChampreux #GuidoBertoni #crime #thriller #France #Italy #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-7knt Sun, 06 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0200