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Top Five Books of 2009

jacobpedia wrote 2 days ago: My reading tastes take me all over the place, both in terms of content and era.  These are the best … more →

Tags: Top Five, Cormac Mccarthy, The Road, Philip Roth, Larry McMurtry, Joe Posnanski, Dashiell Hammett, american pastoral, The Machine

Haiku Contest - Anyone can PLay!

lizbooks wrote 1 week ago: Do you haiku?  Love film noir?  (If you don’t know what it is, Netflix “The Maltese Falc … more →

Tags: Contests, Funny, Poetry, Humor, Haiku Contest, Contra Costa Times Poetry Contest, film noir, Raymond Chandler

Woman in the Dark by Dashiell Hammett1 comment

jjlibling wrote 3 weeks ago: First Published: Liberty Magazine (3 instalments), 1933 Edition Read: Vintage Crime, 1989 ISBN: 0-67 … more →

Tags: Books I Just Read, 1930s, A Novel of Dangerous Romance, Dashiell Hammett, Hard-boiled, Nero Wolfe, novella, Perry Mason, phillip marlowe

The Maltese Falcon (1941)10 comments

dustedoff wrote 3 weeks ago: This probably sounds really weird, but The Maltese Falcon (based on a novel by Dashiell Hammett) rem … more →

Tags: Hollywood, Dashiell Hammett, Elisha Cook jr., film noir, gladys george, Humphrey Bogart, Jerome Cowan, Lee Patrick, Mary Astor

The Usual Suspects isn't that good.

joedowit wrote 1 month ago: A lot of people consider The Usual Suspects to be a great movie.  I don’t even consider it goo … more →

Tags: film, Movie Review, Movies, Movie, overrated movie, films, The Usual Suspects, The Big Sleep, Zodiac

The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett2 comments

BookishlyFab wrote 1 month ago: This month’s book club selection was The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett.  I have to admit … more →

Tags: Books, Review, Mystery, Noir, Dashiell Hammett, hardboiled

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood... (Part 3)1 comment

Scott W. Smith wrote 1 month ago: Once upon a time…between 1927-1941. By 1927 the film industry was barely 30 years old but grea … more →

Tags: Filmmaking, Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, Citizen Kane, The Great Depression, mr smith goes to washington, Ninotchka, World War II

That's Entertainment!...

LW wrote 2 months ago: As one prepares to add to one’s Netflix queue, it’s helpful to have a little guidance.  … more →

Tags: Statue of Liberty, Netflix, rottentomatoes, Arts and Entertainment, Vodkaster, 250 Best Films Map, Best Films, Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel

Struck Dumb on 24th Street

Angelo Saxon wrote 2 months ago: We parked on Valencia just around the corner from 24th Street. The four of us walked across 24th for … more →

Tags: Current Events, History and Recollections, Humor, Communities, boozing, Pretty Woman, Movies, San Francisco, breakfast

Nick Bounty: A Case of the Crabs - REVIEW2 comments

Igor Hardy wrote 3 months ago: How funny can be a game that parodies the classic noir fiction, but happens neither on the Discworld … more →

Tags: About Games, Reviews, LucasArts, Grim Fandango, Gumshoe\, Hard-boiled, pi, Noir, SCUMM

FC4: arty of the irst art26 comments

dcairns wrote 3 months ago: In THE SEVEN FACES OF DR LAO, a rather beautiful movie and the best thing George Pal ever did, Arthu … more →

Tags: film, Music, James Stewart, otto preminger, Sterling Holloway, the jungle book, Saul Bass, George C. Scott, George Pal

Humphrey Bogart Lived Here

underthehollywoodsign wrote 4 months ago: The reason moviegoers don’t remember Humphrey Bogart as a youthful actor was that his career d … more →

Tags: "Under the Hollywood Sign", Actors, Architecture, Beachwood Canyon, Documentaries, Feature Films, Hollywood, Hollywoodland, Peg Entwistle

Friday Noir: Hush, Sweet Baby, Hush6 comments

Mark wrote 4 months ago: Large. Relentless. That’s the best way to describe it. Relentless. Constantly coming. At you. … more →

Tags: New Jersey, beautiful light, canon photography, Conceptual, Black & White, Noir, Movies, projects, Canon 20D

July 14-16 Hello Sunshine!2 comments

thebigredapple wrote 5 months ago: NOTE: The Big Red Apple is now TheBigRedApple.net To view this post at its new location click HERE! … more →

Tags: Upcoming Events to Consider, Brooklyn Bridge Park, cakeshop, Celebrate Brooklyn Concert Series, central park, Humphrey Bogart, Il Trovatore, kronos quartet, luminescent orchestrii

Summertime Flicks for Free

Sarojini Seupersad wrote 5 months ago: There is always something to do in NYC in the summertime. How does that song lyric go? Summertime an … more →

Tags: film, Cheap Doings, cool spaces, Parks, Music, Mccarren park, Hudson River Park, The L Magazine, The Brooklyn Bridge Park

Business Lesson: Mystery Films

Bob Morris wrote 5 months ago: I had the opportunity to vote (in 2008) for the ten best films in ten different categories (in a sur … more →

Tags: Bob's blog entries, Problem-solving, american film institute, internet movie database, mystery films, Vertigo, chinatown, Rear Window, Laura

A new reading list, and some incomplete reviews (14/6/09)

guysalvidge wrote 6 months ago: Well, my resolution to read and review the three books on my list has been a complete failure, as I … more →

Tags: Book Reviews, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Confucius, Andrea Barrett, The Middle Kingdom, soviet women writing

Symposium: The Function of Film

Tim wrote 6 months ago: Josh’s complaint that Up merely made him feel good instead of forever altering his weltanschauung pr … more →

Tags: Culture, film, mindhunters, Saving Private Ryan, Symposium, trash-talking staten island (literally), up, Wall-E

Odds and Ends #2

playitbyear wrote 6 months ago: Starstruck: a Benefit for “Gentleman Gene” Colan at The Henry Miller Library, Big Sur. Saturday, Aug … more →

Tags: audio theatre, AudioComics, Thrilling Days of Yesteryear, San Francisco State University, The National Audio Theatre Festivals, West Plains, StarStruck, Gene Colan, you have five minutes


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