I passed Cafe Zoetrope this morning. No black bunting.

Some of the tunes that Dewey's been playing between movies:

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Ms. Bacall?

Don reminded me that yesterday’s report was #4, not #3. But I’m lost in the Noir of the Mission, and what really is the meaning of time anyway. It was a night of struggles over guns and people getting shot, which of course must result in happy endings. My view of the Nicholas Ray Universe is divided...

I just knew Patton Oswalt has exquisite taste.

kingrat wrote : 1) Vincent Sherman's and Ann Sheridan's reputations go up a notch; 2) 1947 keeps looking better and better, if darker; and 3) film noir and women's melodrama seem to enrich each other First, thanks. Second: #1 - I guess that's accurate. Sheridan was reasonably high to start with. #2...

Night #3. Two tonight that were new to me. A man’s life in TWO SECONDS (Mervyn LeRoy 1932). Well, not really his entire life, but all that needs to concern us. The witnesses – grizzled reporters and a sociology student – to an execution by electric chair are lectured on how to behave during the exec...

On Sunday, a double double-feature wouldn’t do for Impresario Elliot. No, we must have a triple-feature (three from Monogram, no less) followed by a double-feature. Just when you think you’ve seen all that there are to see, there’s ANGELS IN DISGUISE (Jean Yarbrough 1949) in all of its Bowery Boys g...

Saturday was another bright and sunny day – perfect for spending in the darkened Roxie watching a double double-feature. LOVE IS A RACKET (William Wellman 1932) was a new one for me. A suave, sophisticated, cynical Broadway columnist Jimmy Russell ( Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. ) and his crusty, hard-drin...

It was a bright and sunny day…. Despite an early arrival in San Franciscso yesterday, quick contact was made with Dewey and MookRyan. All, therefore, is good. Dewey put me to work even though I didn’t have my union card with me. By the time 6:30pm came around, Mook and I were in our designated seats...

Some of the better auteurist discoveries did their best work in the 50s. Which coincides with...? Your Honor, I rest my case. :) Goats vs. sheep? Old issue. There are some directors who I consider (generally) awful (did I mention Stanley Kramer ?), but who I would still consider auteurs. If a body ...

A listing of The Director's Whose Films Were Most Often Listed in the '50s Top Ten aka The Triumph of Auteurism? Por moi: A list of 100 movies resulted in 52 directors. Those listed multiple times are -- Nicholas Ray - 8 Samuel Fuller - 5 Hugo Haas - 5 Douglas Sirk - 5 Otto Preminger - 4 Orson Welle...

I think I even taught her how to spell eclectic.

Not only that, she may be the first member of SSO to use it in a sentence.

Mo...go to the Dark Side. Post in Film Noir.

Great write-up! I do hope, however, that Mr. Harvey attends the last Friday night so we can discuss THE HYPNOTIC EYE . To tell you the truth (and I always do), seeing that movie on a screen larger than my TV's is one of my most anticipated moments. I may be diving under the seats during the opening ...

I have no idea what the problem is that you folks have. My result was that I should watch movies by Welles , Fuller , Cassavetes and Ophuls . Recommendations: CITIZEN KANE , PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET , LOVE STREAMS and CAUGHT . Or. maybe it was THE HOBBIT . I just don't recall at the moment.