I haven't seen #FoulPlay in years (after seeing it a zillion times on cable years ago) but a fun game would be to count the Hitchcock references in it. Though maybe not as a drinking game. #TCMParty

#NoirChecklist for #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice: -First-person flashback narration -Obsessed protagonist -Scheming femme fatale -Older schlemiel husband -Nosy cop, crafty DA -Gruesome pet death -Quickie trial -Floozies aplenty -More double-crossing than a priest with OCD #TCMParty

Audrey Totter spices up any film noir... #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice #TCMParty

"You've been trying to make a tramp out of me ever since you've known me!" #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice #TCMParty

An occasional but persistent entry on the #NoirChecklist: -Gruesome pet death #ThePostmanAlwaysRingsTwice #TCMParty

With the #TCMFF closing this evening (enjoy the party, folks!) and #TheSearchers playing tonight on #TCM, I am reminded of this great memory from the 2024 TCMFF. Alexander Payne was amazing, and Patrick Wayne looked like he could still wield that "knife" that so irritated Ward Bond.

Managed to assuage some of my #TCMFF FOMO yesterday with a screening of the Disney restoration of Hitchcock’s little-seen #Lifeboat. The new 4K scan of a near-complete nitrate print from MoMA and various other sources looked spectacular at the stylish Orinda Theater, a 1941 Art Deco gem. #TCMParty

Reposting last night’s #NoirChecklist for those having sushi with their eggs this morning for Kurosawa’s #DrunkenAngel on #NoirAlley! #TCMParty

#NoirChecklist for #DrunkenAngel: -Self-destructive protagonist(s) -Loyal gal Friday -Wisecracking grandma -Copious Venetian (or Tokyo?) blind lighting -Nightclub scene -Nightclub number -Taxi dancin’ floozies -Guy named Fatso (in Japanese) -Pinstriped suits, pinstriped kimonos #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Not many could rock a white double-breasted linen suit like Toshiro Mifune could. #NoirAlley #DrunkenAngel #TCMParty

Who wants to go to the HAPPY MARKET for some cheap sake and abuse? #NoirAlley #DrunkenAngel #TCMParty

I find a 12 year-old Eddie Muller hard to imagine, even watching The Seven Samurai. I always assumed Eddie was somewhere around 48 when he was born. #NoirAlley #DrunkenAngel #TCMParty

Set for some foreign noir with #DrunkenAngel on #NoirAlley; reprogramming the #NoirChecklist machine with its Japanese software, off an old floppy disc I bought in an alleyway in Akihabara in 1992. #TCMParty

Like Noah Wyle mentioned in his intro, I saw #InsideMoves numerous times on early cable TV in the 80s. It seems to have been one of those not-quite-successful films from that era that found a home there. #TCMParty

"You can't take him away! He is innocent! But at least I get to model all of these hats!" #Spellbound #TCMParty

Bonkers dream sequence– Drink! #Spellbound #TCMParty

Constance: "Look at that bedspread! Try to remember! John: All right, all right– I bought the wrong size at the Target President's Day Sale and forgot to return it! #Spellbound #TCMParty

The Empire State Hotel lobby seems to be ground zero for every horndog loser guy in New York. #Spellbound #TCMParty

Hitch cameo– Drink! #Spellbound #TCMParty

Face it Ingrid, he's hot, but a little nuts! #Spellbound #TCMParty

THE DOORS OF HER MIND ARE OPENING, ya see? #Spellbound #TCMParty

It's not a Hitchcock film without a staircase scene with a swelling musical score. #Spellbound #TCMParty

It's not his greatest, but #Spellbound is one of my favorite Hitchcock films, with its experimental shots, pop psychology, cast of Hitch regulars (including peak Ingrid Bergman 😍), and bonkers Salvador Dali dream sequence. #TCMParty

There are so many great things about #ToKillAMockingbird that it's easy to overlook the stellar contributions of underrated cinematographer Russell Harlan, who shot classic films like Red River, Gun Crazy, Rio Bravo, Witness for the Prosecution, and many others. #TCMParty

Hot Burrito #1- Flying Burrito Brothers And It Stoned Me-Van Morrison Celluloid Heroes-Kinks Just One of Those Things-Satchmo Big Red Sun-Lucinda Saturday Night Fish Fry-Louis Jordan Who Can I Turn To-Anthony Newley I Looked Away-Derek and the Dominoes Ripple-Grateful Dead Norwegian Wood-Beatles

All with MY two dollars?!!! #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Repost of last night #NoirChecklist for #711OceanDrive, for the early morning #NoirAlley #TCMParty crowd.

Words nobody wants to hear this from Otto Kruger: "You will go with Peterson, please." #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Any noir is improved when a guy with an unexplained eyepatch suddenly shows up... #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

There seem to be too many coincidences in the setup for this not to be true... #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

"That cathode ray proves it. You've heard of relay amplifiers, haven't you? And maybe a few other electronic buzzwords the screenwriters threw in here?" #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Veda Slap Scale, judges? #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

"I want to call Los Angeles, Michigan 5221..." #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Chippy seems to have really moved up in the world, from bathroom bookie to kingpin houseboy. #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

And there it is, Mal giving Gizzi a Malibu Sandwich, fresh off the grille (of his car!) #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

#NoirChecklist for #711OceanDrive: -Title is an address -Monotone cop narration -Barry Kelley tossing his weight around -A guy named Chippy AND a guy named Rocco -Sweet Gal Friday vs boozy floozy -Double double crossing -More sport coats than the Men's Wearhouse spring sale #NoirAlley #TCMParty

I’m wondering if David S. Ward ever saw #711OceanDrive before he wrote #TheSting, which hinges on a similar plot device about fixing the timing on the transmission of horse races. #NoirAlley #TCMParty

#711OceanDrive cinematographer Franz “Frank” Planer is not as well known as some of his peers, but he was a five-time Oscar nominee and shot classics like Roman Holiday, The Caine Mutiny, and Breakfast at Tiffany’s, as well as noirs like 99 River Street and Criss Cross. #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Yikes, that was at least a 2.5 on the Veda Scale! #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Gizzi's kinda sleazy, but DAMNNNN! Mal gave him the ol' Malibu Sandwich! #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

How can you fire Trudy? 😭 #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

The only thing missing in this movie was a guy named Rocco, and now it's complete. #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

That ocean air is inflating Edmond's bouffant. #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Come on, Trudy, you can do way better than Mal. #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Wacky headline/gang violence montage- Drink! #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Edmond rocking the white linen desert wear like a boss. #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Joanne Dru taking quite a step up, I think, from western ingenue to boozy gangster moll. #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

If Otto Kruger got any more oily, he'd need an Exxon sign on his forehead. #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Mal closed on that Malibu beach house with resident German Shepherd pretty quickly! #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty

Yow, Temu Everett Sloane plugs the big guy! #711OceanDrive #NoirAlley #TCMParty