Seemingly the last person in my peer group / family / Letterboxd 800 to watch this, but finally getting around to it tonight, in advance of our first round awards voting deadline.

Releasing acclaimed movies that didn't get distribution via Letterboxd is a good idea, I just don't want an app that actually works to diversify so much it stops being good at what it initially set out to do.

#NowWatching Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945), thanks to the wonderful people at @TalkingPicsTV. It’s one of the 35 remaining films I haven’t seen on the Scorsese / Edgar Wright list. letterboxd.com/filmfan1971/...

Welcoming Tarantino fans coming to watch Kill Bill double Bill tonight. IYKYK.

At the Cinema Museum for an irresistible double bill of Mansion of the Ghost Cat (1958) and The Lady Vampire (1959).

a haiku, I once heard it said appears fully-formed in the head well, sorry to say there’s no luck today I give you a limerick instead 😃 #limerick

So farewell then, Freddie Slater, Off to Australia with Anna Knight, Presumably never to return, You were diagnosed with ADHD, But that didn’t really go anywhere, And I guess you had that love triangle with Anna and Bobby, But that was pretty dull, By EastEnders love triangle standards.

So farewell then, Anna Knight, Off to Australia with Freddie Slater, Presumably never to return, They didn’t really give you much of a storyline, Other than your abortion, And that thing with your drink getting spiked didn’t really go anywhere, But at least they didn’t kill you off.

It’s time for another poorly thought out ADVENT CALENDAR OF FILM RECOMMENDATIONS. Day One: Farewell, My Lovely, aka Murder, My Sweet (1944), very appropriate for the day after #Noirvember. Currently available on @BBCiPlayer for over a year.

Managed a film noir every day for #Noirvember, with six extras.

A+ promotion, Netflix.

Very much enjoyed curating and introducing my second #Noirvember mini-season at the Chiswick Cinema. Thanks to everyone who came along!

#NowWatching Women’s Prison (1955). HOW is it possible that this film exists, with THIS cast, and I only found out about it this week?!? #Noirvember, I love you.

TONIGHT at the Chiswick Cinema is The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), the fifth and final screening in my #Noirvember mini-season. Starts 19.45. Intro by me! Do come along, if you can. Tickets here: www.chiswickcinema.co.uk/movie/the-po...

#NowWatching Beautiful Stranger (1954), aka Twist of Fate. #Noirvember

The best day of awards season has officially arrived. It is, as always, a thing of beauty. #NeonBoxset #Neon

Discovered Fopp and similar shops on a recent trip to Edinburgh and remain in awe of the physical media scene in the UK. What I wouldn't do for something like this in the states.

Delighted to see there’s a #Noirvember promotion at Fopp.

#NowWatching The Sea Wolf (1941). #Noirvember

POST-CREDITS STING WATCH. There *IS* a post-credits sting on Zootropolis 2. Nothing mid-credits. #postcreditsstingwatch #Zootropolis2 #Zootopia2

Next Wednesday at the Chiswick Cinema, come and see The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946), the fifth and final film in my #Noirvember mini-season. 19.45 start! Intro by me! Get tickets here: www.chiswickcinema.co.uk/movie/the-po...

#NowWatching Witness to Murder (1954). #Noirvember

Tonight! #Noirvember

#NowWatching Bewitched (1945). #Noirvember

Tomorrow night is the fourth film in my #Noirvember mini-season at Chiswick Cinema. 19.45 start! Intro by me! Get tickets here: www.chiswickcinema.co.uk/movie/out-of...

#NowWatching The Falcon Takes Over (1942). #Noirvember

The #Noirvember effect in full swing on my #LetterboxdStats. #MostWatched

#NowWatching Hell’s Island (1955). This is in colour, so seeing if it qualifies as noir. #Noirvember

So farewell then, Junior Knight, Off to Dubai, Because you suddenly miss your son, now that your ex-wife is seeing someone else, You were only brought in to have an affair with Cindy, As the son of her previous husband, And they didn’t really know what to do with you after that.

So farewell then, Tobias ‘Okie’ Okyere, Stabbed by Harry Mitchell, But in self-defence, not because you locked him in a room for weeks and got him addicted to heroin, You were a great villain, and should have got one of those eventual redemption storylines, Like Billy Mitchell.

Apologies for not spotting this earlier, but Judgment at Nuremberg has just started on BBC Two. Essential viewing if you are planning to see Nuremberg in cinemas this week.

#NowWatching The Come On (1956). #Noirvember

#NowWatching Dangerous Lady (1941). #Noirvember

God bless Michael Shannon. '“I’m sure anybody who’s associated with promoting and selling this movie to the world is going to be horrified by everything I’ve said in this interview,” he agrees. “But I don’t really care.”'

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

Tonight at Chiswick Cinema, the third film in my #Noirvember mini-season, Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat. Hope to see some of you there. Tickets here: www.chiswickcinema.co.uk/movie/the-bi...

Off to see the Wizard.

The must-have accessory for #Noirvember, my film noir cushion. Really ties the room together, etc.

Tonight’s film at BFI: Mamma Roma (1962).

Doing a Victoria Lake / Alan Ladd double bill for #Noirvember.

Was savvy enough to turn off notifications last night, but STILL got spoiled for the Traitors finale because a photo of [redacted] and Claudia was top of my Instagram stream when I went to answer a DM. Fuck’s sake. #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsFinale

My #Noirvember mini-season at Chiswick Cinema continues tonight with a screening of Mildred Pierce.

#NowWatching Terror Street, aka 36 Hours (1953). #Noirvember

#NowWatching The Set-Up (1949), one of the all-time great boxing noirs. Haven’t seen it since *checks Letterboxd* 1993. #Noirvember

POST-CREDITS STING WATCH. There is *NO* post-credits sting on Predator: Badlands. Nothing mid-credits either. #postcreditsstingwatch #Predator #PredatorBadlands

They should just put Elle Fanning in *all* the franchises.

A new player has entered the game*. *Unless they did this last year and it’s not new at all. It’s surprisingly good, anyway.

Starting #Noirvember in style with a day at @filmnoiruk.bsky.social’s Film Noir Fest.

@paulduane.bsky.social King of the Hill renewed for two more seasons!