️ #TheBigLebowski 🎳 is loosely inspired by the work of Raymond Chandler. Joel Coen stated, "We wanted to do a Chandler kind of story – how it moves episodically, to unravel a mystery, as well as having a hopelessly complex plot that's ultimately unimportant." #FilmNoirClub 🗝

📽️ Is Jeffrey "The Dude" Lebowski just a man, or is he a hero by the end of THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) Is this a trick question posed by the narrator, The Stranger, played by the incomparable Sam Elliott? The Dude's a 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙘𝙝 is the answer. #FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #TheBigLebowski 🎳 #Zen 🎉 #Buddhism 📽️

The Dude drinks nine White Russians during the course of the movie (though he drops one of them at Jackie Treehorn's mansion later in the film). #FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #TheBigLebowski (1998) 🎳

📽️ Walter to the Dude: "You are being very undude ." Dude's totally rad ratted-out ride is a cool 1973 Ford Gran Torino i 🍒 n THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) #FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️ #TheBigLebowski 🎳 #WatchParty 🎉 📽️

📽️ It's cool af that the Coen brothers got this "Saddam Hussein" character in the nightmare trip sequence. THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) #FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #FilmNoir 🕵️ #TheBigLebowski 🎳 #WatchParty 🎉 📽️

📣Saturday, February 21st at 8 p.m. Eastern, @tommykrasker.bsky.social joins guest @eddiemuller.bsky.social for a watch-along presentation of Ride the Pink Horse. #FilmNoirClub 📽️🕵️ 📅So do mark your calendars and settle in for a picture that’s memorable. Look forward to sharing it with you.

I’m hosting a very special #FilmNoirClub watch party on Saturday, February 21, with the “Czar of Noir,” @eddiemuller.bsky.social, joining us. More info – and a link to watch – as the date grows closer. I just wanted to post about it now so folks could put it in their calendars. Spread the word! 😊

Stanley Cortez's cinematography for Charles Laughton's #FilmNoir #Horror masterpiece THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) is absolutely sublime, especially the eerie underwater scene; it deserved the Academy Award Robert Mitchum, Lilian Gish, Shelley Winters, & the children all gave perfect performances!

On #NoirAlley Edmond O’Brien wears a “Shield for Murder” (1954) as a crooked cop. He’s violent with a deaf mute who saw him kill. A missing $25K gets the attention of people who want the bad cop. O’Brien was also the film’s codirector. United Artists. #FilmNoir #TCMParty @tcmtv.bsky.social

Born to Kill (1947) dir: Robert Wise

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Directed by George Miller

This week in film teaching, I covered British film noir and discussed how Carol Reed's The Third Man (1949) breaks from noir conventions through its dark comedic tone, primarily expressed by its jaunty zither score that contrasts sharply with the harsher realities of Vienna's post-war black market.

Veo animation of Destination Moon (1950) quad.

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple pulled from theatres:

Evening viewing recommendation? Watch CANE RIVER (1982) in our Celebrate Black History collection! ❤️ Written, produced, and directed by the late, trailblazing director Horace B. Jenkins and crafted by an entirely African American cast and crew

The epitome of 1980's high camp. Valerie Perrine and The Village People in, Can't Stop the Music (1980) Do The Milkshake.

Buena Vista Social Club (1999) A documentary directed by Wim Wenders about the old musicians and the wonderful music they make in Cuba.

Check out some of Mary's great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨ DANCE, GIRL, DANCE FROWLAND CHANTAL AKERMAN MASTERPIECES, 1968 - 1978 INLAND EMPIRE ERIC ROHMER'S SIX MORAL TALES

ICYIMI, Ira Sachs' PETER HUJAR'S DAY screens Saturday & Sunday at brunch at Nitehawk Prospect Park

The great François Truffaut (born on this day in 1932) on the set of THE LAST METRO! 🧡 On the Criterion Channel, celebrate the master's undying love for cinema and life with our collection of his films — including THE 400 BLOWS, JULES AND JIM, STOLEN KISSES, THE SOFT SKIN, THE LAST METRO, and more!

We were somewhere around The Winter Olympics, on the edge of the snow, when the drugs began to take hold.’

My post on the principles of continuous action has been published on my website. I set out 15 principles that present the conditions under which action continuity can be established in a film.

Pagan Book Circle✨ DJ Conway, a prolific author of 38 books, was voted “Best Wiccan & New Age Author” by Silver Chalice Magazine. Stanley Modrzyk, co-founder of the Midwest Pagan Council, was a passionate community leader in the greater Chicago area. #Pagansky #Wiccasky #booksky

They don’t give you the fancy new profile picture announcement on here like they used to!

Kodō - One Earth Tour Special 2004 Directed by Tamasaburō Bandō V KODO has been exploring the limitless possibilities of the traditional Japanese #drum, Taiko for over 40 years. Recorded November 20 & 21, 2003 at Setagaya Public Theater, Tokyo #nw #filmsky #music #musicsky #taiko #drums #Kodo #鼓童

One of the most fashionable stars of the silver screen, Gloria Swanson, for #FashionFriday

We had a good catch up with some of the programming team last night for #FilmNoirFest 2026! We will be back with some more #FilmNoir news in March! But don't forget to sign up to our newsletter here for now: southwestsilents.com/subscribe

I don’t know where to start with these gems. One ad is for Barker’s Nerve and Bone Liniment and one is for Horse, Cattle and Poultry Powder (to be mixed with food) Barker’s also produced an almanac with these weird, cartoony puzzles. It’s a LOT to take in. Enjoy #VintageAds 1906

And our #FilmNoirClub leading lady this week is Michelle Monaghan #KissKissBangBang #MichelleMonaghan #FilmNoir

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Your favorite #filmnoir couple? I have too many, but here are a few I love 💘 To Have and Have Not ('44) Kiss of Death ('47) Pickup on South Street ('53) Laura ('44) #FilmNoirValentine

Mark your calendar because The Dude abides. 2/11 @ 8 PM #FilmNoirClub 🗝️ #TheBigLebowski (1998) 🎳 l i v e w a t c h p a r t y Link for the film: ok.ru/video/408477... #filmnoir #NeoNoir
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@philnoir.bsky.social @noirhippie.bsky.social @filmnoirjukebox.bsky.social @noirbeachshack.bsky.social @noircrazyzine.bsky.social #filmnoirclub

#tvsky #filmsky #comedysky #RIP

Silent Gold > Pandora’s Box, 1929🌟 "The great art of films does not consist in descriptive movement of face & body, but in the movements of thought & soul transmitted in a kind of intense isolation." ~Louise Brooks #Review: tinyurl.com/4hhu4wc4 cinematasmoviemadness.com #silentfilm #noirsky

I was not in a space to be prepared for this loss today. 💔

Sad to hear the passing of the wonderful Catherine O'Hara (1954-2026). Two pics from two of her #NeoNoir related films, Scorsese's After Hours (1985) and Dick Tracy (1990). Of course tho, she will always be Kevin's mom to us all!💔 #RIP #HomeAlone #FilmNoir

As a 70s kid, I was first aware of Catherine O'Hara around the same time as Carol Burnett. She was just as funny imho. #RIPCatherineO'Hara youtu.be/4eV6vRLDj_s?...

Catherine O'Hara, beautiful, brilliantly talented, hilarious, otherworldly, stunning, immensely genius, and so much more. We lost one of the all-time greats. A legend who really did pave the way for women in comedy. Rest in Heaven, our amazing lady. 🕊️✨😭❤️🌹

It’s 1934 and you’re in the market to pick up a corrupt politician, so where ya gonna go? Why the Hotel Senator, of course, conveniently located across from the State Capitol building. The most expensive dinner is 85¢ and the food looks fantastic! Hotel Senator Sacramento, 1934 #VintageMenus

Tired: Parasocial relationships with social media influencers Wired: Parasocial relationships with ladies who wrote passionate fan letters to Screenland magazine in the 1940s

Join me on 1/21 at 8 pm ET for a l i v e w a t c h p a r t y MYSTERY STREET (1950) #FilmNoir Watch Free: m.ok.ru/video/274757... Use #FilmNoirClub to follow or lurk EVERYONE WELCOME @wahrhaftig.bsky.social @idletalk12.bsky.social @jauntworksstudio.bsky.social

Words of Wisdom and Words to Live By from MLK Jr.

Thriller-Killer Monday * Gun Crazy * 1950 “I've been kicked around all my life, and from now on, I'm gonna start kicking back.” A film noir that bites back, with Peggy Cummins & John Dall. #noirsky #filmsky #filmnoir

"All understanding begins with our not accepting the world as it appears." Remembering Susan Sontag, influential and award-winning writer and critic, on her 93rd birthday. She was #BOTD on 1/16/1933 and sadly passed away at age 71 on 12/28/2004.

youtu.be/f1w4qnfux-o?... A perfect combination of cinematography and music from the wonderful Wong Kar-wai.

Today is J.R.R. #tolkien's 134th birthday. Let's raise a glass to the professor! #TolkienBirthdayToast

The new year already gave me an awesome subject! 💙💛 #photography #bird #birdphotography #bluetit