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Friday, January 16, 2026

Maldoror (2024) - The Dark Heart of Belgium

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  Fabrice du Welz first garnered widespread attention with his succinct, surreal shocker, Calvaire , which along with other gruesome Francop...

The RIP (2026) - Bromance Under Siege

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  Joe Carnahan is back with a straight-to-streaming crime thriller that might be more notable for the deal that producers/stars Ben Affleck ...
Friday, January 9, 2026

Anywhere (2025) - Death and Desperation in Oklahoma

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Playwright Adam Seidel's feature film debut, Anywhere , takes familiar noir elements cast against a rural backdrop and delivers them wit...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

Nobody Wants to Shoot a Woman (2024) - Stealing Survival

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Few have it harder than women in crime cinema: the ill-fated moll, the grieving mother, or the wife who sees her life disintegrate as a resu...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

2025 - Year in Review

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 2025 was a year I had certain ambitions for and unfortunately life and my own terminal inability to manage time seemed to intercede. Some o...
Monday, December 1, 2025

Best of Hardboiled Crime - 2025

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 Last November, I decided to do something different for a "Noirvember" watch list - instead of indulging in noir classics or filli...
Monday, October 6, 2025

After the Fox (1966)

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  The sheer level of talent behind  After the Fox   (1966) would be grounds alone to recommend the film. Vitorrio De Sica directing Peter Se...
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I'm always interested in digging a little deeper when it comes to cinema and doing what I can to keep the conversation going. This is a place for me to ramble, review, and recommend things outside of my usual letterboxd meanderings. Some of the films I watch are challenging, graphic, and possibly disturbing. I try to write about these things with a modicum of sensitivity but please read with care.
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