Not human tonight

YouTube video by MECA PD CHANNEL STAN GETZ FEAT. MARIA TOLEDO - INSENSATEZ - 1963

if her voice sounds familiar, toledo recorded w/ getz later on ANOTHER one of my fav bossa albums

Anne Riordan’s modern sister: Chastity Riley She is and has always been my favourite female character in Chandler’s entire oeuvre: Anne Riordan. She’s cool, intelligent, pretty and autonomous. Speir calls her “one of Chandler’s strongest, mos…

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Prosecutor Chastity Riley is Anne Riordan‘s modern sister

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#SHARKS, the newest book in Simone Buchholz's MUST READ #AChasityRileyInvestigationSeries (translated by @racheltranslates.bsky.social) is OUT NOW! You won't want to miss this dark, caustic and piercing #thriller!😍

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Video tour of the Poltroon Press edition of THE MALTESE FALCON, including all the photos of San Francisco locations.

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Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Robert Duvall‘s creepiest cameo

Noir Valentine

A man in a tuxedo is leaning slightly forward, inhaling from a cigarette held in his mouth. Someone off-screen is lighting the cigarette while a champagne cork pops in the background.

Morning ☕ 🍾

HOLIDAY (1938)

Happy New Year!

Book “Sharks” by Simone Buchholz. A nighttime cityscape of neon haze. Above, a pair of red lips - with sharp teeth - biting on a set of green keys, all done in glowing, fluorescent colours.

Just arrived - thank you so much @orendabooks.bsky.social - “Sharks” by @ohneklippo.bsky.social (trans @racheltranslates.bsky.social). More Chastity Riley! Due out Feb 2026!

Read Chandler and you‘ll see a difference

The Night of the Hunter movie review (1955) | Roger Ebert Charles Laughton's "The Night of the Hunter” (1955) is one of the greatest of all American films, but has never received the attention it deserves because of

7/27/55: Night of the Hunter
D Charles Laughton W James Agee DP Stanley Cortez
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The new blog post:
Chandler on the Silver Screen
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Happy Birthday, Raymio

Raymond Chandler born 23 July in Chicago, 1888.

Raymond Chandler in a suit and tie sits on a chair and smokes a pipe, with his cat Taki perched on a cushion in front of him, both looking content and relaxed.

Raymond Chandler was born today in 1888.
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OK, here we go... #AmTranslating @ohneklippo.bsky.social again and the Swedish Bitters are becoming Sharks... 🦈 So much fun to be back in Riley's world!

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“The Long Goodbye” (1973) stars Elliot Gould in the Raymond Chandler story of a private detective in over this head. He goes out for cat food and returns to a friend in trouble. He may be involved in a murder. With Sterling Hayden. Yes, Arnold Schwarzenegger briefly. Lion’s Gate. #neonoir #filmsky

Merci beaucoup🙏

I‘m currently working on a blog article “Chandler on the Silver Screen“. Could you please send the link to the article you mentioned?

I'm an occasional drinker, the kind of guy who goes out for a beer and wakes up in Singapore with a full beard.“
Raymond Chandler

The queer side of Chandler As early as in 1949 the critic Gershon Legman claimed in Love and Death: A Study in Censorship: “Chandler’s Marlowe is clearly a homosexual – a butterfly, as the Chinese say, dreaming that he …

New blog entry at nothumantonight.com:
The #queer side of #RaymondChandler:
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Raymond Chandler: “The character that lasts is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary qualities.” gointothestory.blcklst.com/on-writing-e... #writing

Born in Berlin in 1909, Marianne embraced the freedom of the Weimar art scene and was active from 1928 to 1938 until, as a Jew, she was forced to flee the Nazis in Germany and occupied territories. Two striking images: Ruth von Morgen, Berlin 1934 (L) and Djemila, Jerusalem 1931.

A remarkable self-portrait by photographer Marianne Breslauer, Berlin 1933.

"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."

#writingprompt #philipmarlowe #raymondchandler

Prince Charles Cinema: Has London's "meanest landlord" met his match? Plus: Scroll down to find out who is putting a he.licopter storage facility in their south London garden, and a mysterious water contamination at the V&A.

This guy is a main reason why Coventry Street and Panton street now suck.

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A cameo is a brief appearance by a famous actor, but there should also be a word for non-famous actors who stop the show with a brief appearance.