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Chuck Pickerill

@chuckpickerill.bsky.social

Classic & current films. Avid TCM & Film Noir Foundation fan. Chicago sports.

509 Followers  |  115 Following  |  249 Posts  |  Joined: 19.09.2023  |  2.5594

Latest posts by chuckpickerill.bsky.social on Bluesky

I just saw Nouvelle Vague and loved it--a movie about the creation of a great work of art that feels (aptly) casual, tossed-off, impolite, just as Blue Moon is a movie about theater that feels (aptly) like good theater. I don't think anyone in movies is having a better year than Richard Linklater.

03.11.2025 17:08 — 👍 218    🔁 19    💬 13    📌 3
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Pete Gold-Armstrong. 😌

03.11.2025 02:20 — 👍 88    🔁 15    💬 1    📌 0
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Gold at 2nd. ✨

Congratulations, Nico!

03.11.2025 02:08 — 👍 96    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0

Awesome, I love it! Plus, your Vikings got the W!

02.11.2025 21:43 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’s a quality Bloody!

02.11.2025 18:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Was creating a Bogie & Bacall 4-poster collage madness or just symptoms of #Noirvember ...?😅

02.11.2025 01:38 — 👍 9    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

This looked awesome! I dig the atmosphere.

02.11.2025 16:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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“The Uncool” book tour was very cool tonight at the Athenaeum Center. Cameron Crowe in conversation with John Cusack about Crowe’s career and new memoir. A fascinating conversation on a crisp Chicago fall night!

02.11.2025 04:04 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Awesome! Great costumes!

31.10.2025 21:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This is how you Halloween noir style. Also, proper attire for #Noirvember!

31.10.2025 14:18 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

This is amazing! I absolutely love it!

31.10.2025 14:16 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Saw this last night and absolutely loved it. Good review!

29.10.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That would be a fantastic title for a classic noir. Some great casting too!

26.10.2025 14:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Secret Service agent Don DeFore goes undercover to infiltrate a counterfeiting ring, posing an Eastern kingpin. Things get complicated when he falls for a beautiful hotel manager who may be connected to the gang. The money’s hot in SOUTHSIDE 1-1000, #NoirAlley next! #TCMParty

26.10.2025 13:57 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations & cheers to many more!

24.10.2025 21:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Convicts Edward G. Robinson & Peter Graves bust out of prison taking prisoners with them to their abandoned warehouse hideout. When the police surround them, Robinson threatens to start killing the hostages one by one. Brace yourself BLACK TUESDAY is approaching, #NoirAlley next! #TCMParty

19.10.2025 13:57 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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18.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 69    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0
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Waiting in the movie theatre lobby to see Frankenstein on the big screen...

14.10.2025 03:10 — 👍 77    🔁 10    💬 4    📌 0
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Chicago hit man Richard Conte is hired by New York gangster Broderick Crawford. He is ordered to clean up a hit on a political lobbyist, but when one of the targets flees it leaves his boss vulnerable for indictment. Walk down the dark streets of NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL, #NoirAlley next! #TCMParty

12.10.2025 13:52 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Coming soon, from @unmpress.bsky.social!

10.10.2025 21:04 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Busboy Henry Fonda falls for nightclub performer Lucille Ball. When Ball is left paralyzed after being assaulted by her gangster boyfriend, he’ll step up to show his devotion. Will she reciprocate? Everything happens on THE BIG STREET, #NoirAlley next! #TCMParty

05.10.2025 13:56 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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“There is no doubt in my mind that the most beautiful music is sad, and the most beautiful photography is in a low-key, with rich blacks.”

HBD, cinematographer and noir master John Alton ...

05.10.2025 13:07 — 👍 41    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

Same.

05.10.2025 02:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is Now Playing at the Music Box, presented in 70MM!

Showtimes & Tickets: musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...

04.10.2025 18:44 — 👍 146    🔁 25    💬 1    📌 8

Looking forward to it!

04.10.2025 18:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Let's Go Cubs! #FlyTheW

04.10.2025 14:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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A heads up: Oct 11 I’ll be doing a virtual Q&A with Raoul Peck at the Gene Siskel Film Center about ORWELL: 2+2=5.

02.10.2025 20:23 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 1
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Just got author copies of my new book, a study on The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). This was a transformative film for me and I am honored to have been asked to give it the dedicated history it deserves. @unmpress.bsky.social @sarenaulibarri.bsky.social

02.10.2025 02:29 — 👍 23    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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#FlyTheW!

Final: #Cubs 3, Padres 1.

30.09.2025 21:33 — 👍 127    🔁 28    💬 2    📌 5

LET'S GOOOOOOOO!!!! CUBS TAKE GAME ONE!!!!!!! #FlyTheW

30.09.2025 21:33 — 👍 165    🔁 9    💬 3    📌 2

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