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Neuromancer

William Gibson

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The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel. William Gibson...

100 All-Time Favorite Movies

Jurgen Muller

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Take a journey through the makers and shapers of celluloid history. From horror to romance, noir to...

Black & White Cinema: A Short History

Wheeler Winston-Dixon

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Black & white film, the cinema of shadows and light, is a filmgoer's pleasure and a film student's...

Blue Hand Mojo: Hard Times Road

John Jennings

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1931. Bronzeville. Chicago. The mage, Frank "Half Dead" Johnson, is a marked man. Literally. A...

Susie Bright recommended Pickup on South Street (1953) in Movies (curated)

Pickup on South Street (1953)

1953 | Classics, Drama, Mystery

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"I’m still trying to learn the pickpocket techniques demonstrated in this Sam Fuller classic. It was my introduction to film noir—a late-night-TV memory that wouldn’t let me go back to sleep. I am still trying to be as brave and cocky as Thelma Ritter, or as wanton as Jean Peters in the clutch—“Sometimes you look for oil, you hit a gusher.” And if I ever have as satisfying a bowl of chow fun as they do in South Street’s Chinatown . . . I’ll die happy. This is supposed to be a little McCarthy-era rant against the Reds, but it’s really about “civilians” versus the lumpenproletariat, artists on the game, loyal to a code that the squares will never understand."

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Dean (6927 KP) rated Little Birds in TV

Oct 10, 2020

Little Birds

2020 | Drama

5.0

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Juno Temple (0 more)

Oddball drama

A rather odd, colourful drama series based on a collection of short erotic stories.
It's very flamboyant, with a mixture of weird and wonderful characters set in Tangier in the 50's. An American heiress travels to meet up with her English husband and encounters a hedonistic culture. Almost film noir like at times as well with plots covering some dark deeds as well.
Then main problem with a short 6 episode series as it feels directionless, probably not helped if it's based on several short stories. It doesn't seem to have a main plot running through it. What seems to be a major plot in one episode might be sidelined in the next. Just a bit strange overall.