Nishanth Raman
@nishansolo.bsky.social
King of the silent pictures, hiding out till the talkies blow over. Film noirs and world cinema, mostly.
My profile on Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/1z7l1
My profile on Letterboxd - https://boxd.it/1z7l1
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. His roles from the Jidagekis, WW2 war dramas and Japanese film-noirs were all beyond greatness. Here's a lovely video of him talking about his working relationships with 5 Japanese masters. Thank you for your movies!
youtu.be/YVvx9jQ5FcM?...
youtu.be/YVvx9jQ5FcM?...
Tatsuya Nakadai on Five Japanese Masters
YouTube video by unaccidentally
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November 11, 2025 at 6:13 AM
RIP Tatsuya Nakadai. His roles from the Jidagekis, WW2 war dramas and Japanese film-noirs were all beyond greatness. Here's a lovely video of him talking about his working relationships with 5 Japanese masters. Thank you for your movies!
youtu.be/YVvx9jQ5FcM?...
youtu.be/YVvx9jQ5FcM?...
It's #Noirvember time, again. Watch No. 1 this year is DEATH OF A CYCLIST (1955) from Franco-era Post WW2 Spain, where film-noir embellishes a very capable social melodrama. Highlight is its exquisite deep focus photography, something that would make Welles and Tourneur proud.
#Noirvember2025
#Noirvember2025
November 2, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It's #Noirvember time, again. Watch No. 1 this year is DEATH OF A CYCLIST (1955) from Franco-era Post WW2 Spain, where film-noir embellishes a very capable social melodrama. Highlight is its exquisite deep focus photography, something that would make Welles and Tourneur proud.
#Noirvember2025
#Noirvember2025
RIP Peter Watkins. Thank you for your unsettling and magnificent body of work.
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 PM
RIP Peter Watkins. Thank you for your unsettling and magnificent body of work.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
Favourite First Watches of September, 2025
1. Thieves Like Us (1974)
1. Thieves Like Us (1974)
October 1, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Favourite First Watches of September, 2025
1. Thieves Like Us (1974)
1. Thieves Like Us (1974)
Favourite First Watches of August, 2025
1. The Unforgiven (1960)
1. The Unforgiven (1960)
September 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Favourite First Watches of August, 2025
1. The Unforgiven (1960)
1. The Unforgiven (1960)
Favourite First Watches of July, 2025
1. The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
1. The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
August 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Favourite First Watches of July, 2025
1. The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
1. The Counterfeit Coin (1955)
Favourite first watches of June 2025
1. The Young and the Damned (1950)
1. The Young and the Damned (1950)
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Favourite first watches of June 2025
1. The Young and the Damned (1950)
1. The Young and the Damned (1950)
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
June 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
The Sun Shines Bright (1953)
"Well, the worst part of being old is rememberin' when you was young"
THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)
THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)
January 17, 2025 at 4:13 AM
"Well, the worst part of being old is rememberin' when you was young"
THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)
THE STRAIGHT STORY (1999)
As 2024 closes down, here's my favourites from the movies released this year (in no particular order) #YearEndLists
December 31, 2024 at 2:42 PM
As 2024 closes down, here's my favourites from the movies released this year (in no particular order) #YearEndLists
It's #Noirvember time, and starting it off with a first watch of Raoul Walsh's THE MAN I LOVE (1946), supposedly a primary inspiration for Scorsese's NEW YORK, NEW YORK. More melodrama and less film-noir, this would tick all the boxes for any Ida Lupino fan, who is just superb.
#Noirvember2024
#Noirvember2024
November 1, 2024 at 8:57 AM
It's #Noirvember time, and starting it off with a first watch of Raoul Walsh's THE MAN I LOVE (1946), supposedly a primary inspiration for Scorsese's NEW YORK, NEW YORK. More melodrama and less film-noir, this would tick all the boxes for any Ida Lupino fan, who is just superb.
#Noirvember2024
#Noirvember2024
February 2, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Snapshots of my favourite first watches of January - 2024
February 1, 2024 at 2:57 PM
Snapshots of my favourite first watches of January - 2024
As 2023 ends and 2024 begins, here's the list of my favourite first watches that I saw last year. There is a clear bias to old Hollywood movies, as per usual, but my Mubi subscription is also well represented 😅
boxd.it/khrWc
boxd.it/khrWc
Film list: Best First Watches - 2023 Edition
The ones that hit the mark on my first viewing - 2023 edition
boxd.it
January 1, 2024 at 3:29 PM
As 2023 ends and 2024 begins, here's the list of my favourite first watches that I saw last year. There is a clear bias to old Hollywood movies, as per usual, but my Mubi subscription is also well represented 😅
boxd.it/khrWc
boxd.it/khrWc
Well before the almost 20 minutes of 1959's copganda THE FBI STORY starring James Stewart devotes to the Osage Nation murders, there was a blink-and-miss shot of Clarke Gable inking an oil deal with Oklahoma Native Americans in 1940's BOOM TOWN. Earliest cinematic representation in Hollywood?
December 3, 2023 at 7:49 AM
Well before the almost 20 minutes of 1959's copganda THE FBI STORY starring James Stewart devotes to the Osage Nation murders, there was a blink-and-miss shot of Clarke Gable inking an oil deal with Oklahoma Native Americans in 1940's BOOM TOWN. Earliest cinematic representation in Hollywood?
After 35 movies spanning from 1943's nifty B-noir WHISPERING FOOTSTEPS to 1993's sunburned neo-noir RED ROCK WEST, that is a wrap of #Noirvember this year. Full list of the movies here - boxd.it/q2eLk
#Noirvember2023
#Noirvember2023
Film list: A Noirvember To Remember - 2023
My Noirvember viewings for 2023
boxd.it
December 1, 2023 at 3:16 AM
After 35 movies spanning from 1943's nifty B-noir WHISPERING FOOTSTEPS to 1993's sunburned neo-noir RED ROCK WEST, that is a wrap of #Noirvember this year. Full list of the movies here - boxd.it/q2eLk
#Noirvember2023
#Noirvember2023