Ewan M Hannah
@ewanmh.bsky.social
Survivor from another millennium. Scottish living in Manchester. I like: reading, writing, old Hollywood, Gothic fiction, vintage clothes, Scottish literature, film noir, avant-garde art and writing...lots of other things...
Breaking my no alcohol on a work night to celebrate #StAndrewsDay wi a wee hauf o Jura. Clan Hannay tumbler courtesy of my late Uncle Andrew Hannah Jr.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Breaking my no alcohol on a work night to celebrate #StAndrewsDay wi a wee hauf o Jura. Clan Hannay tumbler courtesy of my late Uncle Andrew Hannah Jr.
Celebrating the final day of #Noirvember and #StAndrewsDay by paying tribute to my two favourite #TartanNoir films, Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle, 1994), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Carl Reiner, 1982).
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Celebrating the final day of #Noirvember and #StAndrewsDay by paying tribute to my two favourite #TartanNoir films, Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle, 1994), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Carl Reiner, 1982).
#NoirvemberChallenge day 30: best #FilmNoir ending. For me there are two; one stone cold, the other, er, white hot!
"If they hang you, I'll always remember you." The Maltese Falcon.
"Made it, ma! Top of the world!" White Heat.
"If they hang you, I'll always remember you." The Maltese Falcon.
"Made it, ma! Top of the world!" White Heat.
November 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 30: best #FilmNoir ending. For me there are two; one stone cold, the other, er, white hot!
"If they hang you, I'll always remember you." The Maltese Falcon.
"Made it, ma! Top of the world!" White Heat.
"If they hang you, I'll always remember you." The Maltese Falcon.
"Made it, ma! Top of the world!" White Heat.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 29 - favourite RKO #FilmNoir: again, it's Murder, My Sweet. But more broadly, I think RKO is my favourite noir studio. They weren't the biggest player in the studio system, but they had a low key, intimate style that made them the leaders in the genre.
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 29 - favourite RKO #FilmNoir: again, it's Murder, My Sweet. But more broadly, I think RKO is my favourite noir studio. They weren't the biggest player in the studio system, but they had a low key, intimate style that made them the leaders in the genre.
Manchester c'est soir.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Manchester c'est soir.
The French Connection (1971); Un Flic (1972). #Noirvember.
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The French Connection (1971); Un Flic (1972). #Noirvember.
This is the only scene I'm familiar with.
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is the only scene I'm familiar with.
Tonight's #Noirvember viewing. First time, so I'm looking forward to it - heard good things.
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tonight's #Noirvember viewing. First time, so I'm looking forward to it - heard good things.
Marlowe was living in an apartment on Yucca Avenue in the 1950s. There is no Yucca Avenue, but I like to think it was in the same building as Ed Wood on Yucca Street.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Marlowe was living in an apartment on Yucca Avenue in the 1950s. There is no Yucca Avenue, but I like to think it was in the same building as Ed Wood on Yucca Street.
This just arrived in time for the tail-end of #Noirvember.
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This just arrived in time for the tail-end of #Noirvember.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 28: a #FilmNoir I watch over & over. I apologise. It's Murder, My Sweet. I've posted about it before, I'll be posting about it again. It was my entry into the genre. I love it 40 years later for the handsome visuals & the script that crackles with Chandler's dialogue.
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 28: a #FilmNoir I watch over & over. I apologise. It's Murder, My Sweet. I've posted about it before, I'll be posting about it again. It was my entry into the genre. I love it 40 years later for the handsome visuals & the script that crackles with Chandler's dialogue.
"There is no year for sherry, 007..."
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"There is no year for sherry, 007..."
Donated me 106th* armful last night. Stone me, wharra life!
*Yes, really. I used to donate platelets.
*Yes, really. I used to donate platelets.
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Donated me 106th* armful last night. Stone me, wharra life!
*Yes, really. I used to donate platelets.
*Yes, really. I used to donate platelets.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 27: favourite #FilmNoir featuring food.
"What do you want?!"
"Black coffee, soft-boiled eggs, and a scotch and soda."
Marlowe orders the perfect Noir breakfast after surviving a rough night in Murder, My Sweet.
"What do you want?!"
"Black coffee, soft-boiled eggs, and a scotch and soda."
Marlowe orders the perfect Noir breakfast after surviving a rough night in Murder, My Sweet.
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 27: favourite #FilmNoir featuring food.
"What do you want?!"
"Black coffee, soft-boiled eggs, and a scotch and soda."
Marlowe orders the perfect Noir breakfast after surviving a rough night in Murder, My Sweet.
"What do you want?!"
"Black coffee, soft-boiled eggs, and a scotch and soda."
Marlowe orders the perfect Noir breakfast after surviving a rough night in Murder, My Sweet.
"The songs, the songs, the bloody, bloody songs!" The Singing Detective (1986). "Now it's dark." Blue Velvet (1986). #Noirvember is getting under my skin.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"The songs, the songs, the bloody, bloody songs!" The Singing Detective (1986). "Now it's dark." Blue Velvet (1986). #Noirvember is getting under my skin.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 25 - favourite #FilmNoir featuring a boat. The first one that springs to mind is His Kind of Woman, which features a sweaty showdown in the engine room between Mitch and a very, very nasty Raymond Burr.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 25 - favourite #FilmNoir featuring a boat. The first one that springs to mind is His Kind of Woman, which features a sweaty showdown in the engine room between Mitch and a very, very nasty Raymond Burr.
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love. 🎥
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Share a 90s movie you think deserves more love. 🎥
Mmmm...looking forward to a few slices of vulgar roast this evening.
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Mmmm...looking forward to a few slices of vulgar roast this evening.
*Sigh* I never did get my George Galloway biopic starring Udo Kier.
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
*Sigh* I never did get my George Galloway biopic starring Udo Kier.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 24 - favourite #FilmNoir poster: easy - This Gun For Hire, 1942. Speaks for itself.
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 24 - favourite #FilmNoir poster: easy - This Gun For Hire, 1942. Speaks for itself.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 23: favourite #FilmNoir scene stealer: Marie Windsor. Arch, acid-tongued, with razor-sharp timing, Marie was more than a match for every poor sap that had the misfortune to cross her path.
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 23: favourite #FilmNoir scene stealer: Marie Windsor. Arch, acid-tongued, with razor-sharp timing, Marie was more than a match for every poor sap that had the misfortune to cross her path.
On the subject of hepcat dialogue, this is entertaining and enlightening (daddy-o). #Noirvember
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
On the subject of hepcat dialogue, this is entertaining and enlightening (daddy-o). #Noirvember
Happy Birthday, Ingrid Pitt!
November 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Happy Birthday, Ingrid Pitt!
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Repost with an iconic fictional band.
#Noirvember 21: Honourable mentions: Rififi, Brighton Rock, The Third Man, Alphaville.
November 21, 2025 at 6:35 AM
#Noirvember 21: Honourable mentions: Rififi, Brighton Rock, The Third Man, Alphaville.