John H.
@jahoffsis.bsky.social
Former film reviewer, DJ & alternative music video show host, retired book seller. Lifelong movie fan.
#Deucember 2025, Day 1, Movie 1: REDNECK MILLER (1976) Directed by John Clayton. North Carolina-shot action comedy that’s surprisingly lovable. DJ Miller (who’s a DJ and drinks Miller beer) has his chopper stolen and used to rip off a drug shipment from a black gangster. 7/10. #grindhouse #filmsky
December 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
#Deucember 2025, Day 1, Movie 1: REDNECK MILLER (1976) Directed by John Clayton. North Carolina-shot action comedy that’s surprisingly lovable. DJ Miller (who’s a DJ and drinks Miller beer) has his chopper stolen and used to rip off a drug shipment from a black gangster. 7/10. #grindhouse #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025: Movies 36, 37, 38.
PRIVATE HELL 36 (1954) Director: Don Siegel. Ida Lupino, Howard Duff. 8/10
I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941) Director: Bruce Humberstone. Victor Mature, Betty Grable.8/10.
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950) Director: Elia Kazan. Richard Widmark, Jack Palance. #FilmNoir
PRIVATE HELL 36 (1954) Director: Don Siegel. Ida Lupino, Howard Duff. 8/10
I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941) Director: Bruce Humberstone. Victor Mature, Betty Grable.8/10.
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950) Director: Elia Kazan. Richard Widmark, Jack Palance. #FilmNoir
December 1, 2025 at 5:07 AM
#Noirvember 2025: Movies 36, 37, 38.
PRIVATE HELL 36 (1954) Director: Don Siegel. Ida Lupino, Howard Duff. 8/10
I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941) Director: Bruce Humberstone. Victor Mature, Betty Grable.8/10.
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950) Director: Elia Kazan. Richard Widmark, Jack Palance. #FilmNoir
PRIVATE HELL 36 (1954) Director: Don Siegel. Ida Lupino, Howard Duff. 8/10
I WAKE UP SCREAMING (1941) Director: Bruce Humberstone. Victor Mature, Betty Grable.8/10.
PANIC IN THE STREETS (1950) Director: Elia Kazan. Richard Widmark, Jack Palance. #FilmNoir
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 35: SHACK OUT ON 101 (1955) Directed by Edward Dein. Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Lee Marvin, Keenan Wynn, Whit Bissell. Bizarre and funny Cold War noir is like a David Mamet play directed by David Lynch. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 35: SHACK OUT ON 101 (1955) Directed by Edward Dein. Terry Moore, Frank Lovejoy, Lee Marvin, Keenan Wynn, Whit Bissell. Bizarre and funny Cold War noir is like a David Mamet play directed by David Lynch. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 34: DESPERATE (1947) Directed by Anthony Mann. Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr. Impressive early Mann has truck driver Brodie witnessing a robbery and pursued by gangster Burr, who steals the show too. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
December 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 34: DESPERATE (1947) Directed by Anthony Mann. Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr. Impressive early Mann has truck driver Brodie witnessing a robbery and pursued by gangster Burr, who steals the show too. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 33: ROADBLOCK (1951) Directed by Harold Daniels. Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon. Solid B noir about a guy who turns crooked to satisfy his gal’s expensive taste. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky.
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 33: ROADBLOCK (1951) Directed by Harold Daniels. Charles McGraw, Joan Dixon. Solid B noir about a guy who turns crooked to satisfy his gal’s expensive taste. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky.
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 32: WITNESS IN THE CITY (France,1959) Directed by Édouard Molinaro. Lino Ventura. Man murders his wife’s lover/killer and is seen by a taxi cab driver. He then tries to wipe out the witness. A banger. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 28, 2025 at 4:12 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 32: WITNESS IN THE CITY (France,1959) Directed by Édouard Molinaro. Lino Ventura. Man murders his wife’s lover/killer and is seen by a taxi cab driver. He then tries to wipe out the witness. A banger. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 31: BACK TO THE WALL aka Le Dos au Mur (France, 1958) Directed by Edoaurd Molinaro. Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Oury. Hyper dark French Noir about a man who blackmails his wife with murderous results. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 31: BACK TO THE WALL aka Le Dos au Mur (France, 1958) Directed by Edoaurd Molinaro. Jeanne Moreau, Gerard Oury. Hyper dark French Noir about a man who blackmails his wife with murderous results. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 30: BLIND SPOT (1947) Directed by Robert Gordon.. Chester Morris, Constance Dowling. A drunken writer is accused of murdering his publisher. Good noir touches in a fun but easy to figure mystery. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 30: BLIND SPOT (1947) Directed by Robert Gordon.. Chester Morris, Constance Dowling. A drunken writer is accused of murdering his publisher. Good noir touches in a fun but easy to figure mystery. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 29: THE NAKED CITY (1948) Directed by Jules Dassin. Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor. Groundbreaking neo-realistic noir police procedural shot on the streets of New York. Brilliantly photographed, hurt only by the corny and intrusive narration. 9/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 24, 2025 at 4:51 AM
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 29: THE NAKED CITY (1948) Directed by Jules Dassin. Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor. Groundbreaking neo-realistic noir police procedural shot on the streets of New York. Brilliantly photographed, hurt only by the corny and intrusive narration. 9/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 27: THE SQUARE JUNGLE (1955) Directed by Jerry Hopper. Tony Curtis, Jim Backus, Ernest Borgnine. Nicely hardboiled boxing flick with a great cast falls off slightly at the end. Still very entertaining. 8/10 #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 23, 2025 at 1:52 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 27: THE SQUARE JUNGLE (1955) Directed by Jerry Hopper. Tony Curtis, Jim Backus, Ernest Borgnine. Nicely hardboiled boxing flick with a great cast falls off slightly at the end. Still very entertaining. 8/10 #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 26: SPEAKING OF MURDER aka Le Rouge est Mist (France, 1957) Directed by Giles Grangier. Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot. Solid French noir with Gabin a garage owner who moonlights a the head of a criminal gang. 7/10 #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 26: SPEAKING OF MURDER aka Le Rouge est Mist (France, 1957) Directed by Giles Grangier. Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot. Solid French noir with Gabin a garage owner who moonlights a the head of a criminal gang. 7/10 #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 25: FLESH AND FURY (1952) Directed by Joseph Pevney. Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling. Melodrama with Curtis as a deaf-mute boxer, and Jan Sterling as a gold-digger. Curtis is pretty great in an early lead role. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 22, 2025 at 5:20 AM
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 25: FLESH AND FURY (1952) Directed by Joseph Pevney. Tony Curtis, Jan Sterling. Melodrama with Curtis as a deaf-mute boxer, and Jan Sterling as a gold-digger. Curtis is pretty great in an early lead role. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 24: MAKE HASTE TO LIVE (1954) Directed by William A. Seiter. Dorothy McGuire, Steven McNally. A woman in New Mexico is tormented by the return of the man she sent to jail. Good suspense in an unusual setting. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 24: MAKE HASTE TO LIVE (1954) Directed by William A. Seiter. Dorothy McGuire, Steven McNally. A woman in New Mexico is tormented by the return of the man she sent to jail. Good suspense in an unusual setting. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 23: CAPTAIN CAREY U.S.A. (1949)Directed by Michell Leison. Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix. Noir-adjacent mystery thriller with Ladd a former OSS agent tracking down a WWII traitor. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 23: CAPTAIN CAREY U.S.A. (1949)Directed by Michell Leison. Alan Ladd, Wanda Hendrix. Noir-adjacent mystery thriller with Ladd a former OSS agent tracking down a WWII traitor. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 22:THE SCARLET HOUR (1956) Directed by Michael Curtiz. Tom Tryon, Carol Ohmart. Steamy, well-plotted noir with Ohmart pressing the accelerator on the femme fatale tropes. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 18, 2025 at 4:24 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 22:THE SCARLET HOUR (1956) Directed by Michael Curtiz. Tom Tryon, Carol Ohmart. Steamy, well-plotted noir with Ohmart pressing the accelerator on the femme fatale tropes. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 21:: APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER (1950) Directed by Lewis Allen. Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Jack Webb, Harry Morgan. Ladd is a tough guy postal inspector sent to solve the murder of a colleague with the help of a nun witness. 8/10 #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 21:: APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER (1950) Directed by Lewis Allen. Alan Ladd, Phyllis Calvert, Jack Webb, Harry Morgan. Ladd is a tough guy postal inspector sent to solve the murder of a colleague with the help of a nun witness. 8/10 #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 20: THE ENFORCER (1951) Directed by Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh (uncredited). Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel. Ultra-hard boiled crime flick with great tense noir atmosphere and flashbacks within flashbacks. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 17, 2025 at 4:15 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 20: THE ENFORCER (1951) Directed by Bretaigne Windust, Raoul Walsh (uncredited). Humphrey Bogart, Zero Mostel. Ultra-hard boiled crime flick with great tense noir atmosphere and flashbacks within flashbacks. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 19: WORLD IN MY CORNER (1956) Directed by Jesse Hibbs. Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush. Decent boxing film has good fight scenes, but much like Audie, it’s too squeaky clean for its own good. 6/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky.
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 19: WORLD IN MY CORNER (1956) Directed by Jesse Hibbs. Audie Murphy, Barbara Rush. Decent boxing film has good fight scenes, but much like Audie, it’s too squeaky clean for its own good. 6/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky.
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 18: THE TATTERED DRESS (1957) Directed by Jack Arnold. Jeff Chandler, Jack Carson, Jeanne Crain. More courtroom than noir, it’s got a great beginning and ending , with the rest being pretty standard stuff. 6/10 #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 18: THE TATTERED DRESS (1957) Directed by Jack Arnold. Jeff Chandler, Jack Carson, Jeanne Crain. More courtroom than noir, it’s got a great beginning and ending , with the rest being pretty standard stuff. 6/10 #FilmNoir #filmsky
#NOIRVEMBER 2025, Movie 17: MAN AFRAID (1957) Directed by Harry Keller. George Nader, Phyllis Thaxter. Surprisingly tense thriller with preacher Nader accidentally killing a burglar. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 14, 2025 at 4:49 AM
#NOIRVEMBER 2025, Movie 17: MAN AFRAID (1957) Directed by Harry Keller. George Nader, Phyllis Thaxter. Surprisingly tense thriller with preacher Nader accidentally killing a burglar. 7/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 16: THE GIRL IN THE KREMLIN (1957) Directed by Russell Birdwell. Lex Barker, Zsa Zsa Gabor. Ridiculously cheesy Cold War proto-spy nonsense. Not good, but fun.
6/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
6/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 16: THE GIRL IN THE KREMLIN (1957) Directed by Russell Birdwell. Lex Barker, Zsa Zsa Gabor. Ridiculously cheesy Cold War proto-spy nonsense. Not good, but fun.
6/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
6/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 15: THE PROWLER (1951) Directed by Joseph Losey. Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes. Less about the title character than Heflin’s amoral cop and his obsession with Keyes. Original and excellent. 9/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 15: THE PROWLER (1951) Directed by Joseph Losey. Van Heflin, Evelyn Keyes. Less about the title character than Heflin’s amoral cop and his obsession with Keyes. Original and excellent. 9/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 14: THE SNIPER (1952) Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Arthur Franz, Adolphe Menjou, Marie Windsor. Hard hitting serial killer portrait mixed with police procedural. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
#Noirvember 2025, Movie 14: THE SNIPER (1952) Directed by Edward Dmytryk. Arthur Franz, Adolphe Menjou, Marie Windsor. Hard hitting serial killer portrait mixed with police procedural. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 13: THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959) Directed by Samuel Fuller. Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Victoria Shaw. The murder of a stripper provides a backdrop for this superb, ahead-of-its-time racial drama. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
November 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 13: THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959) Directed by Samuel Fuller. Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Victoria Shaw. The murder of a stripper provides a backdrop for this superb, ahead-of-its-time racial drama. 8/10. #FilmNoir #filmsky
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 12: FOOTSTEPS IN THE FOG (UK, 1955) Directed by Arthur Lubin. Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons. Terrific technicolor Victorian noir thriller from a director known mostly for Abbott & Costello comedies. 8/10. #Filmnoir #filmsky
November 10, 2025 at 3:33 AM
#Noirvember 2025 Movie 12: FOOTSTEPS IN THE FOG (UK, 1955) Directed by Arthur Lubin. Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons. Terrific technicolor Victorian noir thriller from a director known mostly for Abbott & Costello comedies. 8/10. #Filmnoir #filmsky