Pete Dragovich
@nerdofnoir.bsky.social
Used to review crime novels, now just do letterboxd reviews
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Why is this tiny gesture so funny
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Why is this tiny gesture so funny
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*yelling from inside the getting kicked in the nuts factory* it's actually insane that you guys won't come in here
February 6, 2024 at 7:36 PM
*yelling from inside the getting kicked in the nuts factory* it's actually insane that you guys won't come in here
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Celebrate the CrimesMas season by with @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social on John Frankenheimer's REINDEER GAMES #teampowwowsafe #crimesmas web.archive.org/web/20231123...
Merry CrimesMas: Another Film Nerd on Reindeer Games
The old saying is wrong. There aren’t just two things in life that are inevitable - there are three: death, taxes and the inevitable bullshi...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Celebrate the CrimesMas season by with @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social on John Frankenheimer's REINDEER GAMES #teampowwowsafe #crimesmas web.archive.org/web/20231123...
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Peter Greene... man, LAWS OF GRAVITY was huge for me
December 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Peter Greene... man, LAWS OF GRAVITY was huge for me
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NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. A history of cocktails like no other, and a cluster of recommendations weirdly fixated on Oklahoma. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-86...
C&C 86: Comic Cocktails and a Daisy Chain of Recommendations
In which I link a few things tenuously together
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December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. A history of cocktails like no other, and a cluster of recommendations weirdly fixated on Oklahoma. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-86...
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I assure you, we’re open
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I assure you, we’re open
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
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For The Reveal I rounded up the year's best movie posters:
The 15 Best Movie Posters of 2025
The year's most inspired posters. None of the 21 Smurfs made the cut.
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December 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For The Reveal I rounded up the year's best movie posters:
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Merry #CrimesMas - on Fabrice Du Welz' nightmare holiday film CALVAIRE web.archive.org/web/20231123...
Merry CrimesMas: Calvaire
Is there a better time than Christmas to set a story about the tawdriness of showbiz? The Christian holy night of Emmanuel's birth, divin...
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December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Merry #CrimesMas - on Fabrice Du Welz' nightmare holiday film CALVAIRE web.archive.org/web/20231123...
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“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
December 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
“And what is the charge? Eating a seal? A succulent Chinese seal? GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY PENIS!”
Really busted ass yesterday
December 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Really busted ass yesterday
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REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND is now on Shudder. A film for people who think "The problem with Mario Bava movies is they make too much sense." Absolutely wild, and would definitely watch again.
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND is now on Shudder. A film for people who think "The problem with Mario Bava movies is they make too much sense." Absolutely wild, and would definitely watch again.
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Merry #CrimesMas - a few words about ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
Merry CrimesMas: On Her Majesty's Secret Service
My first Bond was Timothy Dalton in The Living Daylights which I fucking loved as a twelve year old. I knew the name Bond, James Bond, but the movies...
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December 5, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Merry #CrimesMas - a few words about ON HER MAJESTY'S SECRET SERVICE www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
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If we had a government right now that was worth anything, the move would be to nationalize Warner Bros in order to protect as significant a cultural repository as we have in this country.
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
If we had a government right now that was worth anything, the move would be to nationalize Warner Bros in order to protect as significant a cultural repository as we have in this country.
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My latest Substack newsletter is live. A few words on the brilliance that is Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel HARD RAIN FALLING.
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Hard Rain Falling
I was in a Berlin bookshop recently and noticed a brand spanking new Penguin Modern Classics edition of Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel Hard Rain Falling. I don’t know who is overseeing the cover design on...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
My latest Substack newsletter is live. A few words on the brilliance that is Don Carpenter’s 1966 novel HARD RAIN FALLING.
andrewnette.substack.com/p/hard-rain-...
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The new CATTET/FORZANI joint REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND is now on shudder and goddamn glorious.
December 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The new CATTET/FORZANI joint REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND is now on shudder and goddamn glorious.
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My old write-up for @maybejed.bsky.social on the best Christmas movie of all time (fight me!) is still out there on the interwebs! Go read it now and lose yourself in the holiday spirit with the rest of the suckers. www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
Merry CrimesMas: Christa Faust on Blast of Silence
“Your hands are sweaty when you think of Christmas…”The best way to watch this gritty, low-budget Noir gem for the first time is the way I did. Barre...
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December 5, 2025 at 1:10 AM
My old write-up for @maybejed.bsky.social on the best Christmas movie of all time (fight me!) is still out there on the interwebs! Go read it now and lose yourself in the holiday spirit with the rest of the suckers. www.goodreads.com/author_blog_...
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Our winter calendar is out now! Featuring a Ukrainian silent masterpiece, a restored Kazakh epic, Kazuo Hara, The Maestro in black and white, 80s animated sci-fantasy, the disco god, a quartet of gritty Don Siegel films noir and a lot of evil corporations. Check it all out now at Trylon.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Our winter calendar is out now! Featuring a Ukrainian silent masterpiece, a restored Kazakh epic, Kazuo Hara, The Maestro in black and white, 80s animated sci-fantasy, the disco god, a quartet of gritty Don Siegel films noir and a lot of evil corporations. Check it all out now at Trylon.org
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for the pm crowd
let's talk crime comics
let's talk crime comics
Over at my crime comics newsletter, I've created a two part guide to all of the crime comics released in 2025 (I do this by hand, so I may have missed a couple)
Part 1: buttondown.com/crimecomics/...
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Part 1: buttondown.com/crimecomics/...
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2025 Crime Comics Roundup: A Big Ass List of 2025 Crime Comics (part 1 A-K)
Part one (of two) of 2025 crime comics releases
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December 3, 2025 at 10:47 PM
for the pm crowd
let's talk crime comics
let's talk crime comics
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Whoa. Enjoy, Minnesota. It's a good family to be a part of.
BIG NEWS! We are excited to welcome the HEIGHTS THEATER to the Music Box family!
In January 2026, we will be taking over ownership of the iconic Columbia Heights cinema. We're excited to add to the legacy of the Heights, and bringing a touch of the Music Box to Minnesota🎞️
In January 2026, we will be taking over ownership of the iconic Columbia Heights cinema. We're excited to add to the legacy of the Heights, and bringing a touch of the Music Box to Minnesota🎞️
December 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Whoa. Enjoy, Minnesota. It's a good family to be a part of.
Big news for Minnesota movie nerds bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
Historic Heights Theater sold to owners of Chicago's Music Box Theatre
The Heights Theater in Columbia Heights opened in 1929 and will enter a new era in 2026.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Big news for Minnesota movie nerds bringmethenews.com/minnesota-li...
BLOOD SIMPLE never becomes any less towering even after who knows how many rewatches. A debut every bit as deep and sophisticated and just fucking dialed in as CITIZEN KANE.
December 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
BLOOD SIMPLE never becomes any less towering even after who knows how many rewatches. A debut every bit as deep and sophisticated and just fucking dialed in as CITIZEN KANE.