Nishanth Raman
@nishansolo.bsky.social
King of the silent pictures, hiding out till the talkies blow over. Film noirs and world cinema, mostly.
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46 movies later, finishing #Noirvember this year how I started with a pitch black foreign noir THE LOST ONE (1951), where Peter Lorre both stars and directs himself in. A sordid crime thriller with shades of his earlier iconic roles he did for Lang and Florey.
#Noirvember2025
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December 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
46 movies later, finishing #Noirvember this year how I started with a pitch black foreign noir THE LOST ONE (1951), where Peter Lorre both stars and directs himself in. A sordid crime thriller with shades of his earlier iconic roles he did for Lang and Florey.
#Noirvember2025
#Noirvember2025
Watch No. 19 - 13 TZAMETI (2005)
Géla Babluani's sparse monochrome debut, that visually is like a bastard child of Soviet silent cinema and European film-noirs of the 50's. An above average debut feature that is at times surreal, atmospheric and devilishly deadpan.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Géla Babluani's sparse monochrome debut, that visually is like a bastard child of Soviet silent cinema and European film-noirs of the 50's. An above average debut feature that is at times surreal, atmospheric and devilishly deadpan.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Watch No. 19 - 13 TZAMETI (2005)
Géla Babluani's sparse monochrome debut, that visually is like a bastard child of Soviet silent cinema and European film-noirs of the 50's. An above average debut feature that is at times surreal, atmospheric and devilishly deadpan.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Géla Babluani's sparse monochrome debut, that visually is like a bastard child of Soviet silent cinema and European film-noirs of the 50's. An above average debut feature that is at times surreal, atmospheric and devilishly deadpan.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 18 - SCENE OF THE CRIME (1949)
MGM makes a film-noir, and very characteristic of its glossy production values some scenes look like they are straight out of a Garbo movie. An episodic police procedural, that though light on substance is still an enjoyable watch.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
MGM makes a film-noir, and very characteristic of its glossy production values some scenes look like they are straight out of a Garbo movie. An episodic police procedural, that though light on substance is still an enjoyable watch.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Watch No. 18 - SCENE OF THE CRIME (1949)
MGM makes a film-noir, and very characteristic of its glossy production values some scenes look like they are straight out of a Garbo movie. An episodic police procedural, that though light on substance is still an enjoyable watch.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
MGM makes a film-noir, and very characteristic of its glossy production values some scenes look like they are straight out of a Garbo movie. An episodic police procedural, that though light on substance is still an enjoyable watch.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 17 - INFERNO (1953)
20th Century Fox's first ever 3D picture is a sumptuous technicolor desert noir, that hardly ever has a dull moment. Robert Ryan is great as usual in a role where voiceover is cleverly used, while Lucien Ballard's photography never misses.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
20th Century Fox's first ever 3D picture is a sumptuous technicolor desert noir, that hardly ever has a dull moment. Robert Ryan is great as usual in a role where voiceover is cleverly used, while Lucien Ballard's photography never misses.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Watch No. 17 - INFERNO (1953)
20th Century Fox's first ever 3D picture is a sumptuous technicolor desert noir, that hardly ever has a dull moment. Robert Ryan is great as usual in a role where voiceover is cleverly used, while Lucien Ballard's photography never misses.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
20th Century Fox's first ever 3D picture is a sumptuous technicolor desert noir, that hardly ever has a dull moment. Robert Ryan is great as usual in a role where voiceover is cleverly used, while Lucien Ballard's photography never misses.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 16 - FINGERMAN (1955)
Frank Lovejoy is a bit of a miscast here, and narrative tends to lean more on melodrama. But, it does feature a lot of fedora hats, trench coats and men/women smoking, apart from a graded crime busting making it very watchable.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Frank Lovejoy is a bit of a miscast here, and narrative tends to lean more on melodrama. But, it does feature a lot of fedora hats, trench coats and men/women smoking, apart from a graded crime busting making it very watchable.
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November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Watch No. 16 - FINGERMAN (1955)
Frank Lovejoy is a bit of a miscast here, and narrative tends to lean more on melodrama. But, it does feature a lot of fedora hats, trench coats and men/women smoking, apart from a graded crime busting making it very watchable.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Frank Lovejoy is a bit of a miscast here, and narrative tends to lean more on melodrama. But, it does feature a lot of fedora hats, trench coats and men/women smoking, apart from a graded crime busting making it very watchable.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 15 - SHOOT TO KILL (1947)
An outrageously mounted cheapie with a labyrinth plot and double crosses, that in the end successfully does not tie itself in a knot. Economy is of the essence here, with some lovely noir lensing thanks to Benjamin Kline of DETOUR fame.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
An outrageously mounted cheapie with a labyrinth plot and double crosses, that in the end successfully does not tie itself in a knot. Economy is of the essence here, with some lovely noir lensing thanks to Benjamin Kline of DETOUR fame.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Watch No. 15 - SHOOT TO KILL (1947)
An outrageously mounted cheapie with a labyrinth plot and double crosses, that in the end successfully does not tie itself in a knot. Economy is of the essence here, with some lovely noir lensing thanks to Benjamin Kline of DETOUR fame.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
An outrageously mounted cheapie with a labyrinth plot and double crosses, that in the end successfully does not tie itself in a knot. Economy is of the essence here, with some lovely noir lensing thanks to Benjamin Kline of DETOUR fame.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 14 - THE BITTER STEMS (1956)
Certainly stakes a claim for a top-tier film-noir in both style and substance, filmed outside Hollywood for its age. Carlos Cores plays a convincing fall guy who gets done in by a twisted Argentine version of the American Dream.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Certainly stakes a claim for a top-tier film-noir in both style and substance, filmed outside Hollywood for its age. Carlos Cores plays a convincing fall guy who gets done in by a twisted Argentine version of the American Dream.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Watch No. 14 - THE BITTER STEMS (1956)
Certainly stakes a claim for a top-tier film-noir in both style and substance, filmed outside Hollywood for its age. Carlos Cores plays a convincing fall guy who gets done in by a twisted Argentine version of the American Dream.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Certainly stakes a claim for a top-tier film-noir in both style and substance, filmed outside Hollywood for its age. Carlos Cores plays a convincing fall guy who gets done in by a twisted Argentine version of the American Dream.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 13 - IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE (1952)
Tops the heap of the movies I've seen this #Noirvember so far. A horror noir with shades of Lang's M and Tetzlaff's THE WINDOW, that still shocks and astounds even today. A demented fairy tale from the annals of Argentine noir.
#Noirvember2025
Tops the heap of the movies I've seen this #Noirvember so far. A horror noir with shades of Lang's M and Tetzlaff's THE WINDOW, that still shocks and astounds even today. A demented fairy tale from the annals of Argentine noir.
#Noirvember2025
November 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Watch No. 13 - IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE (1952)
Tops the heap of the movies I've seen this #Noirvember so far. A horror noir with shades of Lang's M and Tetzlaff's THE WINDOW, that still shocks and astounds even today. A demented fairy tale from the annals of Argentine noir.
#Noirvember2025
Tops the heap of the movies I've seen this #Noirvember so far. A horror noir with shades of Lang's M and Tetzlaff's THE WINDOW, that still shocks and astounds even today. A demented fairy tale from the annals of Argentine noir.
#Noirvember2025
Watch No. 12 - THIS SIDE OF THE LAW (1950)
Quite an enjoyable gothic mystery noir, which ticks off a few film-noir standards effectively - voiceovers, noir lensing, impersonators and crooked lawyers. Kent Smith's aloof acting is very effective, and so is DOP Carl Guthrie.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Quite an enjoyable gothic mystery noir, which ticks off a few film-noir standards effectively - voiceovers, noir lensing, impersonators and crooked lawyers. Kent Smith's aloof acting is very effective, and so is DOP Carl Guthrie.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Watch No. 12 - THIS SIDE OF THE LAW (1950)
Quite an enjoyable gothic mystery noir, which ticks off a few film-noir standards effectively - voiceovers, noir lensing, impersonators and crooked lawyers. Kent Smith's aloof acting is very effective, and so is DOP Carl Guthrie.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Quite an enjoyable gothic mystery noir, which ticks off a few film-noir standards effectively - voiceovers, noir lensing, impersonators and crooked lawyers. Kent Smith's aloof acting is very effective, and so is DOP Carl Guthrie.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 11 - THE LONG HAUL (1957)
A lovely little noir melodrama with a terrific Diana Dors, who outshines Victor Mature in every scene. The trucking action scenes are quite solid, in this high quality Brit crime movie that should satiate both noir and Diana Dors fans.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
A lovely little noir melodrama with a terrific Diana Dors, who outshines Victor Mature in every scene. The trucking action scenes are quite solid, in this high quality Brit crime movie that should satiate both noir and Diana Dors fans.
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November 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Watch No. 11 - THE LONG HAUL (1957)
A lovely little noir melodrama with a terrific Diana Dors, who outshines Victor Mature in every scene. The trucking action scenes are quite solid, in this high quality Brit crime movie that should satiate both noir and Diana Dors fans.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
A lovely little noir melodrama with a terrific Diana Dors, who outshines Victor Mature in every scene. The trucking action scenes are quite solid, in this high quality Brit crime movie that should satiate both noir and Diana Dors fans.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 10 - EYEWITNESS (1956)
Muriel Box's underseen British crime noir is a good pioneering example of a women's picture in a noir space. Paced just about right, the narrative moves expeditiously aided by some well written women characters. Taut and a very fun watch.
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Muriel Box's underseen British crime noir is a good pioneering example of a women's picture in a noir space. Paced just about right, the narrative moves expeditiously aided by some well written women characters. Taut and a very fun watch.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 7, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Watch No. 10 - EYEWITNESS (1956)
Muriel Box's underseen British crime noir is a good pioneering example of a women's picture in a noir space. Paced just about right, the narrative moves expeditiously aided by some well written women characters. Taut and a very fun watch.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Muriel Box's underseen British crime noir is a good pioneering example of a women's picture in a noir space. Paced just about right, the narrative moves expeditiously aided by some well written women characters. Taut and a very fun watch.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 9 - THE MADONNA'S SECRET (1946)
Emigré Wilhelm Thiele brings some European finesse to this B-noir from Republic Pictures. Atmospheric lensing thanks to DOP great John Alton is another positive, making this low-budget noir as good as any prestigious productions.
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Emigré Wilhelm Thiele brings some European finesse to this B-noir from Republic Pictures. Atmospheric lensing thanks to DOP great John Alton is another positive, making this low-budget noir as good as any prestigious productions.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Watch No. 9 - THE MADONNA'S SECRET (1946)
Emigré Wilhelm Thiele brings some European finesse to this B-noir from Republic Pictures. Atmospheric lensing thanks to DOP great John Alton is another positive, making this low-budget noir as good as any prestigious productions.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Emigré Wilhelm Thiele brings some European finesse to this B-noir from Republic Pictures. Atmospheric lensing thanks to DOP great John Alton is another positive, making this low-budget noir as good as any prestigious productions.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 8 - FALL GUY (1947)
Another filing in a briskly paced and enjoyable offering from Monogram Pictures, this time in the sub-genre of amnesia/blackout noir. Cornell Woolrich's short story gets a lively screen adaptation, with no dull moments what so ever.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Another filing in a briskly paced and enjoyable offering from Monogram Pictures, this time in the sub-genre of amnesia/blackout noir. Cornell Woolrich's short story gets a lively screen adaptation, with no dull moments what so ever.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Watch No. 8 - FALL GUY (1947)
Another filing in a briskly paced and enjoyable offering from Monogram Pictures, this time in the sub-genre of amnesia/blackout noir. Cornell Woolrich's short story gets a lively screen adaptation, with no dull moments what so ever.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Another filing in a briskly paced and enjoyable offering from Monogram Pictures, this time in the sub-genre of amnesia/blackout noir. Cornell Woolrich's short story gets a lively screen adaptation, with no dull moments what so ever.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 7 - THE HIT (1984)
Stephen Frears sophomore effort is a neo-noir road movie with existentialism abound. The late great Terence Stamp is the MVP here, head and shoulders above the movie's uneven plotting. A notable crime drama, with an unforgettable Stamp.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Stephen Frears sophomore effort is a neo-noir road movie with existentialism abound. The late great Terence Stamp is the MVP here, head and shoulders above the movie's uneven plotting. A notable crime drama, with an unforgettable Stamp.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Watch No. 7 - THE HIT (1984)
Stephen Frears sophomore effort is a neo-noir road movie with existentialism abound. The late great Terence Stamp is the MVP here, head and shoulders above the movie's uneven plotting. A notable crime drama, with an unforgettable Stamp.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Stephen Frears sophomore effort is a neo-noir road movie with existentialism abound. The late great Terence Stamp is the MVP here, head and shoulders above the movie's uneven plotting. A notable crime drama, with an unforgettable Stamp.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 6 - STARK FEAR (1962)
An unhinged Psycho-esque low budget iteration, very much in the realm of film-noir in style and substance. Weird, problematic but also very much a watchable fare. Pre-fame John Williams scoring the party music here is a surprising oddity.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
An unhinged Psycho-esque low budget iteration, very much in the realm of film-noir in style and substance. Weird, problematic but also very much a watchable fare. Pre-fame John Williams scoring the party music here is a surprising oddity.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Watch No. 6 - STARK FEAR (1962)
An unhinged Psycho-esque low budget iteration, very much in the realm of film-noir in style and substance. Weird, problematic but also very much a watchable fare. Pre-fame John Williams scoring the party music here is a surprising oddity.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
An unhinged Psycho-esque low budget iteration, very much in the realm of film-noir in style and substance. Weird, problematic but also very much a watchable fare. Pre-fame John Williams scoring the party music here is a surprising oddity.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 5 - CASH CALLS HELL (1966)
Another terrific Japanese noir find, where Hideo Gosha churns out a masterful crime drama with a tremendous heart. Its capped by an accomplished jazz score which shapeshifts quite nicely between the sombre and action parts.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Another terrific Japanese noir find, where Hideo Gosha churns out a masterful crime drama with a tremendous heart. Its capped by an accomplished jazz score which shapeshifts quite nicely between the sombre and action parts.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 4, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Watch No. 5 - CASH CALLS HELL (1966)
Another terrific Japanese noir find, where Hideo Gosha churns out a masterful crime drama with a tremendous heart. Its capped by an accomplished jazz score which shapeshifts quite nicely between the sombre and action parts.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Another terrific Japanese noir find, where Hideo Gosha churns out a masterful crime drama with a tremendous heart. Its capped by an accomplished jazz score which shapeshifts quite nicely between the sombre and action parts.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 4 - COVER UP (1949)
Holiday noir where Dennis O'Keefe not just helms the acting, but also gets co-screenwriting credits. An enjoyable Christmas murder mystery, where a breezy William Bendix role as a small town sheriff elevates a better than average crime noir.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Holiday noir where Dennis O'Keefe not just helms the acting, but also gets co-screenwriting credits. An enjoyable Christmas murder mystery, where a breezy William Bendix role as a small town sheriff elevates a better than average crime noir.
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November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Watch No. 4 - COVER UP (1949)
Holiday noir where Dennis O'Keefe not just helms the acting, but also gets co-screenwriting credits. An enjoyable Christmas murder mystery, where a breezy William Bendix role as a small town sheriff elevates a better than average crime noir.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Holiday noir where Dennis O'Keefe not just helms the acting, but also gets co-screenwriting credits. An enjoyable Christmas murder mystery, where a breezy William Bendix role as a small town sheriff elevates a better than average crime noir.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 3 - THE CRIMINAL (1960)
Joseph Losey's gritty and tough-as-nails prison/heist late noir, that features an exceptional jazz score by Johnny Dankworth. Stanley Baker here is as good as he's in another classic British noir - HELL DRIVERS (1957)
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Joseph Losey's gritty and tough-as-nails prison/heist late noir, that features an exceptional jazz score by Johnny Dankworth. Stanley Baker here is as good as he's in another classic British noir - HELL DRIVERS (1957)
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Watch No. 3 - THE CRIMINAL (1960)
Joseph Losey's gritty and tough-as-nails prison/heist late noir, that features an exceptional jazz score by Johnny Dankworth. Stanley Baker here is as good as he's in another classic British noir - HELL DRIVERS (1957)
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Joseph Losey's gritty and tough-as-nails prison/heist late noir, that features an exceptional jazz score by Johnny Dankworth. Stanley Baker here is as good as he's in another classic British noir - HELL DRIVERS (1957)
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Watch No. 2 - THE GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (1951)
Another very capable entry in the 'fate and irony' film-noir cycle by Hugo Haas, where he re-teams with Beverly Michaels.
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Another very capable entry in the 'fate and irony' film-noir cycle by Hugo Haas, where he re-teams with Beverly Michaels.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
November 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Watch No. 2 - THE GIRL ON THE BRIDGE (1951)
Another very capable entry in the 'fate and irony' film-noir cycle by Hugo Haas, where he re-teams with Beverly Michaels.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
Another very capable entry in the 'fate and irony' film-noir cycle by Hugo Haas, where he re-teams with Beverly Michaels.
#Noirvember #Noirvember2025
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.
20. Forbidden City, U.S.A. (1989)
October 1, 2025 at 4:53 AM
20. Forbidden City, U.S.A. (1989)
19. One Battle After Another (2025)
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
19. One Battle After Another (2025)
18. Return To Glennascaul (1953)
October 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
18. Return To Glennascaul (1953)