Category Archives: Film

Sinister Cinema: The Return of The Woman Chaser

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Don

Joe McSpadden dropped a dime to let me know that the Charles Willeford movie The Woman Chaser returns to the Alamo Drafthouse on Monday, February 19 at 7:15pm. Great chance to catch it on a big screen. Joe produced the … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Nathan Ward v. M. Spade

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Don

Got a note from our pal Nathan Ward — author of the Hammett bio The Lost Detective — that he’s getting sucked into the current Sam Spade experience of watching Monsieur Spade on AMC. “I have only seen one episode,” … Continue reading →

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Hammett: M. Spade Episode 2

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Don

Terry Zobeck chips in a brief notice on episode 2 of Monsieur Spade, currently running on AMC. He did his main layout in his opening installment, and mentions, “There are some gentle spoilers, but I don’t see a way to … Continue reading →

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Hammett: M. Spade, May We Presume?

Posted on January 21, 2024 by Don

Terry Zobeck, our man on These Mean Streets, volunteered (or was he dragooned? — I forget) to review the new AMC show about Sam Spade in France. He’s decided to take it an episode at a time. On the other … Continue reading →

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Hammett: The Titular Monsieur

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Don

Brian Wallace keeps the drumbeat going for the January 14 premiere of Monsieur Spade on AMC. He just popped me a link to an advance review from the AVClub, which digs around a lot on the casting of Clive Owen … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Chalk Up Another Dashiell

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Don

Minding my own business, I stumbled across another offspring named Dashiell — part of my decades long and quite casual survey of the name surfacing in the population. I’m sure someone in the right studies program could make something out … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Some Action on the Hammett Front

Posted on December 6, 2023 by Don

Not all that long ago I dutifully reported that a TV series — or mini-series — was in the works, where Sam Spade has moved to France. Cue some crime. Roll cameras. You can punch up the trailer for Monsieur … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Cowboy America

Posted on September 17, 2023 by Don

“Wild cattle that refused to move with the herd and kept returning to the brush the cowboys might make docile by sewing their eyelids shut; after about two weeks, when the thread had decayed enough for the eyes to reopen, … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: Contacts Made

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Don

If you were worried about the guy who worked on Wim Wenders’ Hammett getting in contact with the guy doing a documentary on that film, you can relax. They’ve been put in touch, and have spent an initial two hours … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: A Big Tip for the Documentary on Wim Wenders’ Hammett

Posted on July 4, 2023 by Don

Got up today, holiday festivities looming in a few hours, and found some exciting news in the inbox. Remember the guy in France working on a documentary on the first shoot Wim Wenders did for the neo-noir movie Hammett? Guy’s … Continue reading →

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