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Category: Film

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Man Hunt (1941)

August 30, 2026August 30, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Fritz Lang’s anti-Nazi film noir classic. Starring Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders, John Carradine, and Roddy McDowell. Directed by Fritz Lang. Screenplay by Dudley Nichols.

Continue reading Man Hunt (1941)

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Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans

August 28, 2026August 28, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to Eddie DeLange and Louis Alter. Continue reading Do You Know What It Means To Miss New Orleans

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Compulsion (1959)

August 23, 2026August 23, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Ripped from the 1920s headlines: A fictionalized take on the Leopold and Loeb case. Starring Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman, EG Marshall, and Martin Milner. Directed by Richard Fleischer. Continue reading Compulsion (1959)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: American Roulette

August 22, 2026August 22, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: American Roulette

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Rags & Bones

August 15, 2026August 14, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Rags & Bones

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Scarlet Street (1945)

August 9, 2026August 9, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Edward G. Robinson can’t kick his femme fatale habit. Also starring Joan Bennett and Dan Duryea. Produced and directed by Fritz Lang. Screenplay by Dudley Nichols. Continue reading Scarlet Street (1945)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Jupiter Hollow

August 8, 2026August 7, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Jupiter Hollow

Adrastos, Campaign Notes, COVID-19, Film, Fog Of History, MAGA, Political Crack, The Darnold

Stuck On 2020

August 3, 2026August 3, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

The BIG LIE goes on and on and on. Continue reading Stuck On 2020

Adrastos, Film, Pulp Fiction

The Breaking Point (1950)

August 2, 2026August 2, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A 1950 film noir based on a novel by Ernest Hemingway. Starring John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, and Wallace Ford. Directed by Michael Curtiz. Screenplay by Ranald MacDougal. Continue reading The Breaking Point (1950)

Adrastos, Congress, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, MAGA, Music, Odds & Sods, Political Crack, Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: Heat Wave

August 1, 2026July 31, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Heat Wave

Adrastos, Film, Fog Of History, MAGA, Political Crack, The Darnold2 Comments

The Third Red Scare

July 30, 2026July 30, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

MAGA wants you to be afraid of reds under the bed. Repeat after me: There is no red menace. Continue reading The Third Red Scare

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Summertime

July 25, 2026July 24, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Summertime

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Night Moves (1975)

July 19, 2026July 19, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A neo-noir classic starring Gene Hackman, Susan Clark, Jennifer Warren, Edward Binns, Melanie Griffith, and Harris Yulin. Directed by Arthur Penn. Screenplay by Alan Sharp. Cinematography by Bruce Surtees.

Continue reading Night Moves (1975)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Days

July 18, 2026July 17, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Days

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Angel Face (1952)

July 12, 2026July 12, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: The men she loved, she destroyed. Continue reading Angel Face (1952)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretending

July 11, 2026July 10, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Pretending

Adrastos, Film, Fog Of History, Irksome Things, Political Crack, The Darnold2 Comments

Irked In July

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Our monthly exercise in vexatious venting about irksome things. Continue reading Irked In July

Adrastos, Bigotry, Books, Film, Pulp Fiction, Race

Intruder In The Dust (1949)

July 5, 2026July 5, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Adapted from the novel by William Faulkner. Starring David Brian, Claude Jarman Jr, Juano Hernandez, and Elizabeth Patterson. Produced and directed by Clarence Brown. Screenplay by Ben Maddox. Cinematography by Robert Surtees. Continue reading Intruder In The Dust (1949)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: A Rose For Emily

June 27, 2026June 27, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: A Rose For Emily

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Confidential

June 20, 2026June 19, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Confidential

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New York Confidential (1955)

June 14, 2026June 14, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Tagline: The lowdown on the big town. Starring Broderick Crawford, Richard Conte, Marilyn Maxwell, Anne Bancroft, and J Carol Naish. Directed by Russell Rouse. Screenplay by Rouse and Clarence Greene.

Continue reading New York Confidential (1955)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Badge

June 13, 2026June 12, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Badge

Adrastos, Film, Fog Of History, MAGA, Political Crack, The Darnold

It’s The Incompetence, Stupid

June 9, 2026June 9, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

MAGA is a fucked up movement led by dipshits and dunces. Continue reading It’s The Incompetence, Stupid

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House Of Numbers (1957)

June 7, 2026June 7, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A prison break-in movie starring Jack Palance as identical twins. Continue reading House Of Numbers (1957)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Roundabout

June 6, 2026June 5, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Roundabout

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After Midnight

June 5, 2026June 5, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Cheers to J.J. Cale. Continue reading After Midnight

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Strangers On A Train (1951)

May 24, 2026May 24, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

All aboard for one of the master of suspense’s finest films. Starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, and Pat Hitchcock. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Cinematography by Robert Burks. Based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith.

Continue reading Strangers On A Train (1951)

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Saturday Odds & Sods: Patches

May 23, 2026May 22, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: Patches

Adrastos, Film, Pulp Fiction

Brainstorm (1965)

May 17, 2026May 17, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

A neo-noir psychological thriller starring Jeffrey Hunter, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, and Viveca Lindfors. Screenplay by Mann Rubin. Produced and directed by William Conrad. Continue reading Brainstorm (1965)

Adrastos, Diary, Film, Fog Of History, Gret Stet Politics, Music, New Orleans, Odds & Sods, R.I.P., Television

Saturday Odds & Sods: True Blue

May 16, 2026May 15, 2026 Peter Adrastos Athas

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Continue reading Saturday Odds & Sods: True Blue

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