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You know how you can remember exactly where you were when you learned some earth-shattering news? When I found out about the death of Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele, on December 14, 2025, I was sitting at the counter in my breakfast nook, looking at something or another on my laptop. I typically l read more

If you know me or my blog, you’ll know that I love coming up with new ideas for series – I have several here at Shadows and Satin already: Will They Stay Together, Western Noir, Obscure Femmes, and Flawed Gents. (Okay, so I only have one entry in that last series, and that was from 2017 – but read more

TCM is at it again – serving up another overflowing platter of noir, for your shadowy pleasure! Tune in on Tuesday, January 13 (my younger daughter’s 28th birthday!) to dive into these goodies. The line-up of seven noir features is below, and if I’ve already covered them here at Shadows and Satin, read more

Back in August, I started a new series here at Shadows and Satin – “Will They Stay Together?” – where I plan to look at 10 couples of noir and ponder their staying power for the duration. Part I of the series focused on Gilda Mundson (Rita Hayworth) and Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford) – who, I read more

TCM is bringing the noir this January (Janu-NOIR-y?), starting on January 9th with a quintet of first-rate features. I’ve covered each of these here at Shadows and Satin, so I’m providing a link to each of these posts and strongly encouraging you to tune in to this great lineup of shadow read more

Back in 2024, I recorded the first of three audio commentaries for Blu-ray releases from Film Masters. The first two films, The Emperor Jones (1933) and The Red House (1947) were released earlier in 2025, and I’m pleased to share that the third Blu-ray, Lady of Burlesque (1943), is now availab read more

Welcome to The Film Noir Files, the noir series here at Shadows and Satin and over at Speakeasy, the blog authored by my pal Kristina, where each month we recommend a film noir feature for you to watch on TCM. We never know what the other has selected until we post, and part of the fun is trying to read more

Pre-Code Crazy is the monthly series here at Shadows and Satin and over at the blog of my pal Kristina, Speakeasy, where each month we recommend a pre-Code film for you to watch on TCM – we never know what the other has selected until we post, and we try to never pick the same movie! Happy new year, read more

On Christmas Eve 2024, my Pre-Code Crazy/Film Noir Files/Dark Pages pal Kristina (author of the Speakeasy blog) invited me to participate in a cinematic scavenger hunt of sorts. Like the fellas (and lady) on TV’s Mission Impossible, it was my mission, if I chose to accept it, to selec read more

On Christmas Eve 2024, my Pre-Code Crazy/Film Noir Files pal Kristina (author of the Speakeasy blog) invited me to participate in a cinematic scavenger hunt of sorts. Like the fellas (and lady) on TV’s Mission Impossible, it was my mission, if I chose to accept it, to select 12 movies from categorie read more

Welcome to The Film Noir Files, the monthly noir series here at Shadows and Satin and over at Speakeasy, the blog authored by my pal Kristina, where each month we recommend a film noir feature for you to watch on TCM. We never know what the other has selected until we post, and part of the fun is tr read more

Pre-Code Crazy is the monthly series here at Shadows and Satin and over at the blog of my pal Kristina, Speakeasy, where each month we recommend a pre-Code film for you to watch on TCM – we never know what the other has selected until we post, and we try to keep our lengthy streak intact by never read more

I’m telling you, every year it seems that Noirvember goes by faster and faster. One second, I’m planning out my posts for the month, and the next I’m writing this post – the last one for Noirvember 2025. But I can’t complain; it’s been lots of fun, as always, and I appr read more

Welcome to my penultimate post for Noirvember 2025 – and the last Super Sucker Saturday of the month! A couple of weeks back, I kicked off my “Obscure Femmes” series with that sweet-faced alley-cat in a chinchilla coat, Connie Wallace of The Great Flamarion (1947). Well, turnabout is fair play, read more

Phyllis. Kathie. Kitty. Brigid. We don’t even need their last names – we know exactly who these dames are. They’re some of film noir’s most iconic femmes fatales, and you can bet your bottom dollar that they’re guaranteed to appear on any Top 10 list of dangerous noir dames. But what about read more

Happy Thanksgiving! This final Thursday of Noirvember 2025 celebrates an assortment of Top 10 lists of shadowy delights that I’m thankful for! MEMORABLE ENDINGS Double Indemnity (1944) Decoy (1945) Scarlet Street (1945) They Live By Night (1948) Criss Cross (1949) The Breaking Point (1950) Sunset read more

Welcome to Whatshisname Wednesday, where I’ve been taking a look at some noir fellas whose faces you may know, but whose names you almost certainly do not. And for my last Wednesday of Noirvember 2025, I’m shining the light on a total of five noir gents and serving up some tidbits on their personal read more

Happy Tuesday, one and all! It’s about that time . . . time to settle in for one last batch of trivia for Noirvember 2025! Joan Crawford once said that her 1947 noir, Possessed, was her favorite movie. In it, she plays a mentally unstable woman whose obsessive love for her former lover spirals into read more

Well, folks — it’s the last Miscellaneous Monday of Noirvember 2025, but instead of allowing myself to wallow in the doldrums, I’m thrilled to share that I’ve been looking forward to this post since before November 1st! For today’s entry, I’m taking a look at Criss-Cross, Stephen read more

You know that saying, if you don’t have anything nice to say . . . come sit next to me? (I mean, I know the original saying was “ . . . don’t say anything at all,” but this is more fun, amirite?) Anyway, for this week’s Sunday Funday, I’m serving up some of the nice, and – even better read more