Dennis Hartley
@denofcinema.bsky.social
Career broadcaster, musician, former standup comic, film buff, ponderer. Blog: http://denofcinema.com
#TCMParty DVR Alert! TCM at 1:15pm-Noir in the afternoon...Fritz Lang's THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW. www.denofcinema.com/blu-ray-reis...
Blu-ray reissue: The Woman in the Window (***) - DenOfCinema
By Dennis Hartley (Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on December 21, 2019) The Woman in the Window – Eureka (Region “B” locked) Director Fritz Lang was one of the key progenitors of film noir, w...
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Wish I'd practiced my scales with more diligence. youtu.be/1NXAiCiPxKk?...
Ron Carter - Body Talk - from Body Talk by George Benson - #roncarterbassist
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Up now at Digby's Hullabaloo: In light of the 81st anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, with no end to nuclear proliferation on the horizon, thought I’d mosey over to the war room and pick 15 cautionary films to watch before we all go together (when we go). Uh…enjoy? digbysblog.net/2026/08/01/c...
Cloudy, with a chance of mushrooms - Digby's Hullabaloo
“The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.” -J. Robert Oppenheimer [Shame mode] ...
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The unsettling scenes in the motel presage David Lynch. #TCMParty
"Come back Sidney...I wanna chastise you!" Love that line. #TCMParty
#TCMParty DVR Alert! 7pm on TCM: Orson Welles' "bordertown noir" TOUCH OF EVIL. My review: www.denofcinema.com/blu-ray-reis...
Blu-ray reissue: Touch of Evil (****) - DenOfCinema
By Dennis Hartley (Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on August 20, 2022) Touch of Evil (Kino) Yes, this is Orson Welles’ classic 1958 sleaze-noir with that celebrated and oft-imitated tracking s...
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#TCMParty SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS has a great jazz soundtrack. www.denofcinema.com/angel-dust-b...
Angel dust Byrons: A Rock ‘n’ Noir mixtape - DenOfCinema
By Dennis Hartley (Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on March 8, 2025) Heard about the restaurant on the Moon? Great food…no atmosphere. Yeah, I know. You rolled out of your crib in hysterics th...
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Barry Levinson paid homage to SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS in his 1982 film DINER; there's a minor character obsessed with the film who drops in and out of scenes quoting dialogue from the film. #TCMParty
DVR Alert! TCM at 5pm: THE SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS is one of the most vicious ruminations on our obsession with celebrity. Alexander Mackendrick directed, and the Clifford Odets/Ernest Lehman screenplay drips with venom. James Wong Howe’s cinematography is outstanding. Infinitely quotable. #TCMParty
Aha. Tonight's theme just registered with me: Florida Man! #TCMParty
Timeline cleanser.
#OneHitWondered@onehitwondered.bsky.social · last wk.Happy birthday to singer/songwriter Jonathan Edwards, #BOTD in Aitkin, Minnesota in 1946… Edwards earned US #OneHitWonder honors in 1971 when his self-penned defiant folk-pop anthem “Sunshine” spent 12 weeks on the US #Billboard #Top40, peaking at #4. #JonathanEdwards #OneHitWondered #MusicSky
#TCMParty DVR Alert! 9pm on TCM: A rare showing of Nagisa Oshima's unique 1983 WW2 drama MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE, starring David Bowie, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Tom Conti. My review: www.denofcinema.com/blu-ray-reis...
Blu-ray reissue: Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence ***1/2 - DenOfCinema
By Dennis Hartley (Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on December 11, 2010) Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence – Criterion Collection Blu-ray I had nearly given up all hope that this largely-forgotten...
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All the hype and blather surrounding THE ODYSSEY has triggered memories of watching and reviewing Guy Maddin's KEYHOLE...an experience I would prefer to forget LOL. www.denofcinema.com/siff-2012-ke...
SIFF 2012: Keyhole ** - DenOfCinema
By Dennis Hartley (Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on May 19, 2012) Immersing yourself in the world of Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin is not unlike entering a fever dream you might have after d...
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Fab! Gear! I reminisce about swingin' London (even though I wasn't there) and celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Beatles' "Revolver"...up now at Digby's Hullabaloo. digbysblog.net/2026/07/25/e...
England swings like a pendulum do (and a fab 60th anniversary) - Digby's Hullabaloo
It was 60 years ago today (or thereabouts)... (from Time magazine, Friday, Apr. 15, 1966) In this century, every decade has had its city. The fin de siècle belonged to the dreamlike round of Vienna, c...
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Remember that time Nixon invited Woodward and Bernstein over for a friendly game of golf shortly after he resigned, and they all had a good laugh about the whole thing? I don't either. #WHCD
#TCMParty DVR Alert! 3:15pm today on TCM: Don't miss this underappreciated (and rarely broadcast) gem...POWWOW HIGHWAY. One of my favorite road movies! My capsule review:
Great piece.
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · 2w agoThe racist backlash to Chris Nolan’s Odyssey is a kind of stolen valor, an attempt by the right to claim credit for achievements they had nothing to do with in order to justify racial hierarchy in the present. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
They're bringing equipment, they're bringing firefighting expertise...and all, I assume, are good people.
PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 2w agoCarney: "I'm going to take this opportunity to thank President Scheinbaum and the Mexican people for sending 200 firefighters to help us with our fires here. That's what friends do when you have crisis and fires." #cdnpoli
I love how Steiger comes out of the gate LITERALLY chewing the scenery. #TCMParty
#TCMParty IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT made my list of the 15 sweatiest noirs and neo noirs. www.denofcinema.com/big-heat-10-...
The Big Heat: The 15 Sweatiest Film noirs (and Neo-noirs) - DenOfCinema
By Dennis Hartley (Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on July 11, 2026) With the mercury continuing to soar in many sections of the country I thought I would curate a Top 15 “hot” noirs festival....
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Thank god the House Republicans saved the taxpayers $1 billion by axing that frivolous, bloated Corporation for Public Broadcasting earmark last year...we damn near lost an entire day of war operations!
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w agoHegseth tells Senate war on Iran has so far cost $37.5bn at hearing to request more funds
STRANGER THAN PARADISE is the original slacker movie. #TCMParty
I think John Lurie and Donald Fagen were separated at birth. #TCMParty
Screamin' Jay Hawkins would later turn up as a hotel clerk in Jarmusch's MYSTERY TRAIN. #TCMParty
#TCMParty Generally speaking, they don't make 'em like A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (or Gena Rowlands) anymore, but occasionally they get close. One example...a 2012 Danish film called APPLAUSE with a knockout performance by Paprika Steen. www.denofcinema.com/what-a-dump-...
What a dump: Applause ***1/2 - DenOfCinema
By Dennis Hartley (Originally posted on Digby’s Hullabaloo on April 14, 2012) I have a new favorite actress. Her name is Paprika Steen, and she delivers a searing performance in the Danish import Appl...
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#TCMParty DVR Alert! TCM at 7:30pm: Jim Jarmusch's 1984 debut STRANGER THAN PARADISE. My capsule review:
It took me years to fully appreciate Skylarking, the LP that most audiophiles believe is XTC's absolute masterpiece. Now I can say it's great. And I believe that the re-released 2016 and 2024 versions supervised by Steven Wilson sound even better than the original one, produced by Todd Rundgren.
Wait...Trump really DID squeeze himself into that photo op?! It looked so ridiculous I assumed it was a Photoshop meme. Welp, it's official...I don't know what reality is anymore. SMH
Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social · 2w agoSpain officially edited Trump out of the celebration photo. How you know you're popular all over the world. The fascist vanishes. If only he would for real.
