Frank Vatel @Vatel1675
Reader, watcher, and scribbler of noir. Lover of all things vintage. Pro-print and analog-agog. A black-and-white fella in a CGI world. Chicago Joined March 2018-
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Deserves every award you can throw at it.
The Night Of (2016). Obviously, a gutting look at the U.S. justice system. Less obviously, the best television noir of past decade.
In today's video I'm delighted to be joined by my friend Justin Marriot, the Paperback Fanatic himself, as we take a look through the top twenty-five books that made him the collector he is today. I do hope you enjoy this one! youtu.be/zYpl8oABU4Q
A few Ross MacDonalds. I found all of these in a thrift store in the ‘90s. An A+ day. Until that day, I’d read only The Drowning Pool.
“It was not a pleasant job, but it had to be done. And after it was over, I realized another unpleasant job needed to be done,” Noem wrote. Did anyone else read this quote in the dog-killing story and think of Jim Thompson’s fictional psychopaths?
My Top 13 “Transgressive” Novels to Read Before You Die by Stephen J. Golds punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2022/07/02/my-…
Hadn’t seen THE BREAKING POINT, the less famous adaptation of TO HAVE AND HAVE NOT, until last night. It doesn’t have Bogie & Bacall, but Bogie & Bacall didn’t have a script this tight or action this suspenseful. Now featured in the Criterion Channel’s 1950: Peak Noir collection.
I hate the marketing phrase "upmarket literary crime novel" & everything it implies about the genre, which is essentially most crime novels are commercial crap, but this book is literature.
Is this the best boxing noir ever made? It is certainly up there with THE SET UP (1949) & FAT CITY (1972) as the bleakest I have seen. Amazing script by Rod Serling & some stunning cinematography by Arthur J. Ornitz.
“He was built like a fire hydrant and had a hairline that was retreating like Lee at Gettysburg.” —S.A. Cosby, BLACKTOP WASTELAND (2020)
Great post-apocalyptic story by @drewgum. Such a distinctive tone and viewpoint, not to mention flat-out funny. Published by @punk_magazine. punknoirmagazine.wordpress.com/2024/04/13/obl…
There's a reason old pulp fiction was called pulp: it was cheap! For @CrimeReads I wrote about the early 20th-century heyday of fast writers who wrote cheaply for pulp magazines read by everybody. crimereads.com/early-pulp-fic…
Next Sunday I'm guest hosting #BNoirDetour with WICKED WOMAN, my favorite trash noir! Please join me for a platinum blonde hussy, philandering barkeep husband & Percy Helton at his seedy worst!
This chap’s pretty damned good at what he does. If you have a vote...
This chap’s pretty damned good at what he does. If you have a vote...
If you want your characters to sound like they’ve lived through some hard shit, don’t have them talk about the hard shit. (Or allow their interiority to read like a therapy session.) Let readers pick up on it indirectly. Stoicism is often the most convincing way to convey trauma.
If you want your characters to sound like they’ve lived through some hard shit, don’t have them talk about the hard shit. (Or allow their interiority to read like a therapy session.) Let readers pick up on it indirectly. Stoicism is often the most convincing way to convey trauma.
TO NEWBIES: The story you’re most embarrassed to show people is probably the closest to your voice and also your best one.
TO NEWBIES: The story you’re most embarrassed to show people is probably the closest to your voice and also your best one.
My favorite thing about noir? It doesn’t give a shit about providing audiences with likable characters, and fans of the genre don’t mind. BORN TO KILL (1947), one of the great examples of a film without a hero, will air tonight on #NoirAlley. #TCMParty
Recently went on a mini-binge of 1970s Elmore Leonard. 52 PICK UP has a grimy appeal, but SWAG feels like the greater novel, pivoting the author towards the kind of interesting character observation that would become his stock-in-trade. It has a great ending, too.
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New pic for an upcoming thing taken yesterday by my better half. Pic taken after I got a polite story rejection from the queen of crime fiction. Life goes on and we keep working.
@Vatel1675 @bales1181 Understandable. That said, I think Bugs comes on top on account of that last line: "Ain't I a stinker?"
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Can’t wait for this one!! 🗝️ #FilmNoirClub
𝚂𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚝 𝚂𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚞𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 (𝟷𝟿𝟻𝟽) #FilmNoirClub🗝️#NewsPaperNoir📰 #FilmNoir🕵️#LiveTweet🗣️ Watch Party On Weds, 5/1 At 8:00 pm Eastern Time Here's a link to freely watch it ad-free: ok.ru/video/19140382… This wonderful poster was created by Erik @jauntworks
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Too Late For Tears is one of the great noirs. Lizabeth Scott is amazing, chilling, totally twisted and absolutely brilliant.
Favourite unpublished short story. From 15 years ago. Post Traumatic Hokkaido Blues. Japanese boy witnesses beheading on Mount Fuji. Moves North. Intercepts late night radio signals. Follows coordinates. Finds Kong on military base. Sets him free. No idea why in my head? 🤷
With 1.5 days left submit your Anthony ballots, while we are, of course, thankful for votes in our favor, another antho that 100% deserves your love is @RHP_Press 's THE ONE PERCENT In doubt? Check out our chat with the editors and some of the authors (& story sneak peeks!)…