Amanda Scott 💙
@amandascott2023.bsky.social
Jungian. Cinéphile. Lawyer. Chess fanatic. CEO NanoApps Medical Creative Dir. Alias
"You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth"
Ibsen, An Enemy of the People
Sydney Aust.
"You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth"
Ibsen, An Enemy of the People
Sydney Aust.
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 25. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Scarlet Street' 1945
Dir. Fritz Lang
Day 25. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Scarlet Street' 1945
Dir. Fritz Lang
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 25. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Scarlet Street' 1945
Dir. Fritz Lang
Day 25. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Scarlet Street' 1945
Dir. Fritz Lang
RIP Dan Fogelberg🙏
A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg, seven years in the making, is just great.
Thanks Simon!💙🥂🎸🎵
A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg, seven years in the making, is just great.
Thanks Simon!💙🥂🎸🎵
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
RIP Dan Fogelberg🙏
A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg, seven years in the making, is just great.
Thanks Simon!💙🥂🎸🎵
A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg, seven years in the making, is just great.
Thanks Simon!💙🥂🎸🎵
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 24. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Heat' 1953
Dir. Fritz Lang
Day 24. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Heat' 1953
Dir. Fritz Lang
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 24. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Heat' 1953
Dir. Fritz Lang
Day 24. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Heat' 1953
Dir. Fritz Lang
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 23. Tonight, I feel like a French neo-noir.
Le Samouraï 1967.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Day 23. Tonight, I feel like a French neo-noir.
Le Samouraï 1967.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
November 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 23. Tonight, I feel like a French neo-noir.
Le Samouraï 1967.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
Day 23. Tonight, I feel like a French neo-noir.
Le Samouraï 1967.
Dir. Jean-Pierre Melville
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 22. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' 1946.
Dir. Tay Garnett
Day 22. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' 1946.
Dir. Tay Garnett
November 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 22. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' 1946.
Dir. Tay Garnett
Day 22. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'The Postman Always Rings Twice' 1946.
Dir. Tay Garnett
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 21. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Dark Passage' 1947.
Dir. Delmer Daves
Day 21. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Dark Passage' 1947.
Dir. Delmer Daves
November 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 21. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Dark Passage' 1947.
Dir. Delmer Daves
Day 21. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Dark Passage' 1947.
Dir. Delmer Daves
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 20. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Double Indemnity' 1944.
Dir. Billy Wilder
Day 20. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Double Indemnity' 1944.
Dir. Billy Wilder
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 20. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Double Indemnity' 1944.
Dir. Billy Wilder
Day 20. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Double Indemnity' 1944.
Dir. Billy Wilder
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 19. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Where the Sidewalk Ends', 1950
Dir. Otto Preminger
Day 19. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Where the Sidewalk Ends', 1950
Dir. Otto Preminger
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 19. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Where the Sidewalk Ends', 1950
Dir. Otto Preminger
Day 19. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Where the Sidewalk Ends', 1950
Dir. Otto Preminger
“A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.”
― Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
Can it happen faster, please?
― Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
Can it happen faster, please?
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 PM
“A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.”
― Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
Can it happen faster, please?
― Guy de Maupassant, Le Horla et autres contes fantastiques
Can it happen faster, please?
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 18. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'The Lady from Shanghai', 1947
Dir. Orson Welles
Day 18. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'The Lady from Shanghai', 1947
Dir. Orson Welles
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 18. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'The Lady from Shanghai', 1947
Dir. Orson Welles
Day 18. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'The Lady from Shanghai', 1947
Dir. Orson Welles
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Laura', 1944
Dir. Otto Preminger
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Laura', 1944
Dir. Otto Preminger
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Laura', 1944
Dir. Otto Preminger
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Laura', 1944
Dir. Otto Preminger
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
Day 17. Tonight, I'll be enjoying 'Sweet Smell Of Success', 1957
Dir. Alexander Mackendrick
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 16. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Day 16. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
November 16, 2025 at 10:55 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 16. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
Day 16. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Murder, My Sweet', 1944
Dir. Edward Dmytryk
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
November 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
Day 15. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Touch Of Evil', 1958
Dir. Orson Welles
Romy Schneider's performance as Lily, the complex and vulnerable "femme fatale," was highly acclaimed and marked a significant shift in her career, moving to more challenging, sophisticated characters.
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Romy Schneider's performance as Lily, the complex and vulnerable "femme fatale," was highly acclaimed and marked a significant shift in her career, moving to more challenging, sophisticated characters.
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
November 14, 2025 at 10:20 AM
#Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Day 14. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Max et les Ferrailleurs'. 1971
Dir. Claude Sautet
Louise Brooks #BOTD
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
November 14, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Louise Brooks #BOTD
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
"There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks!"
Henri Langlois, co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française 1953.
Louise Brooks as Lulu in Pandora's Box (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst.
Henri Langlois #BOTD
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Henri Langlois #BOTD
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
Co-founder of the Cinémathèque Française
'The cinema is a means towards the acquisition of knowledge in the manner of Saint Thomas: by touch. Read all you like about love, but if you haven't made love, your idea of it will be totally false.'
Henri Langlois
On November 13, 1872 #OTD Claude Monet painted "Impression, soleil levant" from his studio window in a single morning.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
November 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
On November 13, 1872 #OTD Claude Monet painted "Impression, soleil levant" from his studio window in a single morning.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
It depicts the port of Le Havre, France, and gave the Impressionist movement its name.
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Day 13. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Combo'. 1955
Dir. Joseph H. Lewis
#Noirvember
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 12. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Sleep'.
Dir. Howard Hawks
#Noirvember
Day 12. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Sleep'.
Dir. Howard Hawks
#Noirvember
November 12, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
Day 12. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Sleep'.
Dir. Howard Hawks
#Noirvember
Day 12. Tonight, I'll be watching 'The Big Sleep'.
Dir. Howard Hawks
#Noirvember
Roland Barthes #BOTD
(12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980)
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician.
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
Roland Barthes
(12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980)
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician.
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
Roland Barthes
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Roland Barthes #BOTD
(12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980)
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician.
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
Roland Barthes
(12 November 1915 – 25 March 1980)
French literary theorist, essayist, philosopher, critic and semiotician.
"The bastard form of mass culture is humiliated repetition... always new books, new programs, new films, news items, but always the same meaning."
Roland Barthes
Kathie: I don't want to die.
Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Kathie: I don't want to die.
Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
Jeff: Neither do I, baby, but if I have to, I'm going to die last.
Day 11. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Out Of The Past'
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Day 11. Tonight, I'll be watching 'Out Of The Past'
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember
Dir. Jacques Tourneur
Noirvember is a global month-long holiday celebrated in November by cinephiles focusing on the film noir genre –
created in 2010 by film writer Marya E. Gates as a month-long challenge.
#Noirvember