Ewan M Hannah
@ewanmh.bsky.social
Survivor from another millennium. Scottish living in Manchester. I like: reading, writing, old Hollywood, Gothic fiction, vintage clothes, Scottish literature, film noir, avant-garde art and writing...lots of other things...
Dear Santa - I'd like something for an executive this year.
December 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Dear Santa - I'd like something for an executive this year.
Born on this day in 1922, Maila "Vampira" Nurmi. Here she is sporting a fashion forward Tank Girl crop in 1955.
December 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Born on this day in 1922, Maila "Vampira" Nurmi. Here she is sporting a fashion forward Tank Girl crop in 1955.
Santa's coming! (And so are Sapphire and Steel.)
December 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Santa's coming! (And so are Sapphire and Steel.)
The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, 2019.
December 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The Lighthouse, Robert Eggers, 2019.
You will be visited by three spirits.
December 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
You will be visited by three spirits.
Blackburn Miner's Gala Day, West Lothian, 1975. Me on the bottom left there wi the white cockade, scanning the horizon for signs of Butcher Cumberland. My star status was cemented on this day.
December 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Blackburn Miner's Gala Day, West Lothian, 1975. Me on the bottom left there wi the white cockade, scanning the horizon for signs of Butcher Cumberland. My star status was cemented on this day.
Christmas shopping in the pishin rain; tram full of footy fans on the way to Old Trafford; "A small Guinness will suffice."
December 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Christmas shopping in the pishin rain; tram full of footy fans on the way to Old Trafford; "A small Guinness will suffice."
Breaking my no alcohol on a work night to celebrate #StAndrewsDay wi a wee hauf o Jura. Clan Hannay tumbler courtesy of my late Uncle Andrew Hannah Jr.
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Breaking my no alcohol on a work night to celebrate #StAndrewsDay wi a wee hauf o Jura. Clan Hannay tumbler courtesy of my late Uncle Andrew Hannah Jr.
Celebrating the final day of #Noirvember and #StAndrewsDay by paying tribute to my two favourite #TartanNoir films, Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle, 1994), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Carl Reiner, 1982).
November 30, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Celebrating the final day of #Noirvember and #StAndrewsDay by paying tribute to my two favourite #TartanNoir films, Shallow Grave (Danny Boyle, 1994), Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (Carl Reiner, 1982).
#NoirvemberChallenge day 30: best #FilmNoir ending. For me there are two; one stone cold, the other, er, white hot!
"If they hang you, I'll always remember you." The Maltese Falcon.
"Made it, ma! Top of the world!" White Heat.
"If they hang you, I'll always remember you." The Maltese Falcon.
"Made it, ma! Top of the world!" White Heat.
November 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 30: best #FilmNoir ending. For me there are two; one stone cold, the other, er, white hot!
"If they hang you, I'll always remember you." The Maltese Falcon.
"Made it, ma! Top of the world!" White Heat.
"If they hang you, I'll always remember you." The Maltese Falcon.
"Made it, ma! Top of the world!" White Heat.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 29 - favourite RKO #FilmNoir: again, it's Murder, My Sweet. But more broadly, I think RKO is my favourite noir studio. They weren't the biggest player in the studio system, but they had a low key, intimate style that made them the leaders in the genre.
November 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 29 - favourite RKO #FilmNoir: again, it's Murder, My Sweet. But more broadly, I think RKO is my favourite noir studio. They weren't the biggest player in the studio system, but they had a low key, intimate style that made them the leaders in the genre.
Manchester c'est soir.
November 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Manchester c'est soir.
The French Connection (1971); Un Flic (1972). #Noirvember.
November 29, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The French Connection (1971); Un Flic (1972). #Noirvember.
This is the only scene I'm familiar with.
November 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
This is the only scene I'm familiar with.
Tonight's #Noirvember viewing. First time, so I'm looking forward to it - heard good things.
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Tonight's #Noirvember viewing. First time, so I'm looking forward to it - heard good things.
Marlowe was living in an apartment on Yucca Avenue in the 1950s. There is no Yucca Avenue, but I like to think it was in the same building as Ed Wood on Yucca Street.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Marlowe was living in an apartment on Yucca Avenue in the 1950s. There is no Yucca Avenue, but I like to think it was in the same building as Ed Wood on Yucca Street.
This just arrived in time for the tail-end of #Noirvember.
November 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This just arrived in time for the tail-end of #Noirvember.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 28: a #FilmNoir I watch over & over. I apologise. It's Murder, My Sweet. I've posted about it before, I'll be posting about it again. It was my entry into the genre. I love it 40 years later for the handsome visuals & the script that crackles with Chandler's dialogue.
November 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 28: a #FilmNoir I watch over & over. I apologise. It's Murder, My Sweet. I've posted about it before, I'll be posting about it again. It was my entry into the genre. I love it 40 years later for the handsome visuals & the script that crackles with Chandler's dialogue.
"There is no year for sherry, 007..."
November 28, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"There is no year for sherry, 007..."
Donated me 106th* armful last night. Stone me, wharra life!
*Yes, really. I used to donate platelets.
*Yes, really. I used to donate platelets.
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Donated me 106th* armful last night. Stone me, wharra life!
*Yes, really. I used to donate platelets.
*Yes, really. I used to donate platelets.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 27: favourite #FilmNoir featuring food.
"What do you want?!"
"Black coffee, soft-boiled eggs, and a scotch and soda."
Marlowe orders the perfect Noir breakfast after surviving a rough night in Murder, My Sweet.
"What do you want?!"
"Black coffee, soft-boiled eggs, and a scotch and soda."
Marlowe orders the perfect Noir breakfast after surviving a rough night in Murder, My Sweet.
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 27: favourite #FilmNoir featuring food.
"What do you want?!"
"Black coffee, soft-boiled eggs, and a scotch and soda."
Marlowe orders the perfect Noir breakfast after surviving a rough night in Murder, My Sweet.
"What do you want?!"
"Black coffee, soft-boiled eggs, and a scotch and soda."
Marlowe orders the perfect Noir breakfast after surviving a rough night in Murder, My Sweet.
"The songs, the songs, the bloody, bloody songs!" The Singing Detective (1986). "Now it's dark." Blue Velvet (1986). #Noirvember is getting under my skin.
November 25, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"The songs, the songs, the bloody, bloody songs!" The Singing Detective (1986). "Now it's dark." Blue Velvet (1986). #Noirvember is getting under my skin.
#NoirvemberChallenge day 25 - favourite #FilmNoir featuring a boat. The first one that springs to mind is His Kind of Woman, which features a sweaty showdown in the engine room between Mitch and a very, very nasty Raymond Burr.
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
#NoirvemberChallenge day 25 - favourite #FilmNoir featuring a boat. The first one that springs to mind is His Kind of Woman, which features a sweaty showdown in the engine room between Mitch and a very, very nasty Raymond Burr.