Pete Dragovich
@nerdofnoir.bsky.social
Used to review crime novels, now just do letterboxd reviews
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I’m not seeing Eephus on enough ‘25 top 10 lists wtf
December 22, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I’m not seeing Eephus on enough ‘25 top 10 lists wtf
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Tom Verlaine was the Strand’s Best Customer
(Colin Groundwater / Literary Hub)
Booksellers Remember the Coolest Celebrity “Cart Shark” of Them All.
#TomVerlaine #BOTD #MusicSky
lithub.com/tom-verlaine... via @lithub
(Colin Groundwater / Literary Hub)
Booksellers Remember the Coolest Celebrity “Cart Shark” of Them All.
#TomVerlaine #BOTD #MusicSky
lithub.com/tom-verlaine... via @lithub
Tom Verlaine was the Strand’s Best Customer
Every bookstore has regulars, but no bookstore has such a wide and eccentric cast of recurring characters as New York’s Strand. To work there, as I did for one memorable year, is to know them: the …
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December 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Tom Verlaine was the Strand’s Best Customer
(Colin Groundwater / Literary Hub)
Booksellers Remember the Coolest Celebrity “Cart Shark” of Them All.
#TomVerlaine #BOTD #MusicSky
lithub.com/tom-verlaine... via @lithub
(Colin Groundwater / Literary Hub)
Booksellers Remember the Coolest Celebrity “Cart Shark” of Them All.
#TomVerlaine #BOTD #MusicSky
lithub.com/tom-verlaine... via @lithub
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I keep forgetting to post this but if you'd like to watch the new Kelly Reichardt movie THE MASTERMIND (& so many others) for free, my invite link gives you a 30 day pass to Mubi:
mubi.com/t/android/gl...
mubi.com/t/android/gl...
If you like cinema, you'll love MUBI.
Life is too short for bad films. Every day we add a cinematic gem to our carefully curated selection. Start your free month now.
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December 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I keep forgetting to post this but if you'd like to watch the new Kelly Reichardt movie THE MASTERMIND (& so many others) for free, my invite link gives you a 30 day pass to Mubi:
mubi.com/t/android/gl...
mubi.com/t/android/gl...
just learned there is an adaptation of this beast starring Gere, Caine and Hoskins and directed by John Mackenzie of Long Good Friday fame
December 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
just learned there is an adaptation of this beast starring Gere, Caine and Hoskins and directed by John Mackenzie of Long Good Friday fame
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For that special someone this Christmas: the Todd Field Gift Set
December 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
For that special someone this Christmas: the Todd Field Gift Set
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Hear me out. The Hobo in The Polar Express is a reference to Lee Marvin's character in The Emperor of the North
December 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Hear me out. The Hobo in The Polar Express is a reference to Lee Marvin's character in The Emperor of the North
Knocked out by this look into Leonard’s process. You get to see Leonard furiously take notes while a bondsman does a spiel on the phone that we’ll soon see Max Cherry paraphrase. Lot of gold here.
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Elmore Leonard's Criminal Records
By far, the best documentary ever made about Dutch and his work.
gpsutter.substack.com
December 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Knocked out by this look into Leonard’s process. You get to see Leonard furiously take notes while a bondsman does a spiel on the phone that we’ll soon see Max Cherry paraphrase. Lot of gold here.
gpsutter.substack.com/p/elmore-leo...
gpsutter.substack.com/p/elmore-leo...
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As many movie theaters struggle, Chicago’s Music Box is expanding into Minnesota and adding a third screen in Lake View. “We seem to be doing something right here,” Music Box’s co-owner and CEO Brody Sheldon said.
Can Music Box CEO Brody Sheldon, a second-generation movie buff, build a mini-empire of historic theaters?
chicago.suntimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
As many movie theaters struggle, Chicago’s Music Box is expanding into Minnesota and adding a third screen in Lake View. “We seem to be doing something right here,” Music Box’s co-owner and CEO Brody Sheldon said.
Did this (35mm print) and Five Easy Pieces tonight at the Trylon. Terrific double feature.
This weekend we have two of the best films of the ‘70s, written by Carole Eastman under the pseudonym Adrien Joyce. For Perisphere, Terry Serres writes about isolation and unreliability in Carole Eastman's Puzzle of a Downfall Child. www.perisphere.org/2025/12/12/a...
A Model with No Agency—Believing an Unreliable Narrator in Jerry Schatzberg’s Puzzle of a Downfall Child – Perisphere
|Terry Serres| Lou Andreas Sand (Faye Dunaway) is a former fashion model, retired after a nervous breakdown. Still vain and insecure, we find her holed up in her beachside aerie, where she is intervie...
www.perisphere.org
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Did this (35mm print) and Five Easy Pieces tonight at the Trylon. Terrific double feature.
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I do straight up think about “did you do this for the Christmas?” every time I’m out and about and see Christmas decorations
December 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I do straight up think about “did you do this for the Christmas?” every time I’m out and about and see Christmas decorations
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As @aheartofgould.bsky.social’s commentary track for AFTER DARK, MY SWEET is literally the best commentary track I’ve ever heard, obviously his history of Jim Thompson cinema is essential
December 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
As @aheartofgould.bsky.social’s commentary track for AFTER DARK, MY SWEET is literally the best commentary track I’ve ever heard, obviously his history of Jim Thompson cinema is essential
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Mild letdowns? We got a slew of ‘em: thereveal.film/in-review-av...
In Review: ’Avatar: Fire and Ash,’ ‘The Housemaid,’ ‘Is This Thing On?’
A week of mild letdowns.
thereveal.film
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Mild letdowns? We got a slew of ‘em: thereveal.film/in-review-av...
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Gonna watch Brad Pitt fuck up Nazis for a bit
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Gonna watch Brad Pitt fuck up Nazis for a bit
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One of my fave cult movies on blu from @arrowvideo.bsky.social? I am in! CALVAIRE may not be for everyone (incredibly brutal) but it is an insane and superb ride. Going to have to upgrade my old DVD... (I wish there were ways to request ARCs of movies like books!) www.arrowfilms.com/p/blu-ray/ca...
Calvaire Limited Edition Blu-ray | Arrow Films
Shop Calvaire Limited Edition Blu-ray at Arrow Films. Free UK Delivery
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December 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
One of my fave cult movies on blu from @arrowvideo.bsky.social? I am in! CALVAIRE may not be for everyone (incredibly brutal) but it is an insane and superb ride. Going to have to upgrade my old DVD... (I wish there were ways to request ARCs of movies like books!) www.arrowfilms.com/p/blu-ray/ca...
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A funny thing happened after I wrote my essay on my favorite crime fiction of 2025 in early November: I started/completed several novels I would have added to the list. A new essay coming soon.
This one features works by @louberney.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, Ken Jaworowski and others.
This one features works by @louberney.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, Ken Jaworowski and others.
Favorite Crime Fiction of 2025,<br> Part IV: Jim Thomsen
( Jim Thomsen is a writer and editor who lives in Kingston, Washington. In 2023, he edited The Killing Rain , an anthology of Seattle-cent...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A funny thing happened after I wrote my essay on my favorite crime fiction of 2025 in early November: I started/completed several novels I would have added to the list. A new essay coming soon.
This one features works by @louberney.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, Ken Jaworowski and others.
This one features works by @louberney.bsky.social, @meganabbott.bsky.social, Ken Jaworowski and others.
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Why is this tiny gesture so funny
December 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Why is this tiny gesture so funny
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*yelling from inside the getting kicked in the nuts factory* it's actually insane that you guys won't come in here
February 6, 2024 at 7:36 PM
*yelling from inside the getting kicked in the nuts factory* it's actually insane that you guys won't come in here
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Celebrate the CrimesMas season by with @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social on John Frankenheimer's REINDEER GAMES #teampowwowsafe #crimesmas web.archive.org/web/20231123...
Merry CrimesMas: Another Film Nerd on Reindeer Games
The old saying is wrong. There aren’t just two things in life that are inevitable - there are three: death, taxes and the inevitable bullshi...
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December 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Celebrate the CrimesMas season by with @anotherfilmnerd.bsky.social on John Frankenheimer's REINDEER GAMES #teampowwowsafe #crimesmas web.archive.org/web/20231123...
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Peter Greene... man, LAWS OF GRAVITY was huge for me
December 13, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Peter Greene... man, LAWS OF GRAVITY was huge for me
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NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. A history of cocktails like no other, and a cluster of recommendations weirdly fixated on Oklahoma. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-86...
C&C 86: Comic Cocktails and a Daisy Chain of Recommendations
In which I link a few things tenuously together
vincekeenan.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. A history of cocktails like no other, and a cluster of recommendations weirdly fixated on Oklahoma. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-86...
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I assure you, we’re open
December 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
I assure you, we’re open
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻