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Noah Isenberg
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film scholar @ UT-Austin & exec director UTNY + UTLA | author, We’ll Always Have ‘Casablanca’ (W.W. Norton), ed., Billy Wilder on Assignment (Princeton) | bylines: The Nation, NYT, New Republic, NYR Daily, et al. | views = mine www.noahisenberg.com
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They really didn't come much more #noir than #BarbaraPayton, here in the role of accused killer Eden Lane in #MurderIsMyBeat (dir. #EdgarGUlmer, 1955) with #PaulLangton as Det. Ray Patrick.

#Noirvember #FilmSky #MovieSky #FilmNoir
November 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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I’m visiting my sister and brother-in-law in San Diego. They get all the shows, including Super Saturday Jew.
November 23, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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It’s #FridayFlashback, y’all!

Italian Market, Philly, Spring ‘86
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Ur-scene from that proto-noir #DrMabuseDerSpieler
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The recent news cycle has me thinking about this disturbing scene from #Deliverance

#FilmSky #MovieSky
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Kimchi Jjigae, y'all!
November 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Let's rehearse the symptoms of Stockholm Syndrome . . .
November 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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As we hurtle our way through #Noirvember, on this 16th day, how about revisiting #ActOfViolence, the emotionally gripping story of war trauma, drenched in shadows and set against the iconic Bunker Hill backdrop?

#RobertRyan #FredZinnemann #FilmNoir #FilmSky #MovieSky
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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No, this is not the gift shop that sells tchotchkes and kitschy memorabilia at Hotel Grand America in Salt Lake City. It's the freaking West Wing!
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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November 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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A master of composition and the painterly frame.

#RWFassbinder #AliFearEatsTheSoul #BrigitteMira #ElHediBenSalem #FilmSky #MovieSky
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 AM
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Self-inflicted wounds courtesy of #SeanDuffy
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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"You know, just to hold the soft part of your arm is a meal."

#RalphMeeker #MaxineCooper #KissMeDeadly #Noirvember #FilmSky #MovieSky #FilmNoir
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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“Match me, Sidney!”

#BurtLancaster #TonyCurtis #SweetSmellOfSuccess #Noirvember #FilmSky #MovieSky #FilmNoir
November 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Drop something BLUE 💙
November 6, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Here's a much better version of the post for #MurderIsMyBeat #Noirvember #FilmSky #MovieSky #BarbaraPayton #PaulLangton #EdgarGUlmer
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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Gotta love a tawdry B-Noir this time of year #MurderIsMyBeat

#Noirvember #FilmSky #MovieSky #BarbaraPayton #PaulLangton #EdgarGUlmer
November 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Keep hoping for this day to come . . .
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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You know what month it is!

#StrangerOnTheThirdFloor

#Noirvember #FilmNoir #FilmSky #MovieSky
November 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Day 2 #Noirvember #FilmNoir #FilmSky #MovieSky
November 2, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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November 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Happy #Halloween

Hope you get more than a rock.
October 31, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Nothing but sincerity as far as the eye can see.
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Tuesday #TillerGirls
October 29, 2025 at 12:45 AM