Recommended reading - Dark City: The Film Noir (1984):

Dark City: The Film Noir

By Spencer Selby.

Published by McFarland Classics.

Published 1984.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0786404787

ISBN-13: 978-0786404780

Description:

The most complete reference to the dark 40s and 50s stylistic dramas. The first section has a lengthy analytical essay as well as detailed plot descriptions and credits for 25 classics – such as The Maltese Falcon, Laura, and Detective Story. The second section is an annotated filmography including major credits and short descriptions of nearly 500 films. Also included are appendices listing every film noir by both director and chronological order, off-genre noirs, and other films bearing important relationships to the noir cycle.

San Francisco’s Spencer Selby spent over five years researching and writing Dark City. This acclaimed work was called “a first-rate reference” by Booklist, while American Reference Books Annual called the book “Brilliant … both valuable and informative.”

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I'm very comfortable writing.

- Ann Patchett.

On this day in movie history - Tuesday (2023):

Tuesday

directed and written by Daina O. Pusić,

was released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on August 31, 2023.
Music by Anna Meredith.

Cast:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, Arinzé Kene, Ellie James, Taru Devani, Jay Simpson, David Sibley, Nathan Amzi, Azalea Amzi, Justin Edwards, Florencia Nunez, Dan Shaw, Hugh Futcher, Nathan Ives-Moiba, Ewens Abid, Bijal Raj.

On this day in movie history - Friedkin Uncut (2018):

Friedkin Uncut

documentary directed and written by Francesco Zippel,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 31, 2018.
Music by Costanza Francavilla.

Cast:

William Friedkin, Wes Anderson, Dario Argento, Samuel Blumenfeld, Ellen Burstyn, Damien Chazelle, Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Deschanel, Gina Gershon, Walon Green, Randy Jurgensen, Philip Kaufman, Matthew McConaughey, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Monda, Gianandrea Noseda, William Petersen, Michael Shannon, Quentin Tarantino, Juno Temple, Edgar Wright, Thierry Frémaux, Walter Hill, Fritz Lang, Orson Welles, Mark Kermode, Sherry Lansing.

On this day in movie history - What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018):

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

documentary directed and written by Rob Garver,

was released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on August 31, 2018.
Music by Rick Baitz.

Cast:

Pauline Kael, John Guare, David Edelstein, Greil Marcus, Gina James, Camille Paglia, Brian Kellow, Craig Seligman, Jaime Manrique, Daryl Chin, Dick Cavett, Lili Anolik, Edward Landberg, James Wolcott, Paul Schrader, Molly Haskell, Phillip Lopate, David O. Russell, Christopher Durang, Chester Villilba, Ortrun Niesar, Dirk Van Nouhays, Carol Van Strum, Stevens Van Strum, Marcia Nasatir, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Towne, Joe Morgenstern, George Malko, Daniel Menaker, John Boorman, Tom Pollock, David Lean, Woody Allen, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Sragow, Jerry Lewis, David V. Picker, William Peter Blatty, Johnny Carson, Norman Mailer, Francis Ford Coppola, Carrie Rickey, Ridley Scott, Stephanie Zacharek, Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jackie Netis, Mike Pollock, Joel Haberli, Amanda Sykes, Debbie Irwin, Michael Bryan, Cliff Resnick, Rob Garver, Carol Baum, Thomas Baum, Jean-Paul Belmondo, James Broughton, George Chakiris, Joan Collins, Keir Dullea, Robert Evans, Dick Hogan, Maila Nurmi, Diana Ross, Shawn Shillingford, Gene Siskel, George Williams.

On this day in movie history - Destroyer (2018):

Destroyer

directed by Karyn Kusama,

written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi,

was released in the United States on August 31, 2018.
Music by Theodore Shapiro.

Cast:

Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford, Toby Huss, James Jordan, Beau Knapp, Jade Pettyjohn, Shamier Anderson, Zach Villa, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Colby French, Kelvin Han Yee, Joseph Fatu, Cuete Yeska, Doug Simpson, Kale Clauson, Jan Hoag, Peter Vasquez, Mickey O'Hagan, McCabe Slye, Brandon Morales, Chido Nwokocha, Cecily Breaux, Kenley Smyth, Jay Hieron, Dan Southworth, Brett Easton, Chris Fiore, Justin Rivera, Alex Marshall-Brown, Alecia Batson, Rey Borge, Monique Gall, George Griffith, Brian Hanford, Austin Hanner, Sofia Kaempfe, Abbey Paige, Yvette Saunders, Evan Whitten.

On this day in music history - Red Velvet Car, by Heart (2010):

Red Velvet Car

Album by Heart,
released August 31, 2010.

Track list:

There You Go; WTF; Red Velvet Car; Queen City; Hey You; Wheels; Safronia’s Mark; Death Valley; Sunflower; Sand.