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"How do you go about writing a detective story?"

"Well, you forget detection and concentrate on crime. Crime's the thing. And then you imagine you're going to steal something or murder somebody."

"Oh, is that how you do it? It's interesting."

Dial M for Murder (1954)

director. Alfred Hitchcock.

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THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL (1934)

'Devilish clever race, the French. The only trouble is...you all go to pieces around the neck.'

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SUSPICION (1941) dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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He pointed on down the road. “Follow this road to that big hill over there. That’s it. Taking a walk?” “Yessir.” I managed to look sheepish. “We’re playing army and I’m supposed to report to headquarters there.”

THE OUTSIDERS, 1983

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‘Восхождение’ THE ASCENT 1977 | dir. Larisa Shepitko

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“I like racing but food and pictures are more thrilling. I can't give them up. In racing you can be certain, to the last thousandth of a second, that someone is the best, but with a film or a recipe, there is no way of knowing how all the ingredients will work out in the end. The best can turn out to be awful and the worst can be fantastic. Cooking is like performing and performing like cooking.”

Happy birthday, Paul Newman!! Jan. 26, 1925 – Sept. 26, 2008

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Farley Granger as Arthur “Bowie” Bowers They Live by Night (1948) dir. Nicholas Ray

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Thief (1981) dir. Michael Mann

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Richard Basehart as William Williams Repeat Performance (1947) dir. Alfred L. Werker

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pola negri as countess elnora natatorini in a woman of the world (1925)

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REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955) dir. Nicholas Ray

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100 unforgettable movie scenes:

"After all, things are just what they are," - Vivre Sa Vie (1962) Dir. Jean-Luc Godard

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We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven’t you?

Psycho 1960, dir. Alfred Hitchcock

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the dark crystal (1982) directed by jim henson & frank oz

"End, begin, all the same. Big change. Sometimes good. Sometimes bad."

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An Australian wrote that Gardner’s swearing was “like a sailor and a truck driver were having a competition.” Even after she threw a glass of champagne at him, his only thought was “the only thing I could think was how bloody gorgeous the woman was”.

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Renée Adorée in Daydreams (1922)

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Natalie Wood, 1960s