#Movies #Jazz #Paris

#Amazon #Prime is streaming #ParisBlues (1961), a rarely seen movie, starring #PaulNewman, #JoanneWoodward, #SidneyPoitier & #DiahannCarroll. #LouisArmstrong also has a featured role.

The movie is about 2 American jazz musicians in Paris in the 50's & their unrequited love affairs with 2 American female tourists.

The movie has a #FilmNoir feel & was made in the same year as #TheHustler (1961) when Newman was in his prime.

One to watch if you haven't seen it before.

#cinema #movies #watching

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I also managed to catch

1962s #TheManchurianCandidate I really enjoyed this and every time I catch Angela Lansbury in something that is not an old rerun of Murder She Wrote, I marvel at what a great actress she was.

1966s #TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly
Still not a "western" fan but this was okay.

1974s #TheConversation FFCoppola film that is tight and suspenseful. Loved it. Gene Hackman was so good in this film.

Lastly, I am still trying to finish 1999s #TheMatrix. It is proving to be an albatross around my neck 😉 But it will be finished!

Seeing as though The Matrix is still around and I am still waiting on a few titles to get into my library box, I will continue to work on the challenge.

Titles I am still waiting for

#TheHustler
#TheWagesOfFear
#TheIpcressFile
#CapeFear
#BladeRunner

Overall 2024 was a good movie year for me but from now on it will be an as and when task. Now on to another challenge....

#SportInMovies #GetYourGameOn
#FilmMastodon

#TheHustler (1961)
An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.

The 25 Greatest Sports Movies of All Time, Ranked
#Collider #Movie #Sports #Rocky #TheHustler #TheKarateKid

https://collider.com/the-25-best-sports-movies-of-all-time-ranked/

Paul Newman in Lo Spaccone (1961) per la regia di Robert Rossen
#film #movie #cinema #cinefilo #RobertRossen #PaulNewman #EugenSchüfftan #TheHustler #unocinema

https://www.spoileralert.eu/2023/10/19/the-hustler/1963/

Remembering Piper Laurie in ‘Carrie’ and ‘The Hustler’: A Special Combination of Vulnerability and Power
#Variety #Columns #Carrie #PiperLaurie #TheHustler

https://variety.com/2023/film/columns/remembering-piper-laurie-carrie-the-hustler-1235756697/

#PiperLaurie's performance in #TheHustler made a huge impression. She could make a scene with no dialogue speak volumes. A great film with great acting. Sorry to hear of her passing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQnXoNlB8Ys