-Protagonist with a past, for which he was wrongly accused/set up.
A #NoirChecklist staple!
#NoirChecklist #TheDarkCorner #TheNoirCollective
A #NoirChecklist staple!
#NoirChecklist #TheDarkCorner #TheNoirCollective
September 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM
-Protagonist with a past, for which he was wrongly accused/set up.
A #NoirChecklist staple!
#NoirChecklist #TheDarkCorner #TheNoirCollective
A #NoirChecklist staple!
#NoirChecklist #TheDarkCorner #TheNoirCollective
Repost of last night’s #NoirChecklist for #ShieldForMurder, for the early morning #NoirAlley shadow lurkers:
#TCMParty
#TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #ShieldForMurder:
-Murder two minutes in
-Crooked cop
-Bombastic police captain
-Loyal gal pal
-Boxing scenes (on TV)
-Murder to cover the previous murder
-Blonde bar floozy
-Final desperate car chase
-Edmond O’Brien’s threateningly sweaty jowls
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Murder two minutes in
-Crooked cop
-Bombastic police captain
-Loyal gal pal
-Boxing scenes (on TV)
-Murder to cover the previous murder
-Blonde bar floozy
-Final desperate car chase
-Edmond O’Brien’s threateningly sweaty jowls
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
January 25, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Repost of last night’s #NoirChecklist for #ShieldForMurder, for the early morning #NoirAlley shadow lurkers:
#TCMParty
#TCMParty
September 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
May 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Repost of last night #NoirChecklist for #711OceanDrive, for the early morning #NoirAlley #TCMParty crowd.
#NoirChecklist for #711OceanDrive:
-Title is an address
-Monotone cop narration
-Barry Kelley tossing his weight around
-A guy named Chippy AND a guy named Rocco
-Sweet Gal Friday vs boozy floozy
-Double double crossing
-More sport coats than the Men's Wearhouse spring sale
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Title is an address
-Monotone cop narration
-Barry Kelley tossing his weight around
-A guy named Chippy AND a guy named Rocco
-Sweet Gal Friday vs boozy floozy
-Double double crossing
-More sport coats than the Men's Wearhouse spring sale
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
April 26, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Repost of last night #NoirChecklist for #711OceanDrive, for the early morning #NoirAlley #TCMParty crowd.
#NoirChecklist for #CrimeOfPassion:
-Clueless cop
-Quickie marriage
-Ambitious two-timing wife
-Boxing match scene
-Gabby desk cop
-Stany, Sterling, AND sexy Raymond Burr!
-Look at the title, fer gosh sakes!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Clueless cop
-Quickie marriage
-Ambitious two-timing wife
-Boxing match scene
-Gabby desk cop
-Stany, Sterling, AND sexy Raymond Burr!
-Look at the title, fer gosh sakes!
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
January 11, 2026 at 4:52 PM
CT’s #NoirChecklist for #KansasCityConfidential:
-Exotic setting
-Wrongly accused guy forced to…
-solve the case himself, despite…
-Sadistic cop
-Crooked cop
-Double-crossing cop
-Gabby (Mexican) cabbie
-Switched identity
-Hotel floozy
-Sweatier than Thomas Gomez’s workout videos
#TheNoirCollective
-Exotic setting
-Wrongly accused guy forced to…
-solve the case himself, despite…
-Sadistic cop
-Crooked cop
-Double-crossing cop
-Gabby (Mexican) cabbie
-Switched identity
-Hotel floozy
-Sweatier than Thomas Gomez’s workout videos
#TheNoirCollective
September 24, 2026 at 1:40 AM
CT’s #NoirChecklist for #KansasCityConfidential:
-Exotic setting
-Wrongly accused guy forced to…
-solve the case himself, despite…
-Sadistic cop
-Crooked cop
-Double-crossing cop
-Gabby (Mexican) cabbie
-Switched identity
-Hotel floozy
-Sweatier than Thomas Gomez’s workout videos
#TheNoirCollective
-Exotic setting
-Wrongly accused guy forced to…
-solve the case himself, despite…
-Sadistic cop
-Crooked cop
-Double-crossing cop
-Gabby (Mexican) cabbie
-Switched identity
-Hotel floozy
-Sweatier than Thomas Gomez’s workout videos
#TheNoirCollective
And be sure to stay to the end of #KansasCityConfidential, because even in absentia, there will, of course, be a #NoirChecklist ! #TheNoirCollective
September 23, 2026 at 11:33 PM
And be sure to stay to the end of #KansasCityConfidential, because even in absentia, there will, of course, be a #NoirChecklist ! #TheNoirCollective
I feel like “precocious kid on stairwell“ *has* to be a #NoirChecklist staple. 🤷♂️😅 #TheNoirCollective #TheDarkCorner
September 17, 2026 at 12:22 AM
I feel like “precocious kid on stairwell“ *has* to be a #NoirChecklist staple. 🤷♂️😅 #TheNoirCollective #TheDarkCorner
September 17, 2026 at 12:54 AM
#NoirChecklist for #BlackTuesday:
-Prison break
-Hostage situation
-Sexy blonde moll
-Sudden death count
-Boozy doctor
-Idealistic reporter
-Eddie G at his snarliest
-More low angles than an underground geometry class
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Prison break
-Hostage situation
-Sexy blonde moll
-Sudden death count
-Boozy doctor
-Idealistic reporter
-Eddie G at his snarliest
-More low angles than an underground geometry class
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
October 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Firing up the #NoirChecklist for some #BritNoir heist action on #NoirAlley with #CashOnDemand. #TCMParty
December 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Firing up the #NoirChecklist for some #BritNoir heist action on #NoirAlley with #CashOnDemand. #TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #TheManILove:
-Nightclub setting
-Nightclub chanteusery
-(Sleazy) nightclub owner
-Naïve younger sister
-Multiple flashbacks
-Shell-shocked vet
-Boozy floozy friend
-Shiftless hubby in T-shirt
-Ida wearing more gilded glitter than a Liberace estate sale
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Nightclub setting
-Nightclub chanteusery
-(Sleazy) nightclub owner
-Naïve younger sister
-Multiple flashbacks
-Shell-shocked vet
-Boozy floozy friend
-Shiftless hubby in T-shirt
-Ida wearing more gilded glitter than a Liberace estate sale
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
June 21, 2026 at 5:42 AM
#NoirChecklist for #TheManILove:
-Nightclub setting
-Nightclub chanteusery
-(Sleazy) nightclub owner
-Naïve younger sister
-Multiple flashbacks
-Shell-shocked vet
-Boozy floozy friend
-Shiftless hubby in T-shirt
-Ida wearing more gilded glitter than a Liberace estate sale
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Nightclub setting
-Nightclub chanteusery
-(Sleazy) nightclub owner
-Naïve younger sister
-Multiple flashbacks
-Shell-shocked vet
-Boozy floozy friend
-Shiftless hubby in T-shirt
-Ida wearing more gilded glitter than a Liberace estate sale
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
September 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
#NoirChecklist for #ClashByNight:
-Shoreline setting
-Protagonist sappier than a sugar maple in March
-Adultery!
-Sleazy Robert Ryan
-More red flags than an episode of Cheaters
-Noirmeister Nick Musuraca slinging the shadows
-Stany is tougher than a three-dollar calamari steak
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Shoreline setting
-Protagonist sappier than a sugar maple in March
-Adultery!
-Sleazy Robert Ryan
-More red flags than an episode of Cheaters
-Noirmeister Nick Musuraca slinging the shadows
-Stany is tougher than a three-dollar calamari steak
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
March 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
#NoirChecklist for #AceInTheHole:
-Exotic setting
-Cynical reporter
-Fateful hitchhiker who’s the…
-Cynical blonde floozy wife of…
-Sap husband, exploited by...
-Cynical cops and cynical pols
-Gabby insurance agent
-Shirtless snarly Kirk Douglas
-Is anyone likeable in this? 🤷♂️
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Exotic setting
-Cynical reporter
-Fateful hitchhiker who’s the…
-Cynical blonde floozy wife of…
-Sap husband, exploited by...
-Cynical cops and cynical pols
-Gabby insurance agent
-Shirtless snarly Kirk Douglas
-Is anyone likeable in this? 🤷♂️
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
September 27, 2026 at 3:52 PM
#NoirChecklist for #AceInTheHole:
-Exotic setting
-Cynical reporter
-Fateful hitchhiker who’s the…
-Cynical blonde floozy wife of…
-Sap husband, exploited by...
-Cynical cops and cynical pols
-Gabby insurance agent
-Shirtless snarly Kirk Douglas
-Is anyone likeable in this? 🤷♂️
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Exotic setting
-Cynical reporter
-Fateful hitchhiker who’s the…
-Cynical blonde floozy wife of…
-Sap husband, exploited by...
-Cynical cops and cynical pols
-Gabby insurance agent
-Shirtless snarly Kirk Douglas
-Is anyone likeable in this? 🤷♂️
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #ShieldForMurder:
-Murder two minutes in
-Crooked cop
-Bombastic police captain
-Loyal gal pal
-Boxing scenes (on TV)
-Murder to cover the previous murder
-Blonde bar floozy
-Final desperate car chase
-Edmond O’Brien’s threateningly sweaty jowls
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Murder two minutes in
-Crooked cop
-Bombastic police captain
-Loyal gal pal
-Boxing scenes (on TV)
-Murder to cover the previous murder
-Blonde bar floozy
-Final desperate car chase
-Edmond O’Brien’s threateningly sweaty jowls
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
January 25, 2026 at 7:00 AM
#NoirChecklist for #ShieldForMurder:
-Murder two minutes in
-Crooked cop
-Bombastic police captain
-Loyal gal pal
-Boxing scenes (on TV)
-Murder to cover the previous murder
-Blonde bar floozy
-Final desperate car chase
-Edmond O’Brien’s threateningly sweaty jowls
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Murder two minutes in
-Crooked cop
-Bombastic police captain
-Loyal gal pal
-Boxing scenes (on TV)
-Murder to cover the previous murder
-Blonde bar floozy
-Final desperate car chase
-Edmond O’Brien’s threateningly sweaty jowls
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
September 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Repost of last night's #NoirChecklist for the Noirista morning crowd watching #HeRanAllTheWay. #NoirAlley #TCMParty
#NoirChecklist for #HeRanAllTheWay:
-Face slap in first three minutes
-Heist gone wrong
-Paranoid crook on the run
-Floozy in a pool
-Boozy tough-talking mom
-Hostage situation
-Jimmy Howe with the deep focus
-John Garfield getting sweaty
-Shelley Winters making bad choices
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Face slap in first three minutes
-Heist gone wrong
-Paranoid crook on the run
-Floozy in a pool
-Boozy tough-talking mom
-Hostage situation
-Jimmy Howe with the deep focus
-John Garfield getting sweaty
-Shelley Winters making bad choices
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
September 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Repost of last night's #NoirChecklist for the Noirista morning crowd watching #HeRanAllTheWay. #NoirAlley #TCMParty
Repost of last night's #NoirChecklist for the morning Noirista gang... #CryOfTheCity #TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #CryOfTheCity:
-“City” in the title
-Crook and cop are boyhood friends
-NYC locations with constantly wet streets
-Jailbreak!
-Skeevy lawyer
-Sleazy doctor
-Shelley Winters as a leopard-skin-clad floozy
-Vic vs Rick: Battle of the Titanic Noir Hairlines
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-“City” in the title
-Crook and cop are boyhood friends
-NYC locations with constantly wet streets
-Jailbreak!
-Skeevy lawyer
-Sleazy doctor
-Shelley Winters as a leopard-skin-clad floozy
-Vic vs Rick: Battle of the Titanic Noir Hairlines
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
December 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Repost of last night's #NoirChecklist for the morning Noirista gang... #CryOfTheCity #TCMParty #NoirAlley
Repost of (late) last night’s #T-Men #NoirChecklist for the saner early morning #NoirAlley #TCMParty crew:
#NoirChecklist for #T-Men:
-Awkward intro
-Terse narrator
-Murder in first 5 minutes
-Non-stop O’Keefery (in pinstripes AND a towel!)
-Master of Noir John Alton shooting
-Photographer floozy
-O’Keefe hairline vs McGraw jawline
-More low angles than Billy Barty’s vacation photos
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Awkward intro
-Terse narrator
-Murder in first 5 minutes
-Non-stop O’Keefery (in pinstripes AND a towel!)
-Master of Noir John Alton shooting
-Photographer floozy
-O’Keefe hairline vs McGraw jawline
-More low angles than Billy Barty’s vacation photos
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
April 5, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Repost of (late) last night’s #T-Men #NoirChecklist for the saner early morning #NoirAlley #TCMParty crew:
So lumber lurking William Bendix is not actually Fred Foss... A double identity, a must for any self-respecting #NoirChecklist!
#TheDarkCorner #TheNoirCollective
#TheDarkCorner #TheNoirCollective
September 17, 2026 at 1:13 AM
So lumber lurking William Bendix is not actually Fred Foss... A double identity, a must for any self-respecting #NoirChecklist!
#TheDarkCorner #TheNoirCollective
#TheDarkCorner #TheNoirCollective
#NoirChecklist for #BlackTuesday:
-Prison break
-Hostage situation
-Sexy blonde moll
-Sudden death count
-Boozy doctor
-Idealistic reporter
-Eddie G at his snarliest
-More low angles than an underground geometry class
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Prison break
-Hostage situation
-Sexy blonde moll
-Sudden death count
-Boozy doctor
-Idealistic reporter
-Eddie G at his snarliest
-More low angles than an underground geometry class
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
October 19, 2025 at 5:34 AM
#NoirChecklist for #BlackTuesday:
-Prison break
-Hostage situation
-Sexy blonde moll
-Sudden death count
-Boozy doctor
-Idealistic reporter
-Eddie G at his snarliest
-More low angles than an underground geometry class
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Prison break
-Hostage situation
-Sexy blonde moll
-Sudden death count
-Boozy doctor
-Idealistic reporter
-Eddie G at his snarliest
-More low angles than an underground geometry class
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
#NoirChecklist for #TalkAboutAStranger:
-Creepy neighbor
-Gabby neighbor
-Suspicious neighbor
-Annoying kid, but he’s the main character
-Suspicious murder…of a dog
-Cameraman John Alton rising above the material
-More future Republican politicos than a Yale frat party
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
-Creepy neighbor
-Gabby neighbor
-Suspicious neighbor
-Annoying kid, but he’s the main character
-Suspicious murder…of a dog
-Cameraman John Alton rising above the material
-More future Republican politicos than a Yale frat party
#TCMParty #NoirAlley
February 1, 2026 at 4:14 PM
#NoirChecklist for #TheSecondWoman:
-Narration and flashback
-Weirdly obsessed protagonist
-Meet cute on train
-Mysterious woman from the past
-Mysterious painting
-Exotic beach location
-Nonstop minor character exposition
-More Hitchcock references than a 1970s DePalma film
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Narration and flashback
-Weirdly obsessed protagonist
-Meet cute on train
-Mysterious woman from the past
-Mysterious painting
-Exotic beach location
-Nonstop minor character exposition
-More Hitchcock references than a 1970s DePalma film
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
January 4, 2026 at 6:40 AM
#NoirChecklist for #TheSecondWoman:
-Narration and flashback
-Weirdly obsessed protagonist
-Meet cute on train
-Mysterious woman from the past
-Mysterious painting
-Exotic beach location
-Nonstop minor character exposition
-More Hitchcock references than a 1970s DePalma film
#NoirAlley #TCMParty
-Narration and flashback
-Weirdly obsessed protagonist
-Meet cute on train
-Mysterious woman from the past
-Mysterious painting
-Exotic beach location
-Nonstop minor character exposition
-More Hitchcock references than a 1970s DePalma film
#NoirAlley #TCMParty