Merry Christmas, everyone! Although I've had too much work for a true December #TisTheSeasonOfTheWatch #ChristmasMovie binge, for the twelve days of Christmas I will be counting off the days on the liturgical calendar and celebrating each one with four related #Holiday films. That means 48 of my favorite classics and modern classics. Remember, it’s not over until the fat baby kings (that’s for the galette lovers out there.) #12DaysOfChristmasMovies

For our final #Noirvember / #TisTheSeasonOfTheWatch crossover, we have a new-to-me noir that I didn’t realize checked off many of my Christmas list boxes: MR. ARKADIN (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT) (1955). “A fool is a man who pays twice for the same thing.” #1940s #Noirvember #18

Tonight's #Noirvember / #TisTheSeasonOfTheWatch crossover is COVER UP (1949), a true Christmas noir.
“What is this, Sheriff? No report, no gun, no bullet? Maybe he isn’t even dead?”
“We don’t generally bury folks around here unless they’re dead.”
#1940s #Noirvember #17

For the first day of Advent, and to inaugurate this year’s #TisTheSeasonOfTheWatch, a noir classic whose opening takes place on Christmas Eve. Unfortunately, Tommy Udo is not in a giving mood. “I wouldn’t give you the skin off a grape.”—Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo in KISS OF DEATH (1947). #1940s #Noirvember #16