A Kangaroo in a Dinner Jacket

I opened the other envelope. It contained a photograph of girl. The pose suggested a natural ease, or a lot…

As Blond as a Zulu Under the Bleach

There are blondes and blondes and it is almost a joke word nowadays. All blondes have their…

A Point Of View

A Homage to Film Noir & Audrey Totter Who Just Died

Red Wind

I have managed to see all but one of the movies featuring Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. The one that I missed was the 1947 Brasher…

From Simple to Complicated to Almost Simple

The new Medium.com collection is called The Cynical Photographer. If you put that…

Malibu Noir

By John Lekich & Photographs by Alex Waterhouse-Hayward

The Short Goodbye Goes Dutch

Guest Blog by John Lekich

" I don’t do boudoir or lingerie with a toy gun.”

Malaya - Embedded In My Head

A couple of days ago I noticed that TCM was about to screen Malaya. I had not seen the film since 1950 when I…