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Watched Billy Woodberry’s beautiful film BLESS THEIR LITTLE HEARTS for the first time a few days ago. Sad it took me so long to see considering it’s written and shot by one of my favorite filmmakers, Charles Burnett. Has an incredible lead performance by Nate Hardman and a knockout supporting performance by Kaycee Moore (who has one of the great short filmographies in history—Cazale-level). Highly recommend it if you have a Criterion Channel subscription. If you don’t, Woodberry’s only other film, AND WHEN I DIE, I WON’T STAY DEAD, a documentary on beat poet Bob Kaufman, is streaming free for non-subscribers. It’s also terrific. By chance, I’d just ordered Kaufman’s collected poems (along with Wanda Coleman’s WICKED ENCHANTMENTS) from Bookshop.org to benefit The Lit. Bar, a black-owned indie bookstore in the Bronx—the only bookstore in the whole fucking borough!

Some incredible films by black filmmakers are streaming for free on the Criterion Channel, including all-time favorites MY BROTHER’S WEDDING by Charles Burnett, LOSING GROUND by Kathleen Collins, and DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST by Julie Dash.

Via @readlookhear. First sighting of a print copy of the French edition of A FRIEND IS A GIFT YOU GIVE YOURSELF.

Rickie Lee Jones and her ‘57 Lincoln photographed by Bonnie Schiffman in 1979.

An accidental shot.

Hell of an obit. (Via Warren Kinsella)

Wow. A new Jason Molina album coming on 8/7!

I wrote a short story for the noir volume of @bynwr_official that I guest edited where I imagine what it might've been like to find Veronica Lake tending bar at a Midtown dive. Link in bio.

RIP Michel Piccoli, star of so many of the greatest films ever made. Here he is in Rivette’s LA BELLE NOISEUSE, one of my favorites. A bunch of his films are currently on Kanopy and Criterion.

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GRAVESEND included in Le Monde’s Best of 2016

January 12, 2017William BoyleFrance, Gravesend, Le Monde, Rivages/Noir Leave a comment

A big honor to see Gravesend on this Best Noirs of 2016 list from Le Monde. Unbelievable company.

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