In the run up to announcing that we’ve all been #markedsafefrom2022 [I’ve coined this hashtag in fun. Sure, there are plenty of things we’ll love ditching in the new year. But we’ve all had some wonderful things happen in 2022.] it’s time to announce the Bill of Fare and Playbill for our 2022 New Year’s Eve Film Fest 2022.

Surprise, Surprise!

It’s a…

Sleuthapalooza!

That’s right, folks, this year’s film-fest is all about the great detective. We’ll be watching some of our favourite detective films from Film-Fests Past and adding several new and unscreened titles to the mix.

Bill of Fare

Something’s Fishy Here

Shrimp Cocktail
Grilled Calamari
Black Cod with Black Garlic, Butter, and Greens
Lobster Tails and Frites

The Killer Had a Sweet Tooth

Benoit Blanc POSITS a Theory
Key Lime Possets
Murder After Eight
Chocolate Milk Shakes Blended with After-Eight Chocolates

Murder, She Drank

A Gat in the Hand
I developed this mezcal twist on The Last Word exclusively for our Sleuthapalooza!
Death & Company Russian Roulette
Randomly Open Pages in the Death & Company Cockatil Book and Mix What You Get!

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Playbill

Films whose titles go in the top-hat this year, from A to Z:

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [1939]
After The Thin Man [1936]
Alphaville [1965]
Amsterdam [2022]
Crooked House [2017]
Dark Passage [1947]
Dial M for Murder [1954]
Gosford Park [2001]
Have His Carcass [A Dorothy L. Sayers Mystery, 1987]
The Hound of the Baskervilles [1939]
The Kennel Murder Case [1933]
Knives Out [2019]
The Lady Vanishes [1938]
Murder on the Orient Express [2017]
Murder, She Said [1961]
The Nice Guys [2016]
Night at the Crossroads [La Nuit du Carrefour, 1932]
The Pale Blue Eye [2022]
Rear Window [1954]
Remington Steele [A Favourite Episode, 1982-87]
See How They Run [2022]
Stray Dog [Nora Inu, Kurosawa, 1949]
The Thirty-Nine Steps [1935]
The Zero Effect [1998]

Playbill Honourable Mentions

Films we’ve seen recently and won’t have time to screen this year:

The Big Sleep
Brick
Death on the Nile
The French Connection
Frenzy
The Glass Onion, A Knives Out Mystery
Gumshoe
Infernal Affairs
In the Heat of the Night
The Last of Sheila [Screened with The Glass Onion!]
Meet Nero Wolfe
North by Northwest
The Testament of Dr. Mabuse
The Third Man
Vertigo