PALE FLOWER (1964) brings Masahiro Shinoda’s gambling-den rituals together with Toru Takemitsu’s dissonant score.

In Nicholas Ray’s IN A LONELY PLACE (1950), Humphrey Bogart plays a screenwriter suspected of murder. Gloria Grahame’s neighbour provides an alibi, but their growing relationship becomes shadowed by his temper.

ZERO FOCUS (1961), directed by Yoshitaro Nomura, follows a wife investigating her husband’s disappearance through a maze of flashbacks.

Clive Barker says HELLRAISER: REVIVAL has renewed his interest in exploring the franchise’s world. He describes having more ideas and wanting to stay involved. His comments do not announce a new film or a production start.

THIS CITY IS OURS has been renewed for Season 3 ahead of its second-season premiere this Sunday. Creator Stephen Butchard will return as lead writer for the Liverpool crime drama, produced by Left Bank Pictures for BBC One and iPlayer.

Koreyoshi Kurahara’s INTIMIDATION (1960) packs blackmail and a bank robbery into 65 minutes, within Nikkatsu’s supporting-feature tradition.

Max Ophuls’ THE RECKLESS MOMENT (1949) casts Joan Bennett as a mother concealing an accidental death. James Mason plays a blackmailer whose feelings complicate the threat to her family.

RUSTY KNIFE (1958) began Toshio Masuda’s collaboration with Yujiro Ishihara; they subsequently made another 24 films together.

THE DIPLOMAT’s Debora Cahn remembered hearing Rory Kinnear sing a hymn during a Season 2 cathedral scene. Two-and-a-half seasons later, she asked him to perform an aria. Kinnear learned of the idea through a message while boarding a flight to Lithuania.

I AM WAITING (1957), Koreyoshi Kurahara’s debut, pairs an ex-boxer with a cabaret singer fleeing a gangster.

OUT OF THE PAST (1947) was released in Britain as BUILD MY GALLOWS HIGH. Jacques Tourneur’s thriller stars Robert Mitchum as a garageman whose former life returns to confront him.

STRAY DOG (1949) follows Toshiro Mifune’s rookie detective hunting his stolen gun through Tokyo during a heatwave.

Jesse Eisenberg is developing an untitled A24 television series about an 18-year-old woman in fall 2002. He will write, direct and executive produce, with Peter Rice also executive producing. The project is expected to be pitched to buyers; no series order has been announced.

Paul McCartney says he queried a BEATLES filming still in which Paul Mescal looked shorter than his co-stars. Sam Mendes explained it was a matter of stride and sent another image showing them at equal height. Mescal plays McCartney in the four-film project.

Ron Koslow, creator of the 1987 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST series and co-creator of its 2012 reboot, has died at 81. He died on October 7. His writing and producing credits included LIFEGUARD, INTO THE NIGHT, ROAR and MOONLIGHT.

Jeff Daniels will star in BANNERMAN, AMC’s adaptation of John R. Maxim’s spy novels from Shane Black and Craig Silverstein. He plays former NYPD detective Raymond Lesko. In the U.S. and Canada, Netflix will carry the series 90 days after its AMC season finale.

Orville Peck tried to arrange a Kylie Minogue cameo in STREET FIGHTER, but scheduling prevented it. Minogue played Cammy in the 1994 film; Mel Jarnson takes the role in the new adaptation, while Peck plays Vega. A possible sequel cameo remains only a suggestion.

TANGLED began under the working title RAPUNZEL. Released November 24, 2010, the film was directed by Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, with Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi voicing the leads. Alan Menken composed the music, with lyrics by Glenn Slater.

Richard Riehle, who played Tom Smykowski in OFFICE SPACE, has died at 78. His screen credits included CASINO, THE FUGITIVE and BRIDESMAIDS. The character actor died on October 15 in Los Angeles.

TANGLES let its voice cast record together in the same booth. Samira Wiley credits that shared space with shaping the performances, while Abbi Jacobson recorded with Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Bryan Cranston both together and individually.