In September, we were graced with the Movie Scene Map, an interactive map that makes it easy to find where iconic movie scenes were filmed, and the World Cinema Atlas, which allows you to discover movies by where they were set Now, a new interactive map lets you discover films by both where and when they take place.If you have a keen interest in watching a movie set in a particular time and place, then TitleAtlas is the interactive map for you. For example, you could use TitleAtlas to search…

Going back to 1985, to another Argento giallo, and another rewatch. Though it has been a little bit since I saw this one. This movie is notable for being one of the earliest roles for actress Jennifer Connley. This is not her first role, but it is one of her breakout ones along with Labyrinth of the same year.Phenomena (1985)This movie has it all: a serial killer and a Swiss boarding school, Donald Pleasence and some heavy metal, psychic insects, and even a chimp with a straight razor. And yet…

I was unprepared for how cool Blacula is.

Alas, the time has come to say goodbye to the great Eva Marie Saint.Saint has passed away today at the age of 102.As I shared in my centennial birthday tribute, I was very fortunate to see her in person multiple times over the years, including on stage with Henry Fonda in THE FIRST MONDAY IN OCTOBER. I'm very grateful to have had those experiences; she was a delightful person in every way.Eva Marie Saint had a wonderful long life, including not only a great career but a happy marriage and…

“There is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.” So the Bible says, but there was much rejoicing in heaven, or rather the second balcony of the Teatro Verdi, today over Seven Sinners (Lewis Milestone, 1925). And we don’t repent a second of it. … Continue reading Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026: Pordenone Post No 4 →

Bob Mackie, the costumer and fashion designer known for his work on The Carol Burnett Show and for designing fashions for everyone from Cher to Taylor Swift, died on September 14, 2026, at the age of 87. Bob Mackie was born on March 24, 1940 in Monterey Park, California. He attended Rosemead High School in Rosemead, California and then Pasadena City College and the Chouinard Art Institute. He started his career as a sketch artist with Jean Louis. It was during this period that he drew the…

Watched: Materialists 🍿 Watched this for date night while the kids were asleep, and it was pretty good! It follows the usual romance trope of “emotion versus logic”, but did it in a way that felt fresh and interesting.

Here's a brief peek ahead at what's coming to Turner Classic Movies in November!Burt Lancaster will be the November Star of the Month, with his films screening on Tuesday evenings.The TCM Spotlight theme will be band leaders.The November Noir Alley films will star off with a repeat of the Halloween Val Lewton triple bill on November 1st: THE LEOPARD MAN (1943), THE SEVENTH VICTIME (1943), and CAT PEOPLE (1952).Over the following four weekends the Noir Alley films will be BREAKDOWN (1952),…

l-r Mei Mac and Isabella Wei in The Hungry Ghost at Bush Theatre. Photo: Corinne Cumming You should always listen to your mum; that’s the lesson from the spooky rom-com The Hungry Ghost, which is Mei Leng Yew’s debut play. British Chinese ‘Girl’ (Mei Mac) is excited and nervous to be moving in with her Scottish girlfriend, Naomi, except she hasn’t told her parents. In a rush to leave, she ignores her mum’s plea to take extra care as it’s the first night of the Hungry Ghost Festival, and in so…

by Amber Dubin Night Gallery, Season 2 debuted this September of 1971, just in time for Halloween season, and Rod Serling once again hits the ground running. The episodes follow a similar formula as the last season, with the opening sequence adding a new “featured actors” segment; Serling clearly wanted to draw attention to the … Continue reading [October 6, 1971] Night Gallery: A Prophet, Aunt Ada, and a Death in the Family → The post [October 6, 1971] <em>Night Gallery</em>: A Prophet, Aunt…

Leonardo DiCaprio as Billy Costigan in The Departed (2006) Vitals Leonardo DiCaprio as Billy Costigan, undercover Massachusetts State Police trooper Boston, Fall 2006 to Spring 2007 Film: The Departed Release Date: October 6, 2006 Director: Martin Scorsese Costume Designer: Sandy Powell WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background The Departed was widely released 20 years ago today on October 6, 2006, days after its September 26th premiere at the Ziegfield Theater. William Monahan adapted the material…

2018 SF/horror. Shannon Moss is an investigator in a clandestine division of the NCIS. In 1997, she looks into the torture and murder of a SEAL's family, perhaps by the man himself… Spoilers.

Is Cincinnati the home of striptease? More than one historian of burlesque has suggested exactly that. While there are any number of theories out there on just how striptease originated, a handful of historians have pointed to Cincinnati and, in particular to a publicity-hungry ecdysiast named Millie De Leon and her Cincinnati manager, James Fennessy.Millie De Leon was what was known around 1900 as a “cooch” dancer. Cooch (or cootch or hootchy-kootchy) was an erotic but ersatz style of belly…

Hercules (1995)

Everybody loves cartoons. Ain’t it fun cuddling up under the blanket or plopping down on the plushy seats and getting absorbed in the tall tales about lost clown fish, tough-talking great white sharks, or Parisian sewer rats with dreams of becoming five-star chefs? Yes, after the movie starts rolling and you fall into the cartoon fantasy, there’s always that moment where a new character enters the story and starts stealing the scene. And everyone recognizes the voice and everyone knows the…

My recap of the finale of Below Deck's best season in years: Below Deck Mediterranean season 11. It packed in a lot of awfulness and entertainment!

Bravo's Below Deck Mediterranean season 11 is over, and I break down what made this season great—and horrifying. Nathan vs. Joe, Aesha's growth, and Chef Joy's joy, and how much the production has to do with all of it.

After Hiruko and White of the Eye, I’m accidentally on a late ’80s kick… help. Straightman Treat Williams and his wacky partner Joe Piscopo (Wise Guys, SNL) are in trouble with their cop boss Robert “The Cowboy” Picardo for being reckless out of control loose cannons who do not follow the rules. At a sketchy science lab investigating some major crimes committed by zombies armed with machine guns, PR Hotgirl Lindsay “Sister of Mark” Frost fails to distract them and Joe easily finds the zombie…

Today’s recording starts with a trail for Escape from Scorpion Island. Then it’s Deadly 60 – Australia. Steve Backshall is demonstrating how drag when moving fast through water is extremely hard to overcome. To such an extent that he loses his swimming trunks when being towed at 6 knots. This is all to explain that the Tuna is the most hydroynamic fish in the ocean, achieving speeds of up to 70kmh. While trying and failing to spot a duck-billed platypus, they meet a kangaroo. He also meets a…

Pretty Girl loses her dad on the way to the gold rush, gets semi-adopted by Bad Men (her name for the notorious wanted criminals). Bad leader Bull decides what she needs is a husband, so they “hire” an Irish guy after a good scene of checking the bar for eligible men. Sure, they don’t respect land rights, and sometimes do some robbing and killing, but it’s quickly clear that the Bad Men are better than the whitehat sheriff of the town where everyone stays while waiting for the gold rush to…

Today the Warner Archive Collection announced their late November releases.Titles coming to Blu-ray on November 24th:*BOMBSHELL (1933)*THE DEVIL'S BROTHER (1933)*DOUBLE WEDDING (1937)*BACHELOR MOTHER (1939)*BABES IN ARMS (1939)*MY FAVORITE WIFE (1940)*JOHNNY EAGER (1941)*THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS (1947)*THE BELLE OF NEW YORK (1952)*THE CHARGE AT FEATHER RIVER (1953)*THE YOGI BEAR SHOW (1961-63)There are a number of "must have" discs here!Post

Douglas Lyons' Table 17 opens with something of a personal theatrical nightmare for me: An announcement informing the audience that any time a character in the play asks a question, we are very much expected to answer it. The effect this has probably varies from performance to performance but, combined with the glitterball and pre-show soundtrack of hen night favourites, tonight it resulted in an evening of whooping, heckling, gasping, shrieking and yaaaas queening to make a 1980s American…

Pordenone is basically a very long tram ride, and although the views at every stop are very diverting, I have no intention of disembarking any time soon. The first route of the day took me to Scandinavia, where after a short voyage through Copenhagen, we arrived in northern Sweden, 1918, playing 18th-century Iceland, to see … Continue reading Le Giornate del Cinema Muto 2026: Pordenone Post No 3 →

StarringEmily Blunt, Josh O'Connor, Colin Firth, Eve Hewson, and Colman DomingoDirectorSteven SpielbergOverviewWe deserve to know.A cybersecurity expert becomes a whistleblower after uncovering secrets about aliens, putting him on the run from a corporation. Meanwhile, a meteorologist experiencing strange phenomena joins forces with him to prove there's life beyond our understanding.Review Disclosure Day Oof. This felt like it was trying to be something made by Christopher Nolan, but without…

A terrific string wall appears in London Spy s01e02 (BBC Two, 2015). ▲ London Spy s01e02 (BBC Two, 2015) ▲ London Spy s01e02 (BBC Two, 2015) The series credits also feature a string motif that fractures the image. ▲ London Spy s01e02 (BBC Two, 2015)

The Onion’s Voting Simulator is characteristically subversive and funny. Go play it now.

Orson Welles is probably lauded more as a director than actor, though he started out

Elizabeth auditioned for the Aberdeen Gilbert and Sullivan Society last week and not only did she get in, but she also landed the part of Melissa in Princess Ida, which they’ll be performing at the Tivoli Theatre next March. To say she’s excited would be an understatement. Melissa has a number of singing parts and quite a bit of dialogue, so Elizabeth is absolutely overjoyed. Aberdeen’s Gilbert and Sullivan Society was founded in 1976 by and for students at the University of Aberdeen but…

Overslept by a full hour. One of the best takes on DIGGER that I’ve seen, CONTAINS ALL THE SPOILERS On the newsletter: the complete first part of COLLIDE by me and artist Jerome Eyquem.

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 800. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is … Continue reading →