Eigentlich schade, daß die Spargelsaison so kurz ist, aber auf der anderen Seite ist die Freude darauf umso größer und wir nutzen die wenigen Wochen auch immer richtig gut mit Spargelgerichten in allen Variationen aus. Gewünscht wurde vom Lieblingsmann ein Spargelsalat und herausgekommen ist wieder ein schmackhafter Sattmachersalat, der bei den aktuellen Temperaturen genau richtig ist. Die
I can't remember when I've had so much fun experiencing Shakespeare. #TCTheater artist Grant Sorenson's new company Modern Rep bills the experience thusly: "Shakespeare's most overdone comedy gets a radical new production that explodes Original Practice all-male casting into something messy, sexy, and very gay. Performed by six dynamic actors, this Midsummer Night's Dream embraces the dark, twisted, and unsettling aspects of Shakespeare's original text, served up in a flamboyant and…
The fame of Nosferatu notwithstanding, most of the vampires in silent film were metaphorical and almost all were women. (Almost all.) The concept of a vampire referring to a predatory women was popularized in English by a Philip Burne-Jones painting, which inspired a Rudyard Kipling poem, both entitled The Vampire. Hollywood made vamp films before […]
In the days of nickelodeons and travelling shows when most films were under ten minutes long, audiences were typically treated to whole programs of travelogues, comedies, little dramas, and other early films. These often ran continuously throughout the day and … Continue reading →
StarringAsif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Poorna Jagannathan, Brian George, Fred ArmisenOverviewClean in the front. Dirty in the back.When their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba's secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.Review: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (63% Community)Silly and a lot of fun. Does crime pay after all?PreviousReviewed Jun 19, 2025Deli Boys (2025-) |…
Creative Assembly and Sega have lifted the lid on their new survival horror game, Alien: Isolation 2.The game is, as subtly hinted by the title, the sequel to Alien: Isolation, released in 2014. That game saw the player take on the role of Amanda Ripley, the daughter of the movies' Ellen Ripley, as she is summoned to the Sevastopol space station only to find it infested with the traditional xenomorphs.The sequel takes place planetside, at the Kurasaki Colony. A crashed ship, possibly related to…
Matt Murdock hangs up the mantle of Daredevil after a personal tragedy and so he can focus on his work as an attorney in New York City. The unexpected election of convicted ex-convict and former crime lord Wilson Fisk to the position of Mayor brings Murdock - and Daredevil - back into play.The Netflix-Marvel collaborative series Daredevil (2015-18) was a huge success, a premium TV show featuring one of Marvel's most interesting and conflicted characters. Superb casting, including for-the-ages…
By Jessica Holmes First things first: it’s pronounced: DAY-mons. Second things second, we’re entering into the final story of this year’s Doctor Who run, but the good news is that it’s a good’un. Something terrible is lurking beneath the quaint rural village of Devil’s End, and a certain renegade Time Lord is about to wake … Continue reading [June 6th, 1971] Something Wicked This Way Comes (Doctor Who: The Daemons) → The post [June 6th, 1971] Something Wicked This Way Comes (<i>Doctor Who</i>:…
It’s been a pretty busy week (and a blog post about that is soon to come) but let’s kick off this long weekend with another optical media post, looking at some media IDs that I haven’t otherwise seen before, courtesy of my Japanese source of second-hand items, Suruga-ya. The Media Luckily for me, they had enough stock so that I could get a decent number of samples of different types. Unifino 4x DVD-R for Video The first one is this blue-purple-and-clear wrapped pack of 10 discs. They are 4x…
Gregory Peck in The Omen (1976) Vitals Gregory Peck as Robert Thorn, American diplomat Rome, June 6, 1970 and London, June 1975 Film: The Omen Release Date: June 6, 1976 Director: Richard Donner Wardrobe Supervisor: Tiny Nicholls WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background The Omen was released fifty years ago today on June 6, 1976—a date intentionally selected to mirror the film’s opening on June 6th at 6 a.m., when American ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) rushes through Rome to reach his wife…
Two acts of being devoured unfold across the Weston Studio, each wearing a different theatrical skin yet driven by the same appetite. In Sonali Bhattacharyya’s King Troll and Tom Basden’s The Crocodile, the individual steps into a system and is slowly, or spectacularly, consumed. One grinds in fluorescent half-light, the other sparkles with absurdity, but both land in the same place: identity stretched, edited, reshaped until what remains feels part-human, part-construction, something processed…
I recently traveled to California's "Gold Country," where many Westerns have been filmed over the past century.My latest Western RoundUp column at Classic Movie Hub takes a close-up look at movie locations in Jamestown and Columbia.This included a look at the "most photographed train engine in the world," the No. 3 engine at Railtown 1897 in Jamestown.Please click over to Classic Movie Hub for my article, which includes many photographs, and thanks for reading!Previous Classic Movie Hub Western…
The psychologist Robert Bjork called them desirable difficulties. Learning sticks better when practice is made harder, rather than easier. Students who have to struggle to retrieve an answer remember it longer - and clearer - than students who are handed the same answer with minimal effort on their part. The effort is where the knowledge is actually built. Without effort, knowledge slips away.Writing runs on the same principle. When you do battle with the language, when you fight a sentence…
The first recording today starts with the end of Finley the Fire Engine. Then it’s Kerwhizz – Hat-trick Highway. Media Centre Description: The animated quiz with the added whizz continues, with Ninki, Twist and Kit facing a tricky time in a new raceworld. They will have to use their Pod Mods wisely to pull this race out of the hat! Recorded from BBC TWO on Monday 15th February 2010 07:38 BBC Genome: BBC TWO Monday 15th February 2010 07:40 The next recording is only 11 minutes long so there’s…
Monday night a near sell-out crowd filled the El Capitan Theater on Hollywood Boulevard to see The Rocketeer on its 25th anniversary with along with three of its principal creators: director Joe Johnston, production designer Jim Bissell, and executive producer Larry Franco. I was lucky enough to be asked to host a panel with this trio onstage, and each participant had warm feelings toward the movie—if not the conditions in which they had to work (cold, sometimes rainy night shoots). The…
I have a quick three-fer edition of The List for you dear readers today. (A score-focused one is coming next week — Obsession, amirite?) Today you’ll find a healthy offering of experimental fare, paired with a dark and catchy retro number. Enjoy. Daniel Quasar — I Am… The hyper talented Daniel Quasar, creator of the ubiquitous Progress Pride flag and crafter of catchy electronic music, recently released an entrancing experimental record entitled I Am… It’s not entirely dance-ready and laced…
A great tune from a great 80s movie.
"Cushing inventories near operational minimum, risking supply disruptions and crude quality issues" we're about to be in a completely new world of hurt— Stephen Petrey (@stephen.nyc) 2026-06-05T19:01:27.441Z The post appeared first on stephen.nyc.
Marvel: This November, superstar creators Chip Zdarsky and Marco Checchetto reunite to launch a trailblazing new run of AVENGERS! The new ongoing series spins out of Avengers: Armageddon, the five-issue limited series by Zdarsky, Delio Diaz and Frank Alpizar, which brings Earth’s Mightiest Heroes into a dramatically transformed Marvel Universe. Now, Earth itself needs to be avenged! A bold lineup of heroes—a mix of legendary Avengers, proven mainstays and wildcard newcomers—assemble to protect…
I like Bryher. She was a novelist, a poet, a ludicrously rich heiress (born illegitimate but she was still her father’s heir) who used her wealth for good, and for the support of the arts. She saved over 100 refugees from Nazi Germany up to 1940 by receiving them in her house in Switzerland from … Continue reading Visa for Avalon, by Bryher →
Westworld is a science-fiction film (1973) and TV series (2016-2022) that is based on the premise of a theme-park populated by AI robots role-playing the setting of the American “West”. It’s been ten years since I’ve seen the show (and I only watched the first season), so I can’t remember the details well. However, I wanted to reflect a bit on the central premise, and how we are moving toward a real-life Westworld. The American West, as depicted through the Western genre, was a period of…
NYC-based company Stop the Wind Theatricals premiered their original one-act solo version of Euripides' The Trojan Women in 2023 in Athens, where the story originated a few millennia ago. The show is now embarking on a tour of US Sanctuary Cities, beginning right here in Minneapolis, where the opening scene which repeats the line "they don't kill civilians" is particularly affecting (because we know from recent experience that they do). Director Meghan Finn notes in the program that Euripides'…
Hey, could the next huge hit from some 20-something YouTuber be a romantic comedy or a heist movie or something featuring a great young martial artist? I like horror well enough, but let's switch it up! I guess it's time to see if anyone really wants a Masters of the Universe movie; the one we're getting has Nicholas Galitzine as He-Man, Jared Leto as Skeletor, some half-decent folks picking up
Just published a new essay at Cinema Sugar as part of America Month called Lincoln is the Better Angel of Biopics. It’s a celebration of Spielberg’s masterpiece as both a biopic—a genre I’m generally suspicious of—and a portrait of the man beneath the myth at a crucial juncture in history. Regular readers of this blog will understand how much of a bullseye this topic is for me as a cinephile and history lover. I wrote about visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in…
Social media promotion for San Jose State University’s “Deep Dive in F5VE,” such as this ad for an interview with Artie Patel (2026), uses digital red string. From contributor Justin Wigard.
An auction lot of Twin Peaks publicity photos contained a unique artifact from obsolete technology – an Associated Press (AP) Laserphoto of Special Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry S. Truman. This photo was shared via the AP news wire service on August 2, 1990 after it was announced that David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful... The post Twin Peaks Publicity – AP Laserphoto of Dale Cooper and Sheriff Truman from Aug. 2, 1990 appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.
by Nathaniel R Jacqueline Durran's work on WUTHERING HEIGHTS was the first gauntlet thrown for the 99th Oscars Best Costume Design race. © Warner Bros Pictures Dearest (im)patient readers. The time has come. Let's dive into our April Foolish first round Oscar predictions of the year. We'll put up one category (or more) per day until it's complete. To kick us off, the sartorial wonders of Best Costume Design. Last season my medals went to the juke joint 30s fashions of Sinners, the colliding…
Supergirl: Survive #1A Rod Reis Regular Release: Jun 03, 2026Cover: Aug 2026 Creators WriterGriffin Sheridan | Ethan ParkerArtistRod ReisCover ArtistRod Reis With Superman: Father of Tomorrow and this title, now seems to be the time for alternate takes on the survivors of Krypton’s destruction. The former finds Jor-El, after having lost Lara and Kal-El, being the sole survivor of Krypton’s destruction and landing in Smallville and being taken in by the Kents. This Elseworlds tale focuses on…
Navigating the Stars of Project Hail Mary Warning: may contain spoilers for Project Hail MaryOne of the joys of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary is how convincingly it blends speculative science fiction with real astronomy. Val Hovey’s interactive Project Hail Mary – Stellar Navigation Chart leans into that realism, using authentic data from the GAIA DR3 star survey to recreate the ship’s
Fuzz (1972)
