My latest Western RoundUp column has just been posted at Classic Movie Hub!In this month's column I pay tribute to several Western actors via visits to their final resting places at a trio of Southern California cemeteries.Please click over to Classic Movie Hub for my column, and thanks for reading!Previous Classic Movie Hub Western RoundUp Column Links: June 2018; July 2018; August 2018; September 2018; October 2018; November 2018; December 2018; January 2019; February 2019; April 5, 2019;…

StarringAnthony Gonzalez, Gael García Bernal, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach, and Renée VictorDirectorLee UnkrichOverviewThe celebration of a lifetime.Despite his family’s baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz. Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector, and together,…

I love finding artifacts from the earliest days of when Twin Peaks was first broadcast in the United States. Recently, I acquired at auction a rather well-preserved copy of The Philadelphia Inquirer’s “TV Week” from May 6-12, 1990. This television viewing guide featured a previously discussed publicity photo of Josie Packard (Joan Chen) and Sheriff Harry S.... The post ‘Twin Peaks’ in The Philadelphia Inquirer’s TV Week for May 6-12, 1990 appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

A French take on the wildly popular western genre, featuring a stagecoach attack and the subsequent rescue by cowboys and their trusty poodle. Home Media Availability: Stream courtesy of the Library of Congress. To the rip-roarin’, thunderin’, wide-spreadin’ West The American west, as portrayed in touring wild west shows, was a pop culture juggernaut around […]

Today’s recording is The Sarah Jane Adventures – The Vault of Secrets, Part 2. Mr Dread explains that the Veil ship Androvax is looking for cannot be taken out of the vault it’s being held in without destroying Earth. Androvax escapes, and takes over Gita’s body. Sarah Jane is almost processed by Mr Dread, and escapes by wrenching his hand off and running. Rani tricks Androvax into leaving her mother’s body. Clyde tricks two of the Men in Black to shoot each other. So now he has new shades. Mr…

The Checkout Counter #47 i feel like i spent half of october at the movies! i had a good time volunteering at the local film festival and it reaffirmed to me that, yes, watching movies on big screens with other people is very fun. it was also very fun to create eight new webpages for this year's weird web october and see the cool pages everyone else was making.goodbye, october! thanks for reading :) Film Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, 20261Comedy, horror, romance. When a young filmmaker…

by Cláudio Alves Sometimes, the story behind a project’s making can be more interesting and engaging than the finished product. Such is the case of Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer’s latest and the follow-up to her critically acclaimed Corsage. Its development started during the production of that 2022 Sissi pseudo-biopic, when the Austrian director began contacting police, psychologists, and other experts who could help her develop a script inspired by the pedophile ring scandal that had been…

müde Es war eine beschäftigte und tolle Halloweenwoche. Ich habe diese Woche viele Beiträge geschrieben: MONDAY CLEANING: DINING TABLE, WINDOW SILL (SPYDER'S ALTAR) QUEER*SPACE HALLOWEEN AFTER-SCHOOL HALLOWEEN PARTY CELEBRATING SPYDER'S 6TH DEATHDAY HALLOWEEN 2026: A HAUNTED HOUSEWARMING Ich habe drei Kostüme getragen und bin auf drei Partys gegangen. Halloween 2026 war ein Erfolg. Neue HoffnungEs ist ein neuer Monat und zum Glück habe ich neue Motivation, um einen Job zu finden. Ich werde…

Make it not so! www.theguardian.com/culture/2026…— Andy Clarke (@allthatmalarkey.bsky.social) 2026-10-29T20:08:26.870Z I was saddened to learn that Patrick Stewart had passed away four days ago. I was surprised as I am sure many people were. I was not aware that he was sick or had the health conditions that were disclosed. Walter Koenig, who played Chekov in the original series, had passed away the week before. I loved Patrick’s portrayal of Captain Jean Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next…

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This year I’ve made it a point to return to seeing movies in movie theaters, which in Los Angeles is something special. So far, I’ve seen The Devils and The Odyssey at Quentin Tarantino’s Vista Theatre, Mirror at the Egyptian Theatre, Stalker at the David Geffen Theater at the Academy Museum of Motion PIctures, and I’m looking forward to seeing Alice in Wonderland at the El Capitan Theatre this coming weekend. About I My Book | Consulting I X I Instagram I Newsletter I Email

Lucas and Sadie came over and we watched the movie Mother Mary (a horror movie). Buffy and I had Church Music beers, and later some wine was found for Buffy and Lucas. A broken down depressed pop star re-connects with an old friend who's a fashion designer to design a dress for her upcoming concert. A lot of religious undertones. The movie starred Ann Hathaway and Michealla Coel. The the ghost was sponsored by JC Penny. The movie was a real thinking type. This post (Halloween 2026 - Rain -…

Welcome to Pre-Code Crazy, the monthly series here at Shadows and Satin and over at Speakeasy, the blog authored by my pal Kristina, where each month we recommend a pre-Code feature for you to watch on TCM. We never know what the other has selected until we post, and part of the fun is trying to never pick the same movie! Pre-Code in Noirvember??? You bet! But since I’ll be placing so much focus on my daily noir-related posts this month, I’m digging into the Shadows and Satin archives and…

My wife and I have been UHF diehards from childhood, so when we got news a while back that Weird Al and the gang were going to do a one-night-only live screening of the movie at LA's Greek Theatre (complete with a live orchestra/rock band and cast/crew reunion Q&A), we knew we obviously had to be there...

I wouldn’t go so far as to say that westerns are now the most controversial genre of film but they are certainly a genre that nearly everyone has a definite opinion about. You won’t find many film fans who are neutral about them. I was raised on the Sam Elliott/Louis L’Amour/Hopalong Cassidy/James Garner side of […]

Image source: IMDB Pushover is a noir ripe for rediscovery. Until Fredrik Gustaffson– one of my favorite film critics– mentioned it in a post about director Richard Quine, I had never heard of it despite the big names behind and before the camera. With Fred MacMurray and Kim Novak in the leads, as well as a subplot involving surveillance, it’s tempting to describe Pushover as a spiritual mashup of Double Indemnity, Vertigo, and Rear Window. And yet it has a special atmosphere all its own. It is…

Roger Livesey in A Matter of Life and Death (1946) Vitals Roger Livesey as Dr. Frank Reeves, small-town neurologist England, Spring 1945 Film: A Matter of Life and Death Release Date: November 1, 1946 Directed by: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Costume Designer: Hein Heckroth WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background Powell and Pressburger’s Technicolor triumph A Matter of Life and Death premiered eighty years ago on November 1, 1946. It begins during World War II’s final days over Europe,…

“Teeth are a vitally important part of an actor’s equipment. I have over 30 toothbrushes at home and always keep a good supply at the studio.” ~ Peter Cushing Of course it would be far better for our purposes if the above quote were from the screen’s greatest Dracula, Christopher Lee, rather than from the […]

I want to bathe in starsLook up and cryI want to travel the worldExpand my mindI want to hold you at nightBodies entwineI want to die in my sleepFrom dream to dream

My favourite month of the year has finally arrived! It is officially the month to celebrate all things Film Noir. Let me know what you’ve got lined up to watch. I hope you all enjoy your walk down those dark and twisty alleyways. I’ve decided to dust off my Noir archives and share a few reviews and articles. Would love to get your thoughts on these. I hope you all also enjoy my recent interview with the founder of the UK’s only Film Noir Festival. Film Noir Fest 2026 Interview Cry Of The…

Listen up, fans of interesting sex challenges. This week’s guest blogger has a kickass idea for you. He’s written some fabulous guest blogs here before, including a delightful piece about where he wears his wedding ring, what a prostate orgasm feels like, and his quest for the perfect butt plug. So I’m delighted to welcome […]

One hundred years ago this month, Grace Kingsley reported on a survey of theater managers that gave some idea of what audiences wanted to see in the movies: Hollywood is buzzing today over the publication in the Exhibitors’ Herald of a list of the sixty best box-office names in pictures, rated in order according to reports by 2471 exhibitors throughout the country. A list of 240 names was submitted to the exhibitors who were asked which names drew in the most patrons when displayed at the…

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Man your battle stations, grab your fedoras, and don’t forget your smokes . . . It’s Noirvember time!!! That’s right, femmes and hommes, according to the ol’ calendar on the wall, it’s time for another 30 days of deceptive dames, supreme suckers, and more gats than you can shake a stick at. The creation of author Marya Gates, who coined the term back in 2010, Noirvember celebrates all things film noir, and around these parts, I’m ready to take on my 13th consecutive year of daily posting from…

Miscellaneous bits of news and fun stuff from around the Internet... ...Hot on the heels of the new Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray release of TV's MAVERICK (1957-62) comes the news that 77 SUNSET STRIP (1958-64) will be available for home viewing at long last. It will be released on DVD only, not Blu-ray; my understanding from Tim Millard is the reason for this may be the high music rights costs incurred. Millard says all of the music rights were cleared, "at great expense." The DVDs will be…

The extraordinary life of Sergiu Celibidache. From his childhood in Romania, to his exile in pursuit of a career in music, his struggle for survival in wartime Germany and his rise, fall and rise again, in an unimaginable life journey. Strong biopic regarding one of the great conductor of all times, directed by the protagonist’s son. While not having a very famous cast (except the great John Malkovich as Sergiu Celibidache and some appearances by Sean Bean as his father), the acting is top…

The movie trailer as a form of media has undergone its own stages of evolution alongside movies. Early Hollywood promos tended to rely overly on large title cards, then came the narrator/voiceover trend which lasted many decades well into the 2000’s (“In a world, where…”), after which trailers began relying solely on footage and dialogue from the movie itself, well into present day.In the last decade or so, movie trailers have become more optimized for YouTube and for attention-grabbing, and…

StarringHugh Jackman, Jodie Comer, Bill Skarsgård, Murray Bartlett, and Noah JupeDirectorMichael SarnoskiOverviewHe was no hero.Grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, Robin Hood finds himself gravely injured after a battle he thought would be his last. In the hands of a mysterious woman, he is offered a chance at salvation.Review The Death of Robin Hood Dark. But also, I take umbrage at the “character growth” here. It was just a sad old man full of regret who decided to die…

Parents in Spielbergian suburb (Anne, Ewan) have two kids (one played young Aubrey Plaza in My Old Ass, the other played young Oscar Isaac in Frankenstein aka the young twins in The Monkey). The girl is really into Carl Sagan – Cosmos came out in 1980, so when the power goes out those flashlight batteries aren’t gonna last long. And the power goes out because their street gets time-warped into the dinosaur age, and dinos start eating their neighbors. “Will you stop being so damn optimistic?…

Happy Halloween from our eaves as the sun sinks and night’s creatures emerge!