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This post is my contribution the CMBA 2026 Spring Blogathon "Make 'em Laugh." Not long ago I was discussing The Banshees of Inisherin in a film group, and I said that although I knew it was not meant to be strict realism, it still felt realistic enough, and bleak enough, that I could not see it as a comedy, as many in the industry had called it. The answer I got back was, “Well, it’s not a tragedy, so it’s a comedy.” That remark left me scratching my head: maybe that's true in classic Greek…

The only recording today is yet another showing of yesterday’s episode of Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed. Media Centre Description: The Masked Magician returns to television to defy his fellow illusionists and reveal the secrets that lay behind tricks that have astonished audiences for centuries. Recorded from ITV4 on Sunday 10th January 2010 11:23 The recording ends with the start of World’s Wildest Police Police Videos. Here’s the ad breaks. Adverts: Nicorette Bran Flakes – Chris…

Ted Turner, who built WTBS into a superstation and founded Turner Classic Movies, TNT, Cartoon Network, and CNN, died today at the age of 87. He had been diagnosed with Lewy body dementia in 2018. I plan to write a eulogy for him tomorrow. As for now I am quite ready to do so. In founding TCM, Mr. Turner had an enormous impact on my life. I can't help but be saddened by his death. I will then leave you with TCM Remembers Ted Turner, the channel's remembrance of their founder.

Yesterday, I wrote about a compilation video featuring 1 second from every episode of Malcolm in the Middle. Today, I have a video featuring 1 second from every classic Simpsons episode (by the same creator). It’s not as unhinged as the MITM one but still very silly and ridiculous as you would expect from classic Simpsons. Needless to say this wouldn’t work nearly as well with modern-day Simpsons episodes. The post 1 second from every classic Simpsons episode appeared first on Cultrface.

by Nathaniel R While The Film Experience is about, well, the movies, longtime readers know that I like to throw in a little live theater whenever possible. And these days as with TV and Film, the line between mediums is ever blurry with stage shows making it to screen or TV and vice versa or both unconnected when they are inspired by the same novel. Though I’ve always tried to be a somewhat regular theatergoer, funding and time often refuse to comply. But during the 2025-2026 season I hit the…

I really like The Devil Wears Prada. I saw it in the cinema when it came out, and I've rewatched it two or three years ago with my wife, who had missed out on it and the cultural impact it had. It surprised me so much when the second movie was suddenly just... there! So I went today and I am absolutely in love. I can't wait until I can see it a couple more times, maybe right after rewatching the first again, and get to draw more connections and conclusions. The following will contain spoilers.…

Super cool story about a fan who's built a full-size replica of the Orca from Jaws.

Hokum Director Damian McCarthy tries to turn familiar ingredients into something unexpected in Hokum, a horror movie about an embittered novelist (Adam Scott) who visits the Irish hotel where his late parents spent their honeymoon and where Scott's Ohm Bauman plans to scatter their ashes. Oddly, the story begins with a deceptive prologue about a lost conquistador and the boy who's traveling with him; it's soon revealed that we've been watching the concluding scene of Bauman's latest novel,…

Back in January we featured Luke Evans singing I’m Going Home, in civvies, in preparation for his new role as Frank-N-Furter in Richard O’Brien’s cult classic The Rocky Horror Show. Now he has performed with the entire cast on The Tonight Show – in full costume. The song? Why Sweet Transvestite, of course. It’s a difficult role for any actor – Tim Curry’s boots were so big (and his corset so tight) that comparisons are always inevitably made. From the looks of the comments below the video, it…

The unexpected second life of passenger aircraft Next time you’re eating a lasagne on your holiday flight, pause to consider the aircraft type you are flying in may have well have gone to war, spied or tested deadly laser weapons or even hunted submarines! Here are 11 airliners that got ‘drafted’ into wild military roles […]

A preview page from one of L. Pidge’s Infinite Wheatpaste comics, posted by Avery Hill Publishing on instagram, contains red thread connections. ▲ L. Pidge, Infitine Wheatpaste (2026) From contributor Colin Beineke.

Dude, so I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about giant monsters. I was introduced to the Showa-era dubbed Godzilla films ("GODZILLER!") very young by my older brother and my cousin and that canon event permanently adjusted my brain chemistry so that a radioactive lizard created as a metaphor for the horrors of nuclear weapons is now a comfort to me in horrendous times. As a "Godzilla sicko" (best insult I've ever gotten tbh) I go out of my way to watch any and everything in the…

I was all excited to do this Woman Crush Wednesday feature on Queen Charlotte, until

A poster promoting 'America' (1924) and highlighting the Midnight Ride of Paul Revere, which is depicted in the film.This weekend, I'll be at the keyboard to accompany a screening of D.W. Griffith's historical epic 'America' (1924), a drama set during the American Revolution.The film, which I've never scored before, will be shown on Sunday, May 10 at 2 p.m. at the Town Hall Theatre in Wilton, N.H. The screening is part of the town's slightly early multi-day celebration of the nation's upcoming…

Almost ten years after its initial release, here are my thoughts on the movie “Hidden Figures”. Beware: I rant–about racism, sexism, and the problem with white saviors. If you want the tl;dr: it’s a good movie, deserves the accolades, and the criticism, it got back then. If you have two hours and want to remember a more optimistic time, this is a good movie to watch. ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ “Hidden Figures” is based (very loosely, according to Wikipedia and the sources it cites) on the non-fiction book…

Find all previous and future episodes listed here or in your podcast app under “Barbican Station”. In this episode we discuss Mick Herron’s latest in the Slough House series, Clown Town, with guest Sam Leith. We talk about Herron and Wind in the Willows, whether he’s diving into Richard Osman territory, and that shocking turn of events at the end of the book. Plus how to deal with Herron’s dry wit when interviewing him, poetry’s influence on Herron’s writing and pondering the end of the Slough…

BoardwalkKonica MT-100Fujifilm Neopan 400 (x/2015)HC-110, Dilution B2026 I bought this 35mm point-and-shoot for just $10 (with another $10 in shipping) because it looked solid and I’d never heard of this model. It proved to be an easy shooter, but unfortunately there was some haze between the lens elements that marred most shots. Review to follow. This image on a mostly cloudy day was not so affected. This is in Holliday Park in Indianapolis, which has a meandering trail system along the White…

One of the defining masterpieces of British comics, Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun’s deeply affecting and political serial from the pages of Battle Picture Weekly follows working class sixteen-year-old Charley Bourne as he eagerly signs up to fight in 1916 but then experiences the hellish world of industrialised warfare in a bitter fight for survival. The Charley’s War Apex Edition will

Top Chef Carolinas welcomed back Rhoda just in time to very nearly throw her out again the next day, thanks to a race through two challenges.

This chunky biography by José-Louis Bocquet and Catel Muller (translated by Edward Gauvin) from SelfMadeHero tells the life of Alice Guy, the first female filmmaker. At the end of the 1800s, she was writing, directing, and producing movies. She had her own production company in the US in 1912! And yet few have ever heard of her. Alice Guy: First Lady of Film covers from 1873 to 1968, the full span of her life, in an immensely welcoming, readable style. [...]

by Cláudio Alves Should Diane Keaton have been double-nominated, in 1977, for ANNIE HALL and LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR? With their new rules, the Academy has upturned quite a number of Oscar traditions and stats. For example, actors can now fill more than one slot in each category, receiving nominations for multiple performances in a race. Looking back, it’s fun to speculate about what performers might have achieved this. Indeed, I might write something on that matter later on. Immediately,…

Our first experience of this streaming app on the Fire TV is this adaptation starring Gillian Anderson and Lily James. The genuine theatre atmosphere was great, establishing shots of the surroundings, the quieting of the audience as the curtain is lifted – and we could still pause, rewind and watch it over three nights instead of being confined to a lumpy chair for 3 hours! I did enjoy the play, the staging was simple but very clever, making use of steadicams and big video screen to show what…

I keep getting Malcolm in the Middle clips on my YouTube feed (self-inflicted) and it all amounted to finding this compilation video of 1 second from every episode. I thought the show was wacky anyway but seeing it condensed like this made me laugh a lot. Bryan Cranston related: What if there was a Breaking Bad spin-off about Hank’s MINERALS? The post 1 second of every Malcolm in the Middle episode but it’s wilder than remember appeared first on Cultrface.

SAD HEARTS AND SHOWBIZ The play begins in a pure music-hall moment: below the stage a hammeringly jolly piano, onto it a capering leg-show chorus and sparklers, ushering in The Great Houdini. Who is Hadley Fraser , debonair and showmanlike. He must, of course, immediately be hung upside down by the ankles in his vest, braces and NYPD handcuffs (the latter previously tested on an alarmed front- row lady) and swiftly wriggle out of them to wild drumbeats and applause. Then we are backstage where…

So, I rewatched I SOLITI IGNOTI/BIG DEAL ON MADONNA STREET, which I originally wrote about here. But didn’t have time to watch the second film in my planned double-feature, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN, because we’re writing, recording and editing our voiceover at the same time as editing the piece itself — the new Laurel & […]

A couple months ago, we sat down on a weekend and decided to binge re-watch the whole debut season of Murderbot and it was really enjoyable. But fast-forwarding through all the recaps and title/credits screens quickly got old, and I wondered what it'd be like to cut all ten episodes of the first season into one continuous movie someday. The total runtime of all ten episodes (without weekly recaps but with everything else included) combined is 4 hours, 17 minutes. Today I imported all episodes…

Hello, my friends! Welcome to another blog post. Take a seat…or read this while standing. Tell me which one you do in the comments below (and if you listened to the pod first before reading). 11:41 – That TikTok Wolf of Wall Street Menswear Guy 15:49 – EMT Ride Along Update 24:43 – Bob Baker 38:25 – Inspiration LA/Anglo Day 54:00 – Apparel Arts Apparel Arts Was Cheeky! Apparel Arts headings (and accompanying copy) are usually quite standard. Patterned suits in fall? Groundbreaking. At times,…

sees new A24 trailer "Okay. Let's see if this is a horror movie or something else." reads description "From director Matt Johnson..." Okay. I am now seated.

YouTube: From director Matt Johnson and starring Dominic Sessa, Emilia Jones, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rich Sommers, Stavros Halkias, with Leo Woodall and Antonio Banderas. TONY – In theaters this August. I’m really not sure how to feel about this. On the plus side, Matt Johnson is 2 for 2 for me as a director with Blackberry and Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie. I really adored Dominic Sessa’s work in The Holdovers, and it’s always nice to see Baltimore’s own Stavros Halkias in a movie. However…