Michael: “As a popcorn musical, “Michael” is an undeniable Thriller. As a work of biography, however, it’s Bad — and quite possibly Dangerous.” — Oscar Goff, Cambridge Day Animal Farm: “Some adaptations, it seems, are far less equal than others.” — Liz Declan, Screen Rant Super Mario Galaxy II: “We all have a finite amount of time on this Earth, and I cannot think of a single reason why you should spend any of yours on The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.” — Kristy Puchko, Mashable Lee Cronin’s The…

Today’s only recording is Mythbusters – Buried Alive. The first myth looks at the stories of people who have apparently been buried alive. One part of this involves Jamie being buried in a coffin (with a lot of monitoring). As it’s being covered in earth it gets quite scary when he can hear the exterior of the coffin buckling, so they have to get him out. Another myth they test is the efficacy of Cola for cleaning lots of things. Can you survive a fall from a great height into water if you…

Next tickets available for my tour of Spitalfields on 9th and 16th May CLICK HERE TO BOOK . One of my favourite annual events in London is the Punch & Judy Festival which is always held on the second Sunday in May at the churchyard of St Paul’s Covent Garden. This year it is to be held on Sunday 10th May. Carmen Baggs with figures made by her father On 9th May 1662, Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary “Thence to Covent Garden… to see an Italian puppet play that is within the rayles there, which is…

I wrote a quick review of this movie which I watched last night in French. You can scroll down to the tolerable English translation which was assisted by Claude. My friend Kushal also wrote a review I liked. Has spoilers of movie and book. J’ai regardé L’Étranger avec Kushal. J’ai beaucoup aimé le film. Il est lent, il laisse l’audience ressentir la beauté des décors marocains (le livre est à Alger mais le film tourne au Maroc), la mer en noir et blanc, les arbres et la plaine et le soleil et…

Freunde. 🥰 Ich war 2 Wochen krank. Lebensmittelvergiftung. Ziemlich stark. Gute 10kg verloren. Meine Hausärztin war kurz davor mich ins Krankenhaus zu schicken.Es gibt definitiv Schöneres. Schreibt mich eben ein Freund an: "Geht es dir besser?"Meine Antwort: "Ja, arbeite seit Mittwoch wieder." Und was antwortet dieser liebevolle Idiot?"Mir ist es egal, ob du wieder arbeitest. Aber hauptsache, es geht dir gut. 🙃" Da sitzt man dann erstmal da und denkt sich: "Ups. Erwischt."Denn wieso nutze ich…

Ferdinand Zecca’s humorously imagined air motorcycle is one of the earliest science fiction films and portrayals of heavier-than-air flight, still years away at the time. Home Media Availability: Widely available online. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines Declaring firsts is always risky but especially so with early film. So much has been lost that […]

How do you prop up TV Comic's ailing fortunes in the age of home video and Kajagoogoo? By getting The Pink Panther to do topical satire, apparently.

This year’s Twin Peaks Day festivities in the Real Twin Peaks of Snoqualmie Valley, Washington concluded with a live performance by the Pacific Northwest’s “magickal music duo” Wisteria Lodge at Twede’s Cafe. Lady K and outlaw multi-instrumentalist Dusty Highway played from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on February 24, 2026 in a corner of the North Bend... The post There’s No Place Like Home: Wisteria Lodge at Twede’s Cafe on Feb. 24, 2026 appeared first on TWIN PEAKS BLOG.

It stands the test of time so well. When I first watched this movie I think I was too young to really appreciate it. I am glad I watched it again! I’m so excited to continue with Two Towers.

As I noted in my Pre-Code Crazy post a few days ago, this year’s TCM Film Festival extended into May, so I’m recommending a movie for the Film Noir Files that I previously covered here at Shadows and Satin. For this month, I’m pleased to recommend one of my favorite noirs – They Live By Night (1948), airing on May 20th (my high school boyfriend’s birthday!). Farley Granger and Cathy O’Donnell play star-crossed lovers Arthur “Bowie” Bowers and Katherine “Keechie” Mobley, whose desire for a…

Bridges, fire escapes, and street corners across Chinatown and SoHo.

The internet can be a wonderful thing sometimes. This clip is from a 1982 French cop movie called Le Marginal, starring Jean-Paul Belmondo. The featured car is claimed to be an original 1966 Shelby GT500, heavily modified, and driven in the movie by the star himself. The hero car was saved, restored, and sold in 2023. I like a lot about this car, except for the rear taillights. * * * …countless researchers have shown that many of the most meaningful forms of real-world creativity and invention…

Watched: The Outfit 🍿 Would have been better as a stage play.

Duch choreographer and dancer Shay Latukolan has taken Spanish Grease by Willie Bobo and created The West Hood Story (it seems to be listed as WESTHOODSTORY even though the film's title sequence splits up the words), which must be one of the best dance films - if not the best - created so far this year. From the get go, it is obvious that a lot of time, energy and love has been ploughed into its creation and it hits the nail right on the metaphorical head. I think if Willie Bobo was still…

Fight Club (1999)

“It’s true, some wine improves with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.” –Abigail van Buren Six months after liberating Britannia, Yoshika’s back in Fuso. When she receives the schematics to a next generation Striker Unit, Yoshika becomes curious and passes the plans to Mio. Learning that Lynette is in […]

By 1901, it was clear that the movies were there to stay. They were still regularly mixed with other entertainments, shown between vaudeville or music hall acts, for example, but they were growing longer, more complicated and more experimental. 1899 had brought advances in editing, 1900 saw the introduction of the edited closeup and dialogue […]

Today’s recording is actually a repeat 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. [S] Recorded from ITV4 on Sunday 3rd January 2010 10:53 After this, the recording ends with the start of The Saint. Here’s the ad breaks. Adverts: BT – Kris Marshall Sky HD Optical Express Nissan…

Shaun Brady’s NY Times story “She’s Blazing a Trail for a Traditional Korean Zither in Jazz” (archived), about “Seoul-born gayageum player DoYeon Kim,” of course interested me as a jazz fan, but I was also (more Hattically) intrigued by the word gayageum. Wikipedia says: The gayageum or kayagum (Korean: 가야금; Hanja: 伽倻琴) is a traditional Korean musical instrument. It is a plucked zither with 12 strings, though some more recent variants have 18, 21 or 25 strings. It is probably the best known…

The Juggler (1953)

Before Ina, there was Meryl. It’s no secret that this project was inspired by Julie & Julia – I mean, this was the first post to @storeboughtisfine: Prior to attempting every Barefoot Contessa recipe, I spent all of 2012 tackling Meryl Streep’s entire filmography. About 9 years ago, my friend Tony and I started our annual Merylthon – a way to celebrate our shared love of Meryl. While we originally had some Meryl-themed snacks in the past (She-Deviled Eggs was a personal favorite) we now do full…

...is taking the weekend off.This weekend I'm attending the annual TCM Classic Film Festival!The column will also not appear next weekend, when I'll be at the Arthur Lyons Film Noir Festival.I'll have reporting on both festivals here as soon as possible, given my time away.Around the Blogosphere This Week will return on Saturday, May 16th.In the meantime, please visit my most recent April 25th roundup column here.

Photo by Tommy Lau.Classic movie aficionados lucky enough to both be within a close distance of San Francisco and have some dough-re-me on hand to spend will get quite the treat when the San Francisco Silent Film Festival hits the Castro Theatre from May 6-10.Returning to the big screen from 100+ years ago ready to rock the house - silent movies at their operatic best, accompanied quite literally by a symphony orchestra. San Francisco's 29th Silent Film Festival will return to the hallowed…

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Movies 36 Hours to Kill (1936) D: Eugene Forde. S: Brian Donlevy, Gloria Stuart, Douglas Fowley, Paul Fix, Jonathan Hale. Relaxed cheapie thriller about gangster Fowley taking a cross-country train to escape a dragnet, only to run into somewhat nosy reporter Donlevy. They then get into a love triangle with mystery woman Stuart. It’d be a lot better if at least ten minutes (of a sixty-five-minute runtime) weren’t dedicated to crappy racist jokes at Fetchit’s expense. A Blueprint for Murder…

FAIR WINDS AND FOLLOWING SEAS: Alex Zanard, ex-F1 driver and Paralympic champion dies aged 59. The 15-time CART race winner and two-time series champion, having had both legs amputated in a 2001 crash, transitioned to a second career as a handcycle racer, winning four gold medals for Italy in the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Paralympic Games, along with 12 other world championships in the sport. He passed yesterday, six years after a collision with a truck while handcycling in in a 2020 June road…

I almost forgot that it's already been two months since the last one of these! Movies Predator: Badlands (2025) Watched on 2026-03-05: ★★★★★ Predator: Badlands (2025) I enjoyed this one. I really liked Thia's chipper can-do attitude, despite not having legs for most of the movie, and Dek's naive, grunty dedication to the hunt and later to his new companions. Predator vs late stage interstellar capitalism etc Review on Letterboxd Roofman (2025) Watched on 2026-03-07: ★★★★ Roofman (2025) Pretty…

First, we have to start with Alice Guy’s THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEMINISM. I know, we’ve probably all seen it. But it remains fascinating. Alice Guy, pioneering female director, makes a comedy about how reversing gender roles will make a nightmarish upside-down society. While the film reads on the surface as an attack on feminism, it […]