Vince Keenan

Now more than ever I’m convinced losing Anthony Bourdain meant we lost probably the biggest person on tv who advocated for the wonders of meeting new people and calling anyone online who hated learning new cultures the children they were, ruthlessly to the camera.

We could all have a pretty great Tribute to Screenwriters Who Just Died triple-feature weekend and watch Bullitt, The Thomas Crown Affair, and The Candidate. Nobody would regret a minute of it.

RIP Alan Trustman and Jeremy Larner.

A disc jockey who took a job and in doing so became an example for education, curiosity, precision, and conducting yourself in a gentlemanly way. He funded full scholarships to Fordham for the underprivileged, gave money to libraries, schools in Canada, etc.

I haven't shut up about this movie and now it's playing at @siffnews.bsky.social.

And Darcy has said that after those four specials, she and Joe Bob are through at Shudder. Here's hoping they land somewhere else pronto.

‘Brady Bunch’ house becomes protected historic landmark in Los Angeles A house that once symbolized TV’s most wholesome blended family is now officially part of Los Angeles history.

THE BRADY BUNCH house in North Hollywood is now a protected historic landmark.

So, if you break Mom's vase, it's now a felony.

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‘Slow Horses’ Maker See-Saw Adapting ‘Lovejoy’ Novels For TV 30 Years After Popular BBC Series Starring Ian McShane 'Lovejoy', the BBC show, is returning To TV from See-Saw Films 30 years after the end of the Ian McShane starring drama about an antiques dealer.

The McShane original was my pandemic comfort watch. The reboot is in good hands. deadline.com/2026/03/love...

A simple German woodcutting from 1490 showing a Renaissance dude on the right who is having a lower back spasm so bad his right shoe was blown clean off. On the left is a witch (“eine Hexe") with a bow and arrow who just shot him in the back. (Otherwise, why would his back hurt? Hexenschuss!) The engraving is credited to Johann Zainer as was taken from the book “Tractatus von den bösen weibern, die man hexen nennt,” or “Treatise on evil women, who are called witches,“ by Ulrich Molitor.

The Czech word for lower back pain or lumbago is hexenšus, which is borrowed from a German word, Hexenschuss.
The first time I heard it I was like, “Oh, like a witch just shot you in the back? That’s what you think happened?”
Dear reader, at one point, that’s exactly what they thought.

Some great writing from Todd Farmer. Heartbreaking, then inspirational, a call for empathy in a world that doesn't always seem capable of it. And now I'm excited to check out his novels, too!

One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.

1972.

Jackie Mason's only starring dramatic role, John G. Avildsen's The Stoolie is suddenly available for streaming on tubi.

Bleak 70s Cinema - Peak Bleak - it's the type of movie that would normally star someone like Elliott Gould or Stacy Keach. Well worth seeing:

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‘Amora,’ ‘Anorak’ and the Fine Art of Getting Movie Titles Wrong

The fake posters really make this. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/m...

This has to be the hardest piece of figure skating-related art in the history of figure skating

Last night I dreamed I was in a coffee shop talking with David Lynch about Johnny Carson's line of menswear. I hate when the week peaks on Monday.

If ever there was a weekend to see Wong Kar Wai's IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (2000) in 4K on the big screen, this was it. Sometimes you need to wallow in beauty. And others felt the same way, judging by the packed house at @siffnews.bsky.social .

I have posted
the pix
of cute baby
animals

and learned
they were probably
made of
AI slop

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
I'm so dumb

ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime: Backstage at Noir City, why you should see the Oscar-nominated SIRAT, and why you should also (kinda) see the newly restored NYC crime drama NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-92...

On the lost art of sharing a bottle of wine. Via @thesundaylongread.bsky.social. www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/wine...

ICYMI at Cocktails & Crime: Backstage at Noir City, why you should see the Oscar-nominated SIRAT, and why you should also (kinda) see the newly restored NYC crime drama NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-92...

NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. A Noir City Seattle recap. The Academy Award nominated film that rewired my brain. And the vintage New York crime drama that killed other parts of it. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-92...

A slew of José Giovanni movies just turned up on Kanopy, FYI.

NEW COCKTAILS & CRIME. A Noir City Seattle recap. The Academy Award nominated film that rewired my brain. And the vintage New York crime drama that killed other parts of it. vincekeenan.substack.com/p/c-and-c-92...

WBros “That’s all Folks!” in the traditional concentric circles.

Poster for Mexico Noir featuring 1950s actors

I've curated the Mexico Noir film series for
@viffest.bsky.social featuring 15 movies, most of them screening in new restorations from March 26 to April 8. Join me in Vancouver this spring for a showcase of classic noir. Tickets are available via viff.org/series/mexic...

we finally reached the end of this calendar event i accidentally made 12 years ago

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I am THRILLED to announce that I’ve just signed a contract with @unmpress.bsky.social to write a book-length study of DETOUR.

Veronica Geng, "Tribute" a timely satire for a snow day

A short satire by Veronica Geng, suggested by a @vpkeenan.bsky.social joke (about the end of the Winter Olympics)
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