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Promotional graphic for the Criterion Channel titled "MARCH ON THE CRITERION CHANNEL." The top half features a large image of Sarah Michelle Gellar from 'Cruel Intentions' holding a finger to her lips in a "shushing" gesture.

✨ Announcing our MARCH 2026 Criterion Channel lineup! ✨ bit.ly/4aJwic3

My painting GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE

The Habitable Worlds Observatory In Historical Context - Astrobiology The Habitable Worlds Observatory will explore nearby sun-like stars for the presence of habitable rocky exoplanets and the possible presence of life.

The Habitable Worlds Observatory In Historical Context
astrobiology.com/2026/02/the-... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astronomy #telescope

#PPOD: Astronomers have captured images of a star other than the Sun in enough detail to track the motion of bubbling gas on its surface. The images of the star R Doradus were obtained with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in July and August 2023. 🧪 🔭

Dr. @kaylaiacovino.com studies how life-essential elements like carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and sulfur drive magmatic processes that help form atmospheres, maintain climate, and create chemical disequilibria that life can exploit. 🧪 🔭 👩‍🔬

#Volcanology #Space #Science #SETI #NotJustAliens

Predator: Badlands movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert An exceptional sci-fi action thriller with memorable characters and lead performances that deserve to be included in discussions of the year's best.

'In the end, “Predator: Badlands” is a bizarrely inspirational adventure about different types of beings overcoming the limiting parts of their programming (literal or figurative) and/or proving there is more to them than others assumed.' - Matt Zoller Seitz

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"The story for this one is completely ridiculous but fun as fuck. Giant mutated rabbits eating ranchers is fucking gold if you ask me. Sure, its goofy ninety percent of the time but it’s still late night horror fun."
- Blacktooth

www.horrorsociety.com/2019/10/14/b...

#RandomMovieGIF
Seconds (1966)

Crossovers In Ice Planet Exploration - Earth, Europa, And Beyond - Astrobiology Crossovers In Ice Planet Exploration - Earth, Europa, And Beyond

"Crossovers In Ice Planet Exploration - Earth, Europa And Beyond"
astrobiology.com/2026/02/cros...

NOVA PBS Host Miles O’Brien did a live webcast from Antarctica. Miles asked Peter Davis an Astrobiology-related question regarding Europa, and Enceladus that I posed via the online chat.

Mars’ “Young” Volcanoes Were More Complex Than Scientists Once Thought - Astrobiology What appears to be a single volcanic eruption is often the result of complex processes operating deep beneath the surface

Mars’ “Young” Volcanoes Were More Complex Than Scientists Once Thought
astrobiology.com/2026/02/mars... #astrobiology #mars #astrogeology

Dracula movie review & film summary (1931) | Roger Ebert Movie lore has it that Bela Lugosi could barely speak English when he was chosen by Universal Pictures to star in "Dracula" (1931). Lon Chaney had been

"We consider the dreadful trade-off: immortality, but as a vampire. From our point of view, Dracula is committing an unspeakable crime. From his, offering an unspeakable gift" - Roger Ebert

www.rogerebert.com/reviews/grea...

Hallelujah (1929) YouTube video by Lance Eaton

While acknowledging Hallelujah's racial stereotyping, critics Kerryn Sherrod and Jeff Stafford report that "the film set a high standard for all subsequent all-black musicals and still stands as an excellent showcase for the talents of Ms. McKinney and company." - WP

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7bS...

My painting PATCHWORK FIELDS

Il Cinema Ritrovato on Tour in Minneapolis is 5 days away!!!!!!! 🎞️📽️🎊🎶❤️‼️ Join us Feb 12-15 (Thurs-Sun) at the MSP Film Society & Walker Art Center for new restorations of long unseen, beautiful, and fiercely political films!! Brought to you by @archivesonscreen.org ❤️🎞️

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UF Astraeus Faculty Help Shape National Science Strategy For Human Exploration Of Mars - Astrobiology Key leadership roles in a major National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report released in December were filled by University of Florida faculty affiliated with the Astraeus Space In...

UF Astraeus Faculty Help Shape National Science Strategy For Human Exploration Of Mars
astrobiology.com/2026/02/uf-a... #astrobiology #Mars

Ancient Rocks Reveal Annual Climate Cycles During Snowball Earth - Astrobiology Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that the Earth’s climate continued to fluctuate during its most extreme ice age – known as Snowball Earth.

Ancient Rocks Reveal Annual Climate Cycles During Snowball Earth
astrobiology.com/2026/02/anci... #astrobiology #climatechange

Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood movie review (2018) | Roger Ebert The film does a good job of placing all this Tinseltown rutting in the context of Hollywood’s industrial need to keep secrets and maintain squeaky-clean images for its most famous denizens.

"One of the film’s advantages over the book is that it brings in the testimonies of many other people—from friends and fellow ex-hustlers to Hollywood historians and insiders—all of whom support Scotty’s veracity while adding additional perspectives." - GC

www.rogerebert.com/reviews/scot...

"A scintillating noir thriller, filled with vital imagery and iconic horror motifs, The Spiral Staircase is terrific example of what the genre’s golden age could achieve." - Rodney Twelftree

www.fernbyfilms.com/2018/10/05/m...

Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars - Astrobiology NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has completed the first drives on another world that were planned by artificial intelligence.

Perseverance Rover Completes First AI-Planned Drive on Mars
astrobiology.com/2026/01/pers... #astrobiology #Mars #AI

Huayuan Biota Decodes Earth’s First Phanerozoic Mass Extinction - Astrobiology Around 540 million years ago, Earth's biosphere underwent a pivotal transformation

Huayuan Biota Decodes Earth’s First Phanerozoic Mass Extinction
astrobiology.com/2026/01/huay... #Astrobiology #paleontology

Juno Measures The Thickness Of Europa’s Ice Shell - Astrobiology Results from the solar-powered spacecraft provide a new measurement of the thickness of the ice shell encasing the Jovian moon’s ocean.

Juno Measures The Thickness Of Europa's Ice Shell
astrobiology.com/2026/01/juno... #astrobiology #Europa #Astrogeology

RETRO REVIEW: “Darkman” (1990) I don’t remember if I felt it at the time, but “Darkman” is very much a superhero movie. Even more, it’s a superhero movie much in the same vein as those we regularly get t…

"After all that time I still find myself loving it for its fresh storytelling, big action, even bigger Danny Elfman score, and characters so in tune with the world they exist in." - Keith Garlington

keithandthemovies.com/2020/04/29/r...

🎬 Watched the film "Number 24", a Netflix film on the wartime career of Norwegian resistance leader Gunnar Sønsteby. Excellent depiction of life under occupation in #WW2, the issue of collaboration/resistance and the wartime legacy - plus there's a Radiohead track, too.

Leviathan (1989) If watching eighties creature features has taught me anything it is that you shouldn’t ever mine under the ocean. It...

"Good cast, funny dialogue, and well executed special effects work makes Leviathan a fun if not terribly original monster movie. I go back every few years and watch it and I’m never disappointed. I recommend you check it out." - John Shatzer

www.crappymoviereviews.com/2019/05/levi...

The Invisible Ray (1936) – Review - Mana Pop In this 1936 offering from Universal Pictures we find Karloff giving a rather understated and subdued performance as the film’s villain.  In this outing he’s almost a tragic figure and only becomes th...

"Universal’s The Invisible Ray is a timeless gem that showcases the talents of two iconic actors of the horror genre at the top of their game, with the film’s thought-provoking and visually captivating tale demonstrating the allure of early science fiction cinema." - MB

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The Old Dark House review – James Whale’s horror classic still chills A couple seek refuge from a sinister couple in this prototype creepy-house horror that takes its cues from Shelley and Brontë

"It’s an old dark film, and it creaks in more ways than one: the lack of a musical score is perhaps disconcerting. But it is performed with tremendous gusto and theatrical dash." - Peter Bradshaw

www.theguardian.com/film/2018/ap...

Hidden Film History: The antifa 'Casablanca' star who defied Goebbels for the Jewish woman he loved January 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the release of the film classic Casablanca. The film had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theatre on Nov. 26, 1942, and was released nationally in the U.S...

Also Veidt was originally cast as Dracula -- the role that later went to Bela Lugosi.

Here is a tribute that I wrote to Veidt:

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My painting GOLDEN HAY BALES

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Habitable Worlds Observatory's Concept and Technology Maturation: Initial Feasibility and Trade Space Exploration - Astrobiology The Habitable Worlds Observatory is the first telescope ever designed to search for life and will be a powerhouse of discovery across topics in astrophysics.

Habitable Worlds Observatory's Concept and Technology Maturation: Initial Feasibility and Trade Space Exploration
astrobiology.com/2026/01/habi... #astrobiology #exoplanet #astronomy