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The Great Escape (1963) Directed by John Sturges

BOTD Robert Evans
Notable New Hollywood figure - head at Paramount; also essential producer, incl Chinatown
MUCH collateral damage along the way
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Anna Sten in THE GIRL WITH THE HAT BOX. Sten is most remembered today as "Goldwyn's Folly." The mogul imported her to Hollywood and held back putting her in a movie, all while promising she was the greatest thing since sliced bread. Nobody, not even wonderful Anna, could live up to that hype.

PS2 has some of the greatest survival horror games ever made in its library.

Games with moments like this that stay burned into your brain FOREVER.

Saying goodbye for good... - DMovies Our writer Eoghan Lyng picks his top 10 10 dirty movies about convalescent and reflects about the positive lessons can we can learn from such tragic predicaments

"In times of great healing, films prove great companions and in times of great illness, great comforts when we need them most"

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Máx Ophüls dirigiendo a Danielle Darrieux en Madame de... (1953).

Blu-ray Review: Mabuse Lives! Dr Mabuse At CCC: 1960-1964 (Limited Edition) – Inside Pulse Before Fritz Lang became a worldwide sensation as a director with Metropolis and M , he had a major silent hit with Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler in 1922. The film wa

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Smile: Our Top 5 Charlie Chaplin Films – more movies He was one of the original Hollywood legends and a master filmmaker. Take a look at this article listing Our Top 5 Charlie Chaplin Films.

Our Top 5 Charlie Chaplin Films. Do you have a favourite movie by this groundbreaking filmmaker? 🎬
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This week at work, I told former SEINFELD writer turned novelist Matt Goldman about nerdily teaching myself screenplay format @ 11 & trying to join the writers room of his show & COACH. I heard back from both shows, & the kindest reply came from COACH's Barry Kemp. Today, I found my old letter. 🩵

Pied Piper (1986, Jirí Barta) Czech stop motion animation with live rats. A dark twist on the Pied Piper tale. Highly recommended!

Va savoir (LE) Jacques Rivette’s romantic drama turns a satirical lens on the Paris’ intelligentsia to playfully explore whether even they know what love is all about.

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Clueless (1995) Directed by Amy Heckerling stars Alicia Silverstone, Brittany Murphy and Paul Rudd

Shu Qi in the Hsiao-Hsien Hou film "Millennium Mambo" - BOTD

Poster features an illustration of a madman slicing a Barbie-like doll with a long knife. The tagline on the poster says: "Don't Cross The Path Of 'The Psychopath' Unless You're Tired Of It All!".

Poster for THE PSYCHOPATH (1966), directed by Freddie Francis and written by Robert Bloch - BOTD in 1917

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We lost a true icon in Val Kilmer, an actor who always brought a unique kind of swagger to his acting style; he will be remembered as one of a kind. #RIP #RIPValKilmer

Vanishing Point (1971) Directed by Richard C. Sarafian

Meiko Kaji in Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance (1974)
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As a top session musician in LA during the 1960s & 1970s, Carol Kaye’s bass was the foundation for dozens of popular songs. Kaye (born today in 1935) has a famously intuitive relationship with composer Brian Wilson. Kaye’s distinctive bass playing is featured on many of the Beach Boys’ hits.

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) Written and directed by Stephan Elliott. Oscar Winner for Best Costume Design by Lizzy Gardiner and Tim Chappel.

Jean Rollin's more clinical dystopian exploration of the fantastique THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTED (1980) is an entirely different kind of zombie film, a seductively gloomy unraveling that dwells on the dread of identity loss through disease that obliterates the mind & renders the body a sorrowful prison.

Fact: They didn’t fear what breaking the Dept of Education would do to their kids. Their kids are in fancy private schools.

They are dismantling the Dept of Ed so our kids have no choice but to be undereducated and work for their kids.

Sorcerer (1977) Directed by William Friedkin starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer and Francisco Rabal.

FEEDING THE BABY (1895) was one of the at-home scenes featured in the famous Lumière picture show, which also included street scenes and scripted material. The fresh background would have been a contrast to the claustrophobic Edison productions.

A Bridge Too Far (1977)
Directed by Richard Attenborough

Aussie Cult Indie ‘Going Down’ Gets 4K Restoration at BAM from New Venture Muscle Distribution 'Going Down,' the 1983 cult indie film from Australia and director Haydn Keenan, has been restored in 4K and will make its US premiere at BAM in NYC.

Some big / scary / exciting news… I’m launching my own film distribution company. It’s called @muscledistribution.bsky.social and will be handling a wide range of titles with a heavy repertory focus.

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