Remembering Anna May Wong, Hollywood’s First Asian-American Star

“Wong provides us with a road map of how to forge ahead even under the most difficult of circumstances.”

https://lithub.com/remembering-anna-may-wong-hollywoods-first-asian-american-star/

#AsianAmericans #celebrity #film

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Photographer Carl Van Vechten took this black-and-white portrait of Anna May Wong in 1932. Wong wears a shiny satin top hat, a dark tuxedo jacket, a white wing-collared shirt, and a bow tie. She holds a cocktail glass near her chest. She wears a dark ring on her ring finger, and her nails are long and manicured.

Tonight I'm screening "Outland" (1981) starring Sean Connery. I saw it in the theater at about age 14, loved it, only seen it once or twice since, and it has been a few decades. I hope it holds up OK to my memories, acknowledging its time period (no CGI, model ships, real sets, etc.) Maybe I'll circle back tomorrow with a review.

#ScienceFiction
#80s #Movie #Film

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Movie poster for Outland, with actor Sean Connery dressed in a blue jumpsuit and wielding a rifle. Tagline reads, On Jupiter's moon, he's the only law

#Movies #Film

The End of Oak Street inexplicably set in the 1980s and that is a dead hand dragging down the rest of the film. Unambitious and strangely lifeless film.

#film #movies

It surreal thing—Pop brings heart to gonzo and guerrilla film-making

https://lucire.com/insider/20260926/it-surreal-thing-pop-brings-heart-to-gonzo-and-guerrilla-film-making/ #NZ #Aotearoa #film #independentFilm #TimHamilton #SarahMunn #TrentonColbert #PopTheFilm #Wellington #TeWhanganuiaTara

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Tim Hamilton and Sarah Munn in Pop (2025).

RE: https://retro-gaiden.com/@IridescentSnow/117311792299654646

Iron Lung (2026) is a movie about Markiplier pressing buttons and yelling while in a submarine for 2 hours.

The film has horrid pacing and virtually zero storytelling. The viewer has no concept of the world, the stakes, the motives of any of the characters, or any sense of payoff after the movie concludes. It’s just plain exhausting to watch.

Markiplier isn’t the best actor in the world but even Leonardo DiCaprio couldn’t make this movie shine.

#Movies #Film

Oregon Pacifist boosted

Snow » 🌐 2026-09-22
@IridescentSnow@retro-gaiden.com

I don’t want to watch Markiplier press buttons anymore.

#Batman #2022 #Film #Quote #MyEdit

"All anyone cares about are these white privileged assholes." #Quotes

"The guy was just another rich scum-sucker. He got what he deserved.
Know what I mean?" #Quotes

My edit of #Batman #2022 #Film #Quote

"Lies" - #Batman #Film #2022 #Clip #Quote #Quotes

#Government #Money #Banks
= #Politics #USPol #UKPol
#Cheating #People #Swindle #Lies

"The city is eating itself" #Quotes

( Reflects how we often all feel... )

My edit of #Batman #2022 #Film #Quote

No more Lies - #Batman #Film #2022 #Clip #Quote #Quotes

#Government #Money #Banks
= #Politics #USPol #UKPol
#Cheating #People #Swindle #Lies

@IridescentSnow, our daughter and I have been watching movies but we alternate who gets to pick the movie. Tonight was my choice so I picked Back to the Future (1985). I haven’t seen it in a while and my daughter hasn’t seen it at all.

She thought it was awesome. Great Scott! 🎬

#Movies #Film #NowPlaying

back in the mid 00's, lulu keating made this 6 minute love letter to a tiny yukon town, which had been the epicenter of the 1890s gold rush

i saw it in a tiny indie theatre with a few dozen other people. her portrayal of dawson city captured my heart. it was only ever released on a dvd that lulu copied herself at home, and only very recently was uploaded to the web. enjoy.

free/english/6 mins:
https://availablelight.watch/films/dawson-town-melted-down

#yukon #canada #film #documentary

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A screengrab from the film, showing an 8mm frame of the side of a building. A poster reads: BUG & MOSQUITO JACKETS $23.95

10 Classic Films That Defined the Sci-Fi Genre’s History

From A Trip to the Moon to Godzilla, these ten films showcase the evolution and impact of sci-fi cinema throughout the decades.

https://www.thecollector.com/classic-films-defined-sci-fi-genre-history/

#film #ScienceFiction

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The movie poster for “Forbidden Planet” features the words “M-G-M Presents Forbidden Planet” at the top. Just below, a box displays the word “Amazing!” To the left, Robby the Robot is shown holding an unconscious blonde woman dressed in a short gold dress. He stands on an alien landscape with purple rock formations, ringed planets in the sky, and green clouds. In the lower right corner, a flying saucer rests on the ground.

When the world falls apart, home is where you find it.

The official trailer for Once Upon a Time in the Middle East is here. Shen Teng stars as a chef whose restaurant becomes a refuge when war engulfs the city. Wen Muye’s Chinese war drama hits North American theaters October 9.

#GeekRealmHub #Movies #Film

BFI Player’s September 2026 line-up

Alongside exclusive new titles including Ish, the Oslo Stories Trilogy and Riefenstahl, we celebrate French cinema’s master of suspense with a collection of thrillers, mysteries and psychological dramas

#film #BFI #BFIPlayer #Chabrol #Letterboxd

BFI Player’s September 2026 li...

My wife, daughter and I watched The Sixth Sense (1999) tonight. It’s been about 20 years since I’ve last seen it and my daughter hasn’t seen it at all yet. It’s cool that she’s about the age I was when I first watched it. Of course I didn’t spoil the ending

There’s so many more movies for her to watch! She really enjoyed this one.

#Movies #Film #NowPlaying

I posted about the movie Donnie Darko not too long ago but today I see this.

The movie will be returning to select theaters for 3 days starting on October 2nd! You should totally go watch it in theaters if you haven’t seen the movie yet. It’ll be an unforgettable experience 🎬

https://www.msn.com/en-us/entertainment/movies/the-best-r-rated-sci-fi-thriller-of-all-time-officially-returns-to-theaters/ar-AA2bR46c

#Movies #Film #NowPlaying

"Just an Illusion arrives in #cinemas this week having made big money at the box office in #France. It is a warm and nostalgic crowd-pleaser centred on a #Jewish family living in the suburbs of #Paris in 1985. The primary focus is Vincent, the younger of two brothers, in the leadup to his #barmitzvah day. One is struck, when watching the #film, by what Stephen King refers to as “the ecstasy of perfect recognition”. And, as with King’s Stand by Me, this is a work that seems to perfectly capture what it feels like to be 12 years old.

Unsurprisingly, this #autobiographical film is inspired by the adolescence of #filmmakers #EricToledano and #OlivierNakache and one can feel the emotional truth in every scene. It is a film about love, music and #assimilation and is absolutely not to be missed – by #Jews and gentiles alike."

https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/tender-french-coming-of-age-movie-about-a-jewish-family-opens-in-uk/

Practical Magic 2 comes out today in theaters. It’s been a whopping 28 years since the first film. Hopefully it doesn’t fall flat like so many of these Hollywood revivals/ sequels do.

#Movies #Film

The #EGOT is a meta-award

It signifies the rare #entertainer who wins an #Emmy ( #television), #Grammy ( #music), #Oscar ( #film), and #Tony ( #theater)

This sketch on the #TheMuppetShow won #RitaMoreno her first Emmy (she got more), and thus completing her EGOT, in 1977

It's also pretty damn funny 😆

#Muppets

A list of videos and books that capture a chronology of the history of France from the 770s through the 1940s.

https://philosophics.blog/2026/09/05/french-history-through-novels/

#french #france #history #books #film #videos #recommendations #blog #lists #classics

Donnie Darko turns 25 years old next month. It’s an absolute masterpiece of a film that will keep you thinking about it long after the credits roll.

#Movies #Film

I recently watched Backrooms. It’s a surprisingly good movie with plenty of unexpected and unsettling moments.

#Movies #Film #Backrooms

牛来 somewhere in 柏林 tomorrow - let's see how bad/good it really is

#Berlin #film

Around this time in 1897, Thomas Edison was likely celebrating receiving a patent for the Kinetograph, his early motion picture camera. The first films ever copyrighted were made with it, including this one from 1894, which the Library has preserved. It's colloquially known as "Fred Ott's Sneeze."
@librarycongress #globalmuseum #cinema #cinemahistory #ThomasEdison #film

https://www.wacoca.com/media/753470/ 島衣装のちいかわたちが大集合！「映画ちいかわ 島へようこそ!!ぬいぐるみ」 全8種がプライズ展開ーXにてキャンペーンも実施（インサイド） – Yahoo!ニュース #film #movie #映画

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島衣装のちいかわたちが大集合！「映画ちいかわ 島へようこそ!!ぬいぐるみ」 全8種がプライズ展開ーXにてキャンペーンも実施（インサイド） - Yahoo!ニュース

"In the ultimate irony, a #documentary examining #antisemitism and the exclusion of #Jewish #artists from #Australia’s #culturalsector has been turned down by the ABC, SBS and the country’s two leading #film festivals.

#Cancelled, #directed by #Melbourne #filmmaker #DannyBenMoshe, will instead receive its world #premiere through the Jewish International #FilmFestival at special program-launch screenings in #Sydney and Melbourne in September.

The 88-minute documentary follows #singersongwriter #DeborahConway, #visualartist #NinaSanadze, #writer #JoshuaDabelstein and #circusartist #TaliaSofizade after the #Hamas-led attacks in southern #Israel on #October7, 2023.

It records allegations of professional exclusion, #doxxing, threats and hostility directed at Jewish artists.

Sydney Film Festival and Melbourne International Film Festival did not select the film. It was also declined by the ABC and SBS, #Australia’s publicly funded national broadcasters."

https://www.jwire.com.au/film-about-the-exclusion-of-jewish-artists-excluded-by-major-festivals/

🎥 Backrooms (2026) — nightmare fuel for your next trip to IKEA or Sofology. Kane Parsons’ ambitious adaptation of the internet-born Backrooms mythology is an atmospheric, unsettling horror.

Currently rentable on Amazon Prime Video in the UK.

🎧 Our YouTube post👇 soundtrack is The Wooden King 👑 by Speckled Band. Our new single, Roger Moore: Lost in Space 🧑‍🚀 is also out now.

https://youtube.com/shorts/aRRvkAuTSnU?is=Oii2_f472R9P3Erc

#Backrooms #MovieReview #Horror #FilmReview #KaneParsons #Movies #Film

Buster Keaton is the original Jackie Chan. He was doing some absolutely insane stunts in the 1920s.

Cottage Grove, Oregon is where “The General” was filmed a century ago. He’s still a really big deal there.

https://youtu.be/34IqNZ0zB-I

Edit: correction made to the original post

#Movies #Film

Margaret Qualley, Barbara Palvin promote their brands; Ann Taylor returns in force

https://lucire.com/insider/20260823/margaret-qualley-barbara-palvin-promote-their-brands-ann-taylor-returns-in-force/ #fashion #modelling #mode #moda #celebrity #Chanel #NYD #AnnTaylor #BarbaraPalvin #MargaretQualley #NYC #NY #USA #London #England #UK #film #première #BrandAmbassador

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Margaret Qualley in Chanel at The Dog Stars première in London. Photograph by Penske Media, copyright Chanel.

There is a #filmmaker gradient that goes something like this:

#RobertZemeckis ( very good complex shots, okay flow )

#StevenSpielberg ( complex shots and excellent flow )

#MichaelBay ( simple shorts and genius flow )

#cinema #movies #film #cinemastodon

Ieri sera abbiamo visto Personal Shopper.
Tralasciando l'interpretazione davvero ottima di Kristen Stewart posso dire che non mi ha entusiasmato il film?
A tratti è molto intrigante ma spesso un po' noioso e mi sembra anche che racchiuda diversi cliché presi un po' dall'horror, un po' dal thriller, con una spruzzatina di giallo e poliziesco, passando per il drammatico con elementi di psicologia da rivista senza però seguire un filo convincente. Almeno a mio parere.
Non è un brutto film, anzi gli darei una possibilità fossi in voi ma alla fine sono rimasto perplesso e la prima domanda che mi è passata per la testa è stata... Quindi? Che significa ciò che ho visto? Anche oggi, ripensandoci con calma, non saprei dare una risposta sinceramente!
Qualcunə l'ha visto? Pareri?

#film #cinema #horror #thriller #dramma #kristensteward  @FraNiky

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Locandina del film Personal Shopper. In primo piano l'attrice Kristen Steward vestita elegantemente, seduta su una poltrona. Sullo sfondo tre finestre da cui entra una luce verde/azzurra. In basso il titolo del film. In alto alcune frasi tratte da recensioni di riviste con la valutazione in stelline.

Extremely badly animated Chinese film is beating #AISlop big time.

https://invidio.us/watch?v=5Oegmcq5zaI

#animation #china #film #filmmaking #stopai #ai

" I can already see, things will get worse before they get better..."

" and some will seize the chance to grab everything they can. "

#Batman [2022] #Quote #FILM #Truth #Clip by #CollectiveTruth

NEW BOOK | 'The Doctrine of One: Personal Encounters with Film, Art and Music' by Michael Beckerman

Our latest #OpenAccess book is a bold and original meditation on how we interpret art, music, and culture—and what it means to listen, see, and feel differently from others.

Read freely online or buy a copy: https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0510

#musicology #film #CulturalStudies

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The book in hardback on a colourful background alongside text that says: The Doctrine of One: Personal Encounters with Film, Art and Music by Michael Beckerman This volume is a bold and original meditation on how we interpret art, music, and culture—and what it means to listen, see, and feel differently from others. Drawing on Czech history and aesthetics, the book moves from filmmaker Hugo Haas’s coded tributes to his murdered brother, to the haunting ex libris designs of Josef Váchal, to the deeply personal resonances of Schubert’s chamber music, Dvořák’s cello concerto, and Gideon Klein’s tragic Terezín Trio. Across these vivid case studies, the author asks whether meaning in art can ever be shared—or whether it always belongs to the individual observer. Written in an engaging and accessible style, the book offers both a philosophical inquiry and a passionate defense of individuality in an age of conformity. It will captivate readers of musicology, cultural studies, and philosophy alike—anyone who has ever wondered what it truly means to interpret a work of art.

Leni Riefenstahl, The Controversial Filmmaker Behind The Nazis’ Most Notorious Films

With "Triumph of the Will" and "Olympia," Leni Riefenstahl celebrated and glorified the Nazi regime in the 1930s, but she always denied that her films were propaganda.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/leni-riefenstahl

#history #GermanHistory #film

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In this black-and-white photograph, Leni Riefenstahl works at a table. She appears from the waist up, wearing a lab coat and has short dark hair. She holds a strip of celluloid film upright in her right hand and uses her left hand to pull and guide it. She looks closely at the film.

Well this sounds a lot more fun than the F1 film

https://deadline.com/2026/08/alan-ritchson-motogp-movie-netflix-1237015614/

#MotoGP #Augheist #film #filmMastodon

"I found two dead people in theaters too. That was kind of crazy." Pat Caldwell to Chris Stanton for Vulture/New York Magazine
https://www.vulture.com/article/thank-this-projectionist-for-the-odysseys-70-mm-imax-run.html?src=longreads #film #movies #theodyssey #imax #longreads

"The #Holocaust takes up a lot of space within #Jewish #film and #television, #historical or otherwise, for good reason. It was an immense tragedy on a global scale, one of the darkest hours of human #history. The stories of those who survived are undeniably compelling. And, in adapting some of these stories for the screen, they are important tools for Holocaust education and fighting #antisemitism (provided that they are done thoughtfully).

And yet, if you’re Jewish, it can be exhausting to constantly engage with this specific trauma. Sometimes you might want to learn more about different periods of history through media which reflect lesser told Jewish stories, even if some of those are traumatic, too.

If that’s you, you’re in the right place. Read on for eight #TV shows, both based on true stories and fictionalized, that center #Jews throughout various periods of history other than the Holocaust."

https://www.kveller.com/8-jewish-period-tv-shows-that-arent-about-the-holocaust/

Gamera (1995) is a pretty good giant monster film but amidst the spectacle was this impeccable piece of cinema.

#gamera #film #scifi

Kiwi indie feature Pop to receive nationwide release in October

https://lucire.com/insider/20260807/kiwi-indie-feature-pop-to-receive-nationwide-release-in-october/ #film #NZ #Aotearoa #IndependentFilm #living #Wellington #Wellywood #teWhanganuiaTara #PopTheFilm

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Still from the movie Pop, dir. Tim Hamilton.

David Ellison Should Never Own a Combined Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, because of course he shouldn't.

No one person, family or company should own so much news, media and entertainment.

But that didn't stop David Ellison from trying to convince us he should (and oddly making it clear he should not).

https://stuff.davidaugust.com/david-ellison-convinced-me-he-should-never-own-nor-control-a-combined-paramount-warner-bros-discovery/

#paramount #WarnerBrosDiscovery #wbd #psky #merger #monopoly #news #media #entertainment #movies #tv #film #television

I doubt this would ever happen, but imagine if the Roman Catholic pope would do this, then he might actually be doing God's work....

But no pope has ever done it!

Anthony Quinn as pope in "Shoes of the Fisherman" (1968)

#movie #film #AnthonyQuinn #Catholic #pope

In honor of Mel Brooks’s 100th birthday, here is Dr. Dan McClellan, scholar of the Bible and Religion, translating the Hebrew on the third tablet that Moses dropped in History of the World Part I; it actually had real words, and Brooks committed to the bit:

https://youtube.com/shorts/RAycIBNgXcg

#film #MelBrooks

My tummy hurts and I'm a little pissy. I am requesting movie recommendations. Here's what I like:

-Queer
-Soft
-Cerebral
-Psychological
-Indie/off-beat/beatnik

...but i am open to pretty much anything, in any language.

#FilmRecs #Film #MovieRecs

"As #StevenPressman makes clear in his new #documentary #film, Dust Bowls and #Jewish Souls: Another Side of #WoodyGuthrie, there was another side to #Guthrie and his #songs. As his son, #ArloGuthrie, explains in the film: “My father studied #Judaism and he knew something about it. He never exchanged his faith for something else; he added to his faith. And that something else he added … was a Jewish identity. He understood what that meant traditionally, historically, culturally. And he knew more about Judaism than my zeyde. And so, my bubbe was thrilled.”

It just so happens that Arlo’s bubbe — his grandmother — was acclaimed #Yiddish #poet and #lyricist #AlizaGreenblatt. When Guthrie married Aliza’s daughter, #MarjorieMazia (née #Greenblatt), the two chose to raise their children in #ConeyIsland..."

https://forward.com/culture/841190/our-greatest-folksinger-wrote-about-america-dust-bowl-refugees-and-jewish-identity/

Fun fact: Salvador Dalí designed a tarot deck for the film Live and Let Die.

https://lithub.com/salvador-dali-made-a-tarot-deck-for-the-james-bond-film-live-and-let-die/

#art #film

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A picture of a young Salvador Dalí taken in 1925. He has short dark hair, wide eyes, and a thin mustache. He looks directly forward, wearing a dark collared jacket over a light shirt. One hand rests on a woven wicker basket in front of him, with part of a curved life preserver showing visible lettering below his hand.

i was so surprised and delighted to see BBSes, FidoNet, and MUDs/MUCKs get mentions in the anthropomorphic (furry) culture history documentary The Fandom (2020).

i always knew there was significant overlap between furry culture and networked computing, but i had never fully made the connection. it's so nice to see a real, non-corporate, grassroots culture grown through informal othernetworks. no wonder masto is so furry-rich!

trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9DQQsUcs0

watch here (free):
https://archive.org/details/the-fandom-a-furry-documentary-full-movie

#bbs #fidonet #documentary #film #furry #othernetworks #mud #mush

"Set against the backdrop of modern #dating through the lens of the #Jewish community, the #film follows a young Jewish man’s search for love, identity, and connection during the holiday season at a time when finding the right person has never felt more complicated.

The #romanticcomedy is the feature #directorial debut of #EvanScolnick, who previously took credits on short film Background Action, about a production assistant wrangling extras for a superhero movie and taking inspiration from a stint at Marvel Studios where he worked on films such as Hawkeye.

“I never imagined my debut feature would be a #romantic #comedy..."

Work is work buddy.

https://deadline.com/2026/07/rom-com-mazel-tough-jewish-dating-cast-1237004252/

TIL Kate Winslet held her breath for 7 minutes 14 seconds while recording an underwater stunt in Avatar 2. She broke Tom Cruise's record of six minutes from one of the Mission Impossible movies.

https://screenrant.com/tom-cruise-mission-impossible-8-underwater-breath-record-kate-winslet/

#movies #film #katewinslet #movietrivia #trivia #BADASS

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Kate Winslet as a blue alien and as herself

PopcornGap is a brand new website that shows the true audience scores of movies instead of the modified Rotten Tomatoes’ scores.

As you may or may not know, RT has a storied history of making terrible movies seem good and vise-versa. Check it out for yourself:

https://popcorngap.com/

#Movies #RottenTomatoes #Film #Cinema

"My father, Rabbi #ShlomoCarlebach, profoundly shaped #Jewish life through his #music, teachings, and ability to touch people’s souls. He also caused profound harm. The new #documentary The Darkest Light portrays both of these truths with care and precision. It celebrates the transformative impact he had on Jewish life and music while giving voice to the painful testimony of three women who were victims of his harmful actions.

#Director #SimonMendes and his team spent years making this #film, and I was honored to be one of the subjects. They approached an extraordinarily difficult story with compassion, courage and nuance. To tell only one side of my father’s story would have been untrue.

After much reflection, I have decided not to attend the premiere.

This was not an easy decision. I believe in this film. I believe it deserves to be seen, and I intend to continue supporting it as it travels through the world. But today should not be about me nor about my grief..."

https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/the-film-about-my-father-is-premiering-today-i-wont-be-there/

"A new #documentary premiering on #TishaBAv examines a series of #antisemitic attacks and missile strikes that, according to the #Aish organization, targeted or affected #Jewish communities during major holidays.

The #film, “While We Were Celebrating,” is set to premiere July 22, coinciding with the Jewish day of mourning. It is the third annual Tisha B’Av documentary produced by Aish and was #directed and #produced by #JamieGeller, the organization’s global spokesperson, together with #AishStudios.

The documentary looks at attacks across three continents and focuses on survivors, relatives of victims and eyewitnesses coping with trauma while trying to preserve a sense of resilience and hope, according to Aish."

https://www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world/article/hjyyhm9egx#google_vignette

“#JamesGray is the last great #novelist of #American #cinema,” said #GionaANazzaro, #Locarno’s artistic director. “His #films form a rich body of work that echoes the #Jewish #diaspora, #filmnoir, and #Russian as well as #NorthAmerican #literature. A #filmmaker with a humanist sensibility and profound #cinephile knowledge, he has experimented with genres such as #sciencefiction and adventure while retaining his own #artistic identity and voice. Celebrating James #Gray at the Locarno #Film Festival means paying tribute to a unique and unmistakable #artist, a filmmaker who speaks the language of #cinema and knows how to pass it on to future generations.”

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/james-gray-2026-locarno-award-career-leopard-paper-tiger-1236651656/

"[A] holy soul and a monster, a pioneering #feminist and an #abuser of girls, a person overflowing with love even for people he met on the street and yet so devoid of empathy that he was able to cause profound harm to dozens of young #women and #girls.

I am speaking, of course, of #Rabbi #ShlomoCarlebach.

This weekend marked the #premiere of The Darkest Light, an aptly titled new #film about #Carlebach’s life, and about the ways his family, followers and community have wrestled with his profoundly contradictory legacy. The moral center of the film is one of Carlebach’s two daughters, #Neshama, who was his #musical and #spiritual heir. It is heartbreaking to watch the many scenes of the two of them together, prior to his death (sudden, of a heart attack, on a plane set to leave LaGuardia Airport in 1994). She is so obviously in love with him, and he with her. If we didn’t know what was coming next, the videos would be achingly sacred and beautiful."

https://forward.com/culture/838970/darkest-light-documentary-shlomo-carlebach-simon-mendes/

-= Today’s Movie =-

🎞️ Obsession
🎬 Curry Barker
🗓️ 2026

#Movies #Moviestodon #Cinema #Cinemastodon #Film #Filmastodon #FirstWatch #NowWatching

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A young man sitting in a car at night, engrossed in his phone, with the word "OBSESSION" glowing above him.

Only a fool would deny that... I'm getting tired of all this anti-AI bullshit. It's just a very efficient automation tool with specific affordances that can be well used or badly used. OK, there are still some hiccups in terms of efficiency but this is mostly an engineering problem together with an illiteracy problem from the part of some users.

"The Star Wars director, George Lucas, has added his voice to the growing chorus of film-makers receptive to the rising use of AI tools in moviemaking.

Speaking in an interview with A Rabbit’s Foot, Lucas, 82, said: “Artificial intelligence means it’s much easier for us to make movies.”

Resistance to the technology, he said, was “very much like sitting here saying: ‘Well, I believe the horse and the buggy is really where it’s at. These cars, they break down, they need gas, there’s all kinds of problems with them and pretty soon they’ll be making them into tanks, and then they’ll be killing people. It’s terrible.’”

Adoption of such tools, continued Lucas, was an inevitability. “There’s nothing you can do about it. That’s progress, it’s the future.”

Lucas is not the only director of a Star Wars film to have come out in favour of AI. The British film-maker Gareth Edwards, who made Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and most recently Jurassic World Rebirth said generative AI “is a fucking genius at helping you”."

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/15/george-lucas-likens-ai-sceptics-to-luddites-clinging-to-horses-and-carts

#AI #GenerativeAI #Luddites #NeoLuddites #AntiAI #Film #Movies #Cinema

I know I posted this before, but I'm still amazed that wifey made this for a work-related function slash contest. Mostly out of paper!
I mean, who is this talented?
Respect.

#Art
#70s #film
#chocolate

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A model replica of the boat from the nineteen seventy one film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, made of paper, and floating on a chocolate river surrounded by a gum drop, candy landscape

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A finely detailed model replica of the boat from the nineteen seventy one film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, made of paper

@elsua54 Having a picture or not is not the same feeling for many online who have never seen each other but understand and contributed to great things together.

You're not talking to a machine.

I feel like #AaronSwartz even if I'd like people to work different to you!

Maybe watch this #documentary #film to understand:

The Internets Own Boy - The Story Of Aaron Swartz:

https://archive.org/download/TheInternetsOwnBoyTheStoryOfAaronSwartz

or

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Internet%27s_Own_Boy

Is Jurassic Park scary?

#film #movies

Back in the silent film era, theaters used hand-colored lantern slides to advertise their Coming Attractions.

I'd gladly pay the full nickel to see these four!

- Saved By Wireless (1915)
- The Craving: A Dramatic Wonder-Play with Startling Photographic Effects (1918)
- Beans! A Play of Youth, Beauty, and Adventure (1919)
- A Tokio Siren (1920)

#1920s #Film #movies #silentfilm #1910s #MoviePosters #beans #wireless #hollywood

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Saved By Wireless, with a man hanging from a propeller airplane in flight

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The Craving, with the visual special effect of five bathing beauties apparently swimming in a cocktail glass

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Edith Roberts and Dew Cody, in Beans!

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Carl Laemelle offers Tsuru Aoki in "A Tokio Siren"

"Bridging the heartfelt and heartbreak with soaring celebration, traditional and contemporary #Yiddish #music will fill the air this July as the #Yidstock festival returns to the #YiddishBookCenter in #Amherst. The four-day cultural celebration, running from Thursday, July 9, through Sunday, July 12, features an array of #concerts, talks, workshops and #film screenings."

https://amherstbulletin.com/2026/07/07/preserving-a-language-through-song-yidstock-brings-vibrant-yiddish-culture-and-klezmer-to-the-valley/

We're overdue for another restored final edit of Metropolis with a new soundtrack. No film has ever really hit the same level of restored_final_final_edit6 versioning.

#metropolis #film

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A scene from Metropolis showing hundreds of faces

Otherworldly visitors meet radical homegrown visions in a July line-up spanning sci-fi classics, Free Cinema landmarks and early Peter Weir gems.

https://letterboxd.com/roddie/list/bfi-players-july-2026-line-up/detail/

#film #filmMastodon #BFIPlayer

I just got finished watching Project Hail Mary. It’s a very entertaining sci-fi movie that stars Ryan Gosling, who also produced the film.

This movie has it all: intriguing plot, humor, action, drama, and surprises.

It’s not super scientifically accurate but I’ll give that a pass since the movie is so good otherwise. I’d rate it a solid 9 out of 10. Highly recommended!

#Movies #Film #NowWatching

This was phenomenal https://archive.org/details/the-detective/Deadline+-+U.S.A.+(1952).mp4 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadline_%E2%80%93_U.S.A. #Film #Noir #Deadline

"I’m cold and lonely and should have gone to see the wild horses." —Claire Vaye Watkins for The Believer https://www.thebeliever.net/one-last-run/?src=longreads #sundance #film #movies #travel #longreads #essay

The spliced tracking shot at the beginning of Dead End (1937) is incredible #Film #Noir https://archive.org/details/the-detective/Dead+End+(1937-HD).ia.mp4

Now showing on WETA.
https://youtu.be/7-tO4nvanrk?si=KoCDLccQPAk4RFr8
#WashingtonDC #DC #51stState #documentary #film #television #PBS #WETA

this scene from Road to Perdition could have been a 17c dutch realist painting

#film #movies #art #painting #artHistory

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A static shot from the film Road to Perdition. The frame is split roughly in half, bisected by an adjoining wall. The left is a hallway and entryway to a home. The right side is a deep field shot of a boy sitting in a room on a bed, facing the camera. The scene is lit coldly, with an almost foggy, ethereal mood. It gives you the feeling that the boy has been waiting in this room a long time for someone to walk through the door on the left.

incredible article, now 25 years old, on the lighting and cinematography of Conrad Hall & Sam Mendes' Road To Perdition.

"The palette for the movie was very muted," Mendes says. "Very early on, Conrad and I talked about creating a sense of great contrast within images by using hard light from the side and chiaroscuro. We wanted dark backgrounds and dark sets with dark, muted greens and grays.

"For example, he'll use black silk for daylight exteriors because it cuts a perfect amount of light to make a scene look as though it's in the shade. White silk makes light flare, but black silk doesn't bring all that flare back and doesn't fill the whole scene up with fill light. On this film, we never shot in harsh sunlight; we always used black silks to dim down the scene and then relit it the way Conrad wanted it to look. He also uses different papers and double softs, and mixes hard and soft light almost constantly."

https://web.archive.org/web/20230606072340/https://theasc.com/magazine/aug02/perdition/index.html

source: American Cinematographer - Emotional Triggers (August, 2002)

#movies #cinematography #film #art

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A scene from the climax of Road to Perdition, showing tom hanks walking towards the camera holding a tommy gun. The scene is filmed in the pouring rain, with a sepia tone. The scene is lit warmly, from a light source above, making tom hanks a silhouette.

"David was a crazy workaholic, just like my dad. They were both people who were used to being creative every waking moment of their life. So for David, doing Labyrinth was like being on vacation." —Ann Lee's oral history for The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/16/david-bowie-workaholic-labyrinth-at-40-oral-history/?src=longreads

#longreads #labyrinth #bowie #film #cultclassic #reading #oralhistory

If you like cinematography and special effects, you might enjoy Rachel Talalay's "How I Filmed This" series:

https://www.youtube.com/@howifilmedthis-racheltalalay

I love this stuff.

#Film #DoctorWho #Cinematography #VFX

Sean Penn to direct January 6 drama with Bradley Cooper set to star
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/16/sean-penn-bradley-cooper-january-6-film
#news #NarcissistInChief #film #movie #protest #resist #January6th

"Persuading the Roses to let the crew shoot in — and drive a car through — their bespoke glass-and-steel home felt to Coker like a hard sell."

Jason Klamm in Chicago Magazine: https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/june-july-2026/inside-ferris-buellers-iconic-ferrari-crash-scene/

#Longreads #Books #Chicago #Cars #Film #Cinema #Movies #FerrisBueller #Architecture

#Movies #TheMatrix #Film

Disclosure (the new Spielberg film) has had zero appeal to me but the reviews are very positive... so my ears have perked up a bit

#scifi #film

The Wind and the Lion | Full Movie with Sean Connery
https://youtu.be/D-In3mEfBxg

This movie was filmed before the normalization of brainless Hollywood portrayals of all foreigners as mindless drones. It showed an era of mutual respect and honor codes between adversaries instead of jingoistic 'light of the world' self-worship.

No spoilers. It is too good for that.

#WorthIt #SeanConnery #ClassicFilm #FullMovie #Movies #Film #Cinema #History #TeddyRoosevelt #Berbers

@infostorm@a.gup.pe @movies@a.gup.pe @classics@a.gup.pe @film@a.gup.pe

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Bearded Berber Sultan with black and red head dress, portrayed by Sean Conner in the movie, The Wind and the Lion.