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Longtime (but now occasional) film critic, fulltime reporter for the Memphis daily newspaper, The Commercial Appeal. Earned first writing paycheck from Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.

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'Peter Hujar's Day' arrives in Memphis. What to know about director Ira Sachs' new movie Born and raised in Memphis, Ira Sachs has been a filmmaker for nearly 30 years. His latest movie, "Peter Hujar's Day," opens Nov. 14 in his hometown.

PETER HUJAR'S DAY, the new movie by Memphis' own Ira Sachs, opens here Friday. Here's some info: bit.ly/3LF5H6V

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Linda Cristal, Shirley Jones, John Ford’s TWO RODE TOGETHER (1961).

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TRAP HOUSE (drug police action, with Dave Bautista); KING IVORY (more drug police action); KAANTHA (a thriller from India); and CHRISTMAS KARMA (a Bollywood adaptation of 'A Christmas Carol'). 3/3

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KEEPER, the second move this year from horror specialist Osgood Perkins (his last, in February, was THE MONKEY); the bizarre-sounding THE CARPENTER'S SON, described as "psychological horror" inspired by an apocryphal gospel, with Nic Cage as, essentially, Jesus... 2/3

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New movies in Memphis, 11/14: PETER HUJAR'S DAY, from Memphis director Ira Sachs; Edgar Wright's remake of THE RUNNING MAN; magicians' heist sequel NOW YOU SEE ME: NOW YOU DON'T; a reissue of WICKED, prior to the sequel's 11/21 release .... 1/3

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Hometown movie notice: Memphis director Ira Sachs' much-acclaimed new movie, PETER HUJAR'S DAY, opens here Friday, 11/14, at the Malco Ridgeway Four.

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Pontotoc, Mississippi’s 8-foot-2 Max Palmer is the β€˜Man-Ape’ in KILLER APE (1953), the 12th Jungle Jim movie. Palmer later gave up acting and alcohol to be an evangelist, touring as the β€˜Goliath for Christ.’

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From 'Pet Sematary' to 'Child's Play,' Memphis Monster Con brings horror stars to town Memphis Monster Con, touted by organizers as the city's "premier horror convention," is back for its second year with a lineup full of horror stars.

he kid who sliced Herman Munster with a scalpel in PET SEMATARY? Yeah, he's gonna be there, along with former co-stars of Chucky, Freddy and Jason, at the second annual Memphis Monster Con, this weekend: bit.ly/47I9dVB

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One of the β€˜Giant People’ in JUNGLE JIM IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND (1952).

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The extent of our Halloween decorations. Old school (for an old ghoul).

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Jonathan Frid, in full Barnabas regalia, is the 'Mystery Guest' on WHAT'S MY LINE, 1970.

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When is new Memphis Art Museum opening in Downtown? See the latest plans The Memphis Art Museum β€” the much-anticipated new Downtown location of the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art β€” is set to open to the public in late 2026.

The Memphis Art Museum - the much-anticipated new Downtown riverfront location for the historic Memphis Brooks Museum - is set to open December 2026: bit.ly/3X2cnhR

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Plus, 3 from India: MADHANIYAN; MASS JATHARA; and BAAHUBALI: THE EPIC, a reedit-into-a-single-feature of the two 'Baahubali' films made by director S.S. Rajamouli before his 2022 international breakthrough, RRR. 3/3

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SELF-HELP (horror that satirizes the 'self-actualization' movement); VIOLENT ENDS (vengeance in the modern Ozarks); DOWN TOWN (action-comedy in the 'underbelly' of Los Angeles) ... 2/3

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New movies in Memphis, 10/31: Yorgos Lanthimos' BUGONIA; STITCH HEAD (horror-themed family-friendly animation, as in 'Frankenweenie'); reissues of BACK TO THE FUTURE and the original TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE; CHAIN REACTIONS, a documentary about the aforementioned film... 1/3

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Interesting to watch the Springsteen movie and the new Frankenstein on successive days; they share a lot of themes, and conclude with very similar intimate father/son scenes...

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Was not expecting a DRACULA - PRINCE OF DARKNESS reference in the first ten minutes of del Toro’s FRANKENSTEIN.

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on Vance Avenue

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Everybody’s a critic. (Dan O’Herlihy to tavern keeper, SWORD OF VENUS, 1953.)

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Only in Memphis: Carla Thomas, the Stax Queen of Soul, backed by Hi Rhythm, performing at NBA halftime. (And doing β€œTramp,” no less, with Jerome Chism in the Otis Redding part.)

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Dick Tracy vs. Superman, round 2: Ralph Byrd and George Reeves in THUNDER IN THE PINES (1948).

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I love Chicago.

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They leave money on the table the way I leave half-read New Yorkers.

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I’m kind of afraid of that, based on the trailer …

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REGRETTING YOU (Allison Williams in a family drama); CHAINSAW MAN: THE MOVIE - REZE ARC (more inexplicably titled [to the non-congnoscenti] anime; DUDE (from India). 3/3

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QUEENS OF THE DEAD (new to me - per IMDb: "Drag queens and club kids battle zombies craving brains during a zombie outbreak at their drag show in Brooklyn" - Cordova [??] only); SHELBY OAKS (not a Collierville housing development, but more horror) ... 2/3

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New movies in Memphis, 10/24: Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN (Ridgeway and Collierville only, since it arrives on Netflix two weeks later); SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE (everywhere, including IMAX); Linklater's BLUE MOON, with Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart (Ridgeway only) ... 1/3

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memphis no kings rally

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oh man they did it for real

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