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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

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"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

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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

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🎬 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

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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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One of 20 full length painting videos in The Landscape Painting Studio. Learn to paint stunning landscapes using my easy to follow process.

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

The Last Word
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Shirley MacLaine has been one of my favorite actresses for as long as I can remember — her talent, wit, and screen presence have consistently impressed me. Watching this movie for the first time felt like uncovering a long-overdue treasure...

In real life, Simba’s mom would be running the pride A lion expert breaks down lion family dynamics.

There are lots of great moments in the film, but it misrepresents the actual social dynamics of lion prides, while the thematic centering of patriarchy and monarchy is not in keeping with progressive values. I enjoyed this article by @erinbiba.bsky.social.

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Writer/Director Richard Kelly’s ‘Donnie Darko’ starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Drew Barrymore, Mary McDonnell, Katharine Ross, Maggie Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Noah Wyle, Seth Rogen, and Patrick Swayze premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on this day 25 years ago ✈️ 🐰 ⏰ #OTD

For this week’s Silent Sundays post, I wrote about actress Kathryn Boyd, Norman Studios, and the legacy of THE FLYING ACE (1926).

Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/your-silen...

Artemis II: Nasa's mega Moon rocket arrives at launch pad Final preparations now get underway for the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years.

Despite US politics being a total clusterfuck, this is an incredible development. It will be the first time anyone under the age 54 will have been alive to see a Lunar mission. Part of the spacecraft was also built by the European Space Agency. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Silver Screen Standards: The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) When Roger Corman died on May 9, 2024, at the impressive age of 98, his passing marked the end of a brilliant cinematic career that began in the 1950s and continued …

"It’s a vivid, violent fever dream of a movie, from the swirling paint of the opening credits to that final horrifying closeup, with especially memorable performances from horror icons Vincent Price and Barbara Steele." - Jennifer Garlen

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YouTube video by Film Trailer Channel At the Earth's Core (1976) Trailer | Doug McClure | Peter Cushing

If you want to become a better filmmaker study bad films like 'At the Earth's Core'.

"The movie is a kind of no-talent competition in which the acting, the script, the direction and the camera-work vie for last place."
- The New York Times (28 August 1976)

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Le Jour se Lève review – still bristling with energy Jean Gabin is as rugged and worldly as ever in this sparkling reissue of Marcel Carné’s classic, writes Peter Bradshaw

"Marcel Carné’s 1939 classic, written by Jacques Prévert, is bristling with energy and shaped with incomparable artistry and flair."
- Peter Bradshaw

www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oc...

Nerds That Geek Movie Review: 'The Time Machine (1960)' ​When it comes to adaptations as whole, for some, there is no middle ground. There is either the book or the movie, and one is always better than the other and good luck in trying to convince them...

"While the effects are cool in their own right, what truly makes this film special in my mind, is the sense of wonder that it evokes when one watches it." - John Edward Betancourt

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#OTD 17 Jan 1912 Scott's team arrived at the South Pole to find Amundsen's tent & flag. He wanted to achieve his science goals and collect rock samples as he went back to base. His team later died and were found with the samples. This was a precursor #astrogeology #astrobiology sample return mission

YouTube video by Monster Critic This Island Earth 1955

"One of the most fascinating—and frightening—science-fiction movies to come at us yet from outer space." - Philip K. Scheuer

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YouTube video by Ye Olde Cinema Les Vampires (1915–16) by Louis Feuillade - French Silent Crime Serial Film(with English Intertitle)

A seven hour long (ten part) French silent serial crime film written and directed by Louis Feuillade, made during the First World War. Now available on YouTube.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7s0...