Reflections in a CineEye

I'll be interviewing Jacinda Townsend about her excellent recent novel, TRIGGER WARNING, Fri, Apr 3rd, 2026, 7:00 PM-8:30 at my local indie, Inkwood Books. We'll have the talk, Q and A, then a book signing. Hope to see you there! www.inkwoodnj.com/events/48153... #booksky #indiebookstores

Banacek No Stone Unturned This is "Banacek No Stone Unturned" by Samera Clan on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

The one of the very few #crimeseries in the 70s to have an authentic New Hollywood feel – Banacek (NBC, 1972-74):

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He’s happily contributing to technological unemployment in the industry.

Seth MacFarlane Used AI to Turn Himself Into a Creepily Realistic Bill Clinton The 'Family Guy' creator has thrown 'Ted' fans with a '90s-era Clinton that some thought was real footage: "It was the only way to look like Clinton."

Seth MacFarlane is happy to contribute to #technologicalunemployment in the industry #stopAI www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...

“Name’s Graham, like…”

YouTube video by Fliefer The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins (1967)

I’d check out Les Blank’s The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins – a facsinating window into Texas blues culture (Les’ son Harrod is a friend, and he played the tall Killer Klown!: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BcVb...

LED ZEPPELIN PLAYED HERE www.ledzeppelinplayedhere.com

A wonderful bit of metal history from my time at Film Threat! I know Jeff Krulik, in case you’d like to connect with him, @horrornonna.com He also made a doc about Zepplin playing a small youth center in Maryland in ‘69: vimeo.com/348752428 (full film)

Thank you! I appreciate that. 🙏

“And now…you DIE!”

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I really wish that Jerry Stahl’s I, FATTY would get out of development hell:

Eraserhood

They filmed a scene for that film across from my old office in Cranbury, NJ – a common location for its historic buildings – but it ended up on the cutting room floor and later, a DVD extra.

The Return of the Living Dead (1985) watch uncut Directed by: Dan O’Bannon Stars: Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa, Thom Mathews, Beverly Randolph, Linnea Quigley Language: English Country: Usa | Imdb Info Description: When a pair of warehouse w...

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Military gas leaks into a cemetery and the dead come back fast, loud and hungry. It fuses punk attitude, black comedy and zombie chaos into one of the wildest #culthorror rides of the #80sHorror
#GrindhouseCinema #LinneaQuigley #ZombieClassic #HorrorComedy

VHS prices were rough back in the 90s.

Really admire how that one by Ford plays by its own rules.

YouTube video by Movieclips Mean Streets (5/10) Movie CLIP - Bathroom Hit (1973) HD

Love his scene in Scorsese’s MEAN STREETS as an assassin going after a character played by his brother: m.youtube.com/watch?v=BS-6...

That is what I meant – teaching that as a psych. West. and Stagecoach as classical.

And speaking of “dude,” my favorite western: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

Love The Naked Spur, too – I teach it after Stagecoach, with that one as an example of the classical Western.

Wonderful examples of the classical, transitional, to psychological Western – love to hear which is your favorite.

“But to-night, on these twisting mountain roads…every mile was a miracle.” BENIGHTED, JB Priestly (1927), adapted into THE OLD DARK HOUSE (James Whale, 1932) #universalhorror #gothicfiction #horrorcomedy

I’m thrilled, Alexandra!!!

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@horrornonna.com – No. 4 from ‘24, about to become timely…. 🎥 ☠️ 🤘

What are five topics you can talk about unprepared for five minutes?

1) Dario Argento
2) Abel Ferrara
3) Elaine May
4) The "Josh's Blair Witch Mix" film soundtrack
5) the historical innacuracy of Boney M's seminal 1978 disco hit "Rasputin"

Lost 19th century film by Méliès discovered at the Library | Timeless Library conservators recently made a startling discovery in a batch of decaying film reels -- a long-lost 1897 film by early cinema icon George Méliès. The French magician-turned-filmmaker's

Thanks to Kristin Thompson for sharing – the complete discovered #Méliès film is included in the article. #filmrestoration