World premiere of the film The Dance Is Not Over, celebrating the life and career of dancer, performer, choreographer, #LGBTQ+ and publicly #HIV-positive activist Patrick Scully, whose Patrick’s Cabaret was a South Minneapolis fixture for decades. His work in #MN, New York and Berlin, expresses his passion for life, and touches on subjects that are often controversial and profound.
April 8 & 10, #MSP #Film Fest
https://mspfilm.org/show/the-dance-is-not-over/

Today, March 16, mission control technician Elliot Whitter notices something is amiss when the Capricorn One crew's television signals are being transmitted ahead of the ship's telemetry (Capricorn One, 1978)

'...obviously it’s a  worldwide fact that women have still a lot to gain. when i started as an  actress, i did everything possible to fight for myself. in a way, fighting for myself was fighting for women in general, but i always felt i had to be in a certain position in the films i was doing.'
happy huppert day, everyone!
#isabelleHuppert #film #cinema #feminism #france #illustration

#OnThisDay, March 16, in 1945, America began a two-day campaign of firebombing Kobe, Japan (depicted in Grave of the Fireflies, 1988, Studio Ghibli)

Don't let the naysayers get to you. This is a fun film and worth watching. I am massive fan of Simon's work and think this is a good adaptation of the source material for a wider audience.

This #YouTube channel is so worth perusing... lots of short, beautifully scripted and shot videos about big science topics, like Time. Entrancing.

https://youtu.be/nOVvEbH2GC0?si=QHgVuUU5crXklr_d

#Science
#Documentary
#Film

I really enjoyed The Electric State as a book.

I also really enjoyed the film.

Tales From The Loop (on big A) captured Simon Stålenhag’s world so well (for me, YMMV). But as soon as Mr. Peanut appeared in the ES film it was clear this was a different beast and could be watched as a stand alone piece that happened to share a name.

Today, March 15, in 1973, sci-fi author George McFly is shot in an alleyway. After his son Marty burns a stolen sports almanac from the future and corrects the timeline, today, March 15, in 1973, sci-fi author George McFly receives an award (Back to the Future: Part II, 1989)

Today, March 15, in 1917, Czar Nicholas II abdicated the Russian throne, ending 300 years of Romanov rule, the last full autocracy in Europe (The Last Czars, 2019)

Today, March 15, in 44 BC, on the Ides of March, a group of Roman senators stabbed Julius Caesar to death during a meeting of the Senate in the Theatre of Pompey (Rome, 2005)

While Kurosawa Akira loved and respected Shakespeare, his western literary influence didn't end there. From a young age, Kurosawa obsessed over the works of the Russian literary giants - Dostoevsky, Gogol, Tolstoy, and many others.

That love would save his life.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=B4bIALn4iWA

One of my favorite, indie, #scifi short films!

'Who Among Us' is set in a near-future in which a Japanese game show has contestants from across the globe try to determine who among them is an android.

The twist: the android believes it is human.

The prize? $500 million

Watch this fascinating short film with interesting commentary on the human condition:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRtwIvUQ48w

images from 'Paths of Glory' (1957)

Happy birthday to Michael Caine, who happens to be the protagonist of tonight's movie!

#NowWatching Get Carter (Mike Hodges, 1971)

Today, March 14, in 2077, drone repair technician Jack Harper wakes up near the end of his five-year mission on Earth. He is one of the few humans on the planet, which was ravaged by nuclear war and natural disaster after the moon was destroyed 60 years earlier (Oblivion, 2013)

Today, March 14, in 1964, Dallas, Texas nightclub owner Jack Ruby was convicted of murder with malice and sentenced to death for shooting and killing President John F. Kennedy's alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald (Ruby, 1992)

Added some new reviews to my Letterboxd page, including two recent gems, Flow (2024) and Good One (2024)
https://letterboxd.com/stancarey/films/reviews/

We're All Going to the World's Fair is basically a one woman quiet, weird, contemplative tour de force that's not at all what I was expecting.

A lot of interesting shots, including a slick long take, done with a handheld camera that fits perfectly with the story.

Melancholic and hopeful, it's billed as horror, but it's not. Unless you consider Donnie Darko to be horror.

What it is, I don't know, other than unique and quite good.

#Portland #PDX #Culture #Film

I'm at the Hollywood Theater screening of Duck Soup. It's sold out. I guess people are looking for irreverent humour aimed at the wealthy and powerful for some reason.