“Elaine is the exact opposite of everyone else in Hollywood.” — Charles Grodin
THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972) is on YouTube if you’d like to celebrate Elaine May’s 94th birthday and what would have been Grodin’s 91st.
youtu.be/ZVpisL2DZx8 #FilmSky
HBD Elaine May! For anyone celebrating www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Very happy to see this published. My co-conspirator in all things conference-related, @cbkenkar.bsky.social, and I are so proud of the students who wrote this review and grateful to everyone who made the event such a special one.
I'm sick of the cold and the snow and the winter so let's just have a good cry as Geneviève bids farewell to Guy on the train platform to the achingly gorgeous strains of "I Will Wait For You" by composer Michel Legrand BOTD (1932-2019)
#filmsky #musicsky #moviesky #BOTD (see link for credits)
Dear #DavidLynch & @markfrost.bsky.social
Thank you for #TwinPeaks
The greatest artistic love of my life
"Diane, 11:30 am, February 24. Entering the town of Twin Peaks ⛰️. I've never seen so many trees in my life 🌲Damn good food. That cherry pie 🥧 is worth a stop."
We all know the lines by heart ❣️
Ryan Coogler‘s The X-Files reboot has received a pilot greenlight at Hulu.
Danielle Deadwyler is set as the co-lead with Jennifer Yale as showrunner.
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BIG THANKS to the organizers for the 5th Literature/Film Association & AAS Joint Online Conference for another successful collaboration! 🫶 @grossmjj.bsky.social & @ssedaozz.bsky.social & Tom Leitch & Allen Redmon & John Sanders. Lots to digest this weekend!
Julie Grossman writes, "I think about one critic's comment about Gloria Grahame's roles in film noir--that she was always on the sidelines where she could cause the most trouble. Gloria=adaptation studies?" Two hearts for that. Tom Leitch responds "YES!!" (with one heart).
Exhibit A to illustrate the best sidebar chat in academic conferencing, captured during Day Two of LFA/AAS & featuring @grossmjj.bsky.social with Tom Leitch.
BONUS - Valentine's Day 🥰
For this week's #ThursdayFilmRec 🗃️🎥🍿🎬 #HATM
Watch or (Rewatch) my favorite musical "Guys And Dolls" (1955) - Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Writers: Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows (based on Damon Runyon stories); Composer: Frank Loesser
Full film ⬇️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhNW...
So excited to receive this in the mail today! www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/ida-lupino-d... @rutgersupress.bsky.social
Want to come work in my Film Studies department in Ottawa, Canada, for a year? Application deadline is March 6. All areas of specialization welcome. Please spread the word! @carleton.ca carleton.ca/deputyprovos... #filmstudies #jobopportunity
Cover of Melodrama as Provocateur by Linda Williams. The cover is black with three red triangles creating a geometric design. The title is written at an upwards diagonal in a cream all lowercase sans serif font. The author’s name is written in diagonally between two of the triangles in all caps and yellow. The editors are written in a serif font in the bottom red triangle.
"Melodrama as Provocateur," edited by Christine Gledhill, Laura Horak, and Elisabeth R. Anker, showcases the final project of influential film scholar Linda Williams, along with responses by a diverse collection of scholars. Read the intro for free now: buff.ly/PkD02nj
Very excited about this new book, @kylemeikle.bsky.social —congrats!
Fantastic—catch that fish!
@danhf.bsky.social — are you writing a book on TP??? 😍
Nice!
EXTENDED DEADLINE: AAS 2026 is now accepting proposals until 15 January 2026!
Looking forward to seeing this!
Ahh, correcting my last post: she bristled at the phrase and did repeat it, and I was remembering an article where she referred to herself this way and also the “Academy Award” reference, but as @pmbryant.com reminds us, the original phrase comes from an earlier Hedda Hopper item in 1943. Thank you!
In the “Academy Award” episode of MR ADAMS AND EVE the awards announcer’s voice is a parody of Bette Davis’s, continuing the “joke.”
Interesting piece, though of course “the poor man’s Bette Davis” line was Lupino’s own, perhaps an exaggeration of her self-deprecation and frustration with the mishegas of Hollywood (which drove her to want to make her own films anyway!).
The full schedule is now *live* for 'To Save and Project' at MoMA in NYC, Jan 8 - Feb 2, 2026!!! 😍🎞️ So many gems in this line-up!
www.moma.org/calendar/fil...
“Hello, Arthur? This is your mother”—I love Elaine May so much. NICHOLS AND MAY @tcmtv.bsky.social
Related to ongoing discourse, just going to return to this newsletter collaboration with @kristenwarner.bsky.social from April on the box office reporting around #Sinners, and the challenge of blaming the Asterisk People for systemic industry failures.
Really looking forward to this—tomorrow, Friday, 12-1pm Eastern! Still time to register! @adaptstudies.bsky.social @adaptationtoday.bsky.social
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Thank you @edelsemple.bsky.social for flagging this great post and piece! Such a unique show that #WillScheibel and I decided some years back to put this book together. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
This!☝️ I’m hoping to squeeze in a rewatch over the Christmas. Also paging @grossmjj.bsky.social, co-editor of Penny Dreadful and Adaptation!
I watched Penny Dreadful for the first tme earlier in the year and I agree 👇
The Best Gothic Horror Series Ever Made Needs More Recognition, Every Frame Is Art | GIANT FREAKIN ROBOT share.google/3JjBLlGEOApP...
It was a good mail day today! If you’re interested in archives, women’s labor and/of French movie culture, this is for you.
Congrats @aurspiers.bsky.social! It’s a great book.
@ucpress.bsky.social