Polish poster for Luchino Visconti's THE LEOPARD (1963)

Unexpected 202 (1194)

Happy Roger Corman centenary!

Your Time is Now: The Sammy Petrillo Story—Coming this fall from Feral House. The only biography of Jerry Lewis impersonator Sammy Petrillo that you will ever need. Accept no imitations! Cover by Drew Friedman. Foreward by Scott Alexander. @feralhouse.bsky.social

sign toilet one place one dream

From Disney Masters Vol. 3: The Case of the Vanishing Bandit Mickey steps into a room, finding Goofy tied up and another Goofy-looking figure pointing a gun at him. Mickey: Goofy... Hey! What is this? Goofy(?): Get 'em up!

Cover of THE CHARLES MINGUS CAT-ALOG FOR TOILET TRAINING CATS

Mingus is justly acclaimed as a towering genius of jazz. And his autobiography BENEATH THE UNDERDOG is an essential read. But did you know he also wrote this guide to toilet training your cat? Truly a brilliant man.

#Caturday

Favourite Feature Films of the 21st Century One per director Missing: Black Summer "The Lodge" by John Hyams

The best films of the 21st century, according to me
letterboxd.com/honorszombie...

More and more people are saying “Scott LaFaro’s bass playing on Bill Evans’ Live at the Village Vanguard”

Can’t explain why but that dissolve to Robert Mitchum’s impassive face whilst Kate Bush is performing on a French tv show is one of the funniest things ever

The Leopard Man (1943)

Born to Kill (1947)

Bodyguard (1948)

The Window (1949)

Images from films shot by cinematographer Robert De Grasse - BOTD in 1900

The Leopard Man (1943)
Born to Kill (1947)
Bodyguard (1948)
The Window (1949)

The cast of SCTV

SCTV is on Internet Archive if you'd like to enjoy the early work of Catherine O'Hara and her fellow sketch comedy gods.

S1: archive.org/details/sctv...
S2: archive.org/details/sctv...
S3: archive.org/details/19-m...
S4-5: archive.org/details/66-s...
S6 + Cinemax: archive.org/details/sctv... #TVSky

2. Fascinating look at Auster’s writing process in this.

Real Beavis and Butt-Head energy going on here.

Polish poster for Polanski’s CHINATOWN.

Welcome to the Public Domain, GEORGIA ON MY MIND (1930) 🎶

The song that captured hearts & became a state anthem in 1979—and now, in 2026, it belongs to everyone.

Learn more ➡️ blog.archive.org/public-domai...

#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain #CopyrightFree

Books read in 2026

1. Not a Jets fan.

#FFAA #BoxingDay

Curious to hear which new jazz albums you liked. I haven’t listened to anything this year and want to check some stuff out.

Ploog - The Monster and a little girl

Wrightson’s illustration of the Monster meeting Victor Frankenstein for the first time.

John Buscema’s powerful monster, with fur vest

Cropped image from the cover of Legion’s Monsters (magazine) 1 by Neal Adams - the Monster wading in a bog.

The Monster of Frankenstein, by…

• Mike Ploog
• Bernie Wrightson
• John Buscema
• Neal Adams

Hee Haw: The Sordid Truth.

Mr. Ed has a new job.

7. Erratic lunkhead pulp trash

Happy Thanksgiving! A reminder that AMERICAN MOVIE is the best movie for the holiday.

RIP, Mike Schank

Peter Lorre in M (1931) looking over his shoulder into his reflection to see the McDonald's M logo placed on his back. McD's ad copy on the bottom: Have you had your break today?

There are 4 types of guys online. No exceptions.

T Men (1947) Anthony Mann YouTube video by Blache

so cool that you can watch T-Men, the best movie ever made, on YouTube

General Patton, the voice of Percival C. McLeach in The Rescuers Down Under

I always thought it would make a good double bill with Burn After Reading.