Jacqueline Bisset and director Gordon Douglas during filming of The Detective 1968

Alan Cumming #botd in 1965

Peter and Bridget Fonda Bridget was #botd in 1964

David Tennant backstage of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of "The Rivals", 2000

Brigitte Bardot an Charles Aznavour on the set of The Female (1958)

Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Scott Glenn and Scott Glenn, Charles Dierkop in Angels Hard as they Come (1971) Glenn was #botd somewhere between 1939-1941 (Wikipedia says it is unsure what year)

Paul Newman and Tom Cruise. Newman was #botd in 1925

Ken Watanabe and David Strathairn in Godzilla (2014) Strathairn was #botd in 1949

Mia Goth

Empire of the Ants

Near Dark (1987)

Margot Kidder

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)

The Who performing in Philadelphia, 1977

Olivier Assayas #botd in 1955

For half of last year I told myself I was going to do one big thread in 2026 where I'd post all the movies I watched. Here it is January 24 and I've forgotten all about it. I'll link to my reviews when I've written them, otherwise I'll try to say a few words about it. And here we go...

Sharon Tate (1943-1969) #botd

Ann Todd (1907-1993) #botd

John Belushi (1949-1982) #botd

The Grapes of Wrath was released on this day in 1940.

Michael Ontkean #botd in 1946

Dolly Parton and Neil Diamond Neil was born on this day in 1941.

Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing in The Mummy (1959)

Michelle Pheiffer

Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore

Erika Eleniak

Mitzi Gaynor

Matthew Lilard #botd 1970

Nastassja Kinski #botd in 1961

Carrie Coon #botd 1981

Louis Armstron and his ban in Doctor Rhythm (1938)

Kristen Schaal #botd in 1978

MIscha Barton #botd in 1986

I watched Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore and wrote a thing about it. themidnightcafe.org/2026/01/24/n...

I reviewed Radiance's new release of this slow burning murder mystery.

Ernest Borgnin #botd in 1917

Wilco jamming with Dinosaur Jrs J Masci on "Cortez the Killer" www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0Me...

Olivia Rodrigo - Performing at British Summer Time Hyde Park in London - June 27, 2025

Artwork for a Bruce Springsteen bootleg entitled Hard Times Come Again No More. Performed at Asbury Park, J on Mary 23, 2009.

Esther Williams

Jennifer Beals in Flashdance (1983) themidnightcafe.org/2025/04/13/t...

Marilyn Monroe, Malibu Beach, 1945

Tyrone Power, Ann Blythe, and Michael Rennie in I'll Never Forget You (1951)

A couple of Peter Ustinov as Poirot pictures got the UHD treatment recently, and I wrote a review.

A mostly disappointing run.

The Friday Night Horror Movie was Good Boy (2025) themidnightcafe.org/2026/01/23/t...

Hit my finger with a hammer. Zero stars. Do not recommend.

Difficult to read when I’m getting this look.

All the original Pink Panther movies are getting the UHD treatment!