Movies released on April 17…

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Friday Funnies

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SEE THE SEA • François Ozon • 1997

Hey! This is a pretty good movie, here's a nice stream: youtu.be/FmY5mTmrsVI?... SUPERSTAR: THE KAREN CARPENTER STORY Todd Haynes, 1988

We are very sad to announce the passing of Filipino actress Sue Prado, the star of Jun Robles Lana’s Your Mother’s Son, at the age of 44. Remember her memorable performance: dmovies.org/2023/11/16/y...

The Last Voyage Of The Demeter |2023 www.imdb.com/title/tt1001520 #NowWatching #filmsky #horrormovies ·a crew sailing from Bulgaria by the Black Sea to England find that they are carrying very dangerous cargo·

Breathless (1960, Jean-Luc Godard) #FilmStillFriday #filmsky

#2fotogramas 👁️📺 🎞️ TIEMPOS MODERNOS 🎞️ 1984

Going to a pop culture convention in a few weeks, Robert Englund is doing a NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET panel. Anyone have any questions about 976-EVIL they need answering?

Lucille Ball as Chaplin's Little Tramp, with Dick Martin 📷 Ralph Crane, 1962

Coffee with Spike Milligan ☕️ 📷 Harry Hammond bromide print, 1953

Mickey Rourke & Matt Dillon Rumble Fish 1983

Gina Gershon & Drea de Matteo

Ovoce stromů rajských jíme (Fruit of Paradise), a Czech avant-garde drama film directed by Věra Chytilová (1970)

Behind the scenes of Rick Baker's groundbreaking makeup special effects work for 1981's 'An American Werewolf in London'.

#ThrowbackThursday: A teen Charlie Chaplin—born 137 years ago today—here seen circa 1903 during his London run in a Sherlock Holmes play as "Billy the page boy".

New York opening of Billy Wilder's FEDORA, 4/15/79

The Greatest Double Feature Of All Time, 4/16/69

On the set of BLADE RUNNER with Rutger Hauer.

Authorship, power, and the cost of giving your voice away. CineSavant’s Glenn Erickson revisits The Man Who Reclaimed His Head—a morally charged story of exploitation and betrayal. trailersfromhell.com/the-man-who-...

Our pod @moviesthatmademe.bsky.social returns! @severinfilms.bsky.social's David Gregory joins @josholson.bsky.social & @thejoedante.bsky.social to unpack 5 of his favorite movies that Severin has released, and 5 that he wishes Severin could, one day, release! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

William S. Burroughs Jon Blumb, 1992 Record Session for a Music Video (Ministry, Just One Fix)

Drunken Noodles - Lucio Castro - 2025.

Le Beau Mariage | Éric Rohmer | 1982.

Coincidentally, Sean Bean (Ned Stark) shares his birthday 4/17 with the premiere date of GAME OF THRONES. Happy 67th, Sean! Between you & I, had a bit of a crush since the underrated STORMY MONDAY (1988). #filmsky 📽 #tvsky 📺

The Company of Wolves (1984) dir Neil Jordan

Demon Seed, French lobby card. 1977

What is an older TV show that still makes you laugh? 📺 “Let The Blood Run Free” (1990-1993) somehow ran 2 seasons in Australia & is OTT nutty fun- a madcap, broad comic gross-out ref-fest set in a deranged hospital feat. Peter Rowsthorn ( later in Kath n Kim) On ytube youtu.be/xUdEorW3EMI?...

Japanese poster for the Bruceploitation action comedy ENTER THE FAT DRAGON (1978) Starring and directed by Sammo Hung

In 1959, Candy Barr (a celebrated ecdysiast who also dated mobster Mickey Cohen) was photographed giving actress Joan Collins lessons in burlesque performance for Collins' role in the 1960 film "Seven Thieves".

#30DaysofWalpurgis Day 16 VEERANA (1988) Ramsay Brothers Over 2 hours of pure undiluted tonal delirium where broad comedy meets song & dance crash zoom abuse in a Black Sunday on steroids with enough gas in the tank for telekinetic housewares-fu & a goth rock Satan basement.

Hammer tackle the Báthory legend with blood-bathing beauty Pitt. Just short of classic perhaps but an engagingly lurid lesson in violent vanity. 1971. #horrorcommunity #horrorfamily #film #horrormovie #horrorfilm #horrorfan #hammerhorror #horroraddict #filmsky #horrorsky #mutantfam #horrorfam

German poster for THE GOLD RUSH (1925) Starring, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin - BOTD in 1889

Barbara Magnolfi in Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA (1977) She was BOTD in 1955

Lesser Known Horror and Science Fiction movies from the 1980s. Some are so bad they're good Day 16 Today's is not so much lesser known but often gets forgotten so.o figured I'd highlight

Some classic films at Classic cinemas fifty-three years ago this week... #1970s #film #films #ClassicCinemas

Celebrating #BOTD for William Holden and his portrayal of struggling screenwriter Joe Gillis in the iconic #filmnoir Sunset Boulevard ('50). He captured the character's moral ambiguity flawlessly, earning him critical acclaim and an Oscar nom. 📽️🎂

French film poster for Cannibal Apocalypse (1980 - Dir. Antonio Margheriti) Cast: John Saxon, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Elizabeth Turner

Forty-five years ago today, audiences at the Plaza could see The Incredible Shrinking Woman before her husband stepped on her... #TheIncredibleShrinkingWoman #1980s #film #films #JoelSchumacher #LilyTomlin #CharlesGrodin #NedBeatty #fantasy #comedy

Italian poster for RIOT ON THE SUNSET STRIP (1967)

Italian film poster for BEN (1972 - Dir. Phil Karlson) Cast: Lee Montgomery, Joseph Campanella, Arthur O'Connell, Rosemary Murphy, Kenneth Tobey

Now Watching A FIELD IN ENGLAND (2013 - Dir. Ben Wheatley) Cast: Julian Barratt, Peter Ferdinando, Richard Glover, Reece Shearsmith, Ryan Pope, Michael Smiley

Forty-five years ago today at the London Pavilion he had the look, the talent, and the Idolmaker... #TheIdolmaker #1980s #film #films #TaylorHackford #PeterGallagher #RaySharkey #TovahFeldshuh

French film poster for PARASITE (1982 - Dir. Charles Band) Cast: Robert Glaudini, Demi Moore

Ghostkeeper (1981) Jim Makichuk

French poster for MODERN TIMES (1936) Starring, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin - BOTD in 1889