Just watched Paperhouse (1988), a dark little children's horror fantasy movie. As beautiful as it is melancholic, really enjoyed the dreamy imagery and dense atmosphere.

This is sick

After finally watching the Knives Out 3 trailer, I kind of want a mash-up where Benoit Blanc goes to Crockett Island to investigate the new priest who has taken over mass for Monsignor Pruitt

Local man wants TV station to stop airing commercials.

Handwriting makes me more aware of every word I use. That is getting lost

If this weekend, in your living room, will be your first viewing of One Battle After Another, may I suggest: -- lights out -- volume up -- phone off You won't even feel the time fly by.

Flair Patterned Plexiglas by Rohm & Haas (1965)

1946 Massachusetts State College Interscholastic Fruit Judging contest winners.

Safe to say nobody has any clue what Phillies are thinking this winter. Bader + Marsh + Crawford + their love affair with Kemp (platoon with Marsh??) fills up the outfield spots really fast. Where do they add RH thump? And don't say Bregman.

Rojas situation is a bit trickier than some think Sure, they'll listen to offers, but they can't just give him away. If he's part of a package that gets them something needed, fine. But his glove has value, even to the Phillies. If they enter 2026 with Crawford as the CF, Rojas is nice insurance

Book Cover of the Day:

I am the only person staying in a closed-for-the-winter field centre, next to a graveyard, in the darkest village in Britain. And this is the book I have chosen for my evening entertainment. How delightfully gothic.

Doing some sorting out of things upstairs… just found this postcard that Prunella Scales wrote to me when I was working for a theatre company in the early 2000s. I never met her but it was such a lovely gesture, and it made the day of the lowly admin monkey I was. RIP Prunella S.

Thinking a lot about how poorly our brains recognize long term subtle changes, like climate change or biodiversity loss. We've lost something like 1 out of every 4 individual birds in the US since 1970, more for some species. There should be at least 25% more birds around you right now.

This ridiculousness seems to imply that they think "Moonraker" in its entirety is also canon for whatever Bond next takes the screen.

This is correct from everything I've heard too, across the country. They need cash, and they have the best deals to spend it.

Yikes. I did not know this.

Rewatching "Children of Men" for the 1st time in almost 20 years and OMG, the opening lines. "Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle. The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques...the deportation of illegal immigrants will continue." The movie takes place in 2027.

"The Phillies should do X" is so dependent on what are teams doing this offseason. Really with the exception of the Padres SP and Japanese FAs the top FAs are from competitive teams who should in theory want to retain or acquire a replacement for those FAs. But are they actually all trying?

Images from films starring one of the towering figures of Japanese cinema, Tatsuya Nakadai - RIP Yojimbo (1961) High and Low (1963) The Face of Another (1966) Kill! (1968)

In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write to a famous author & ask for advice. KURT VONNEGUT - born 103yrs ago today - was the only one to respond. His reply was a doozy.

David Lynch. Robert Redford. Diane Keaton. Gene Hackman. Val Kilmer. Terence Stamp. Joan Plowright. Michael Madsen. Prunella Scales. George Wendt. Claudia Cardinale. Tatsuya Nakadai. Sally Kirkland. Knock it the hell off, 2025.

this is so silly. people know the deal with bond. the writers should just embrace the metatextual aspects of the franchise

RIP to truly one of the greatest actors of all time. The man excelled in every role he was cast in and there will never be another Tatsuya Nakadai.

First film of his I ever saw. No one had a batter career than him

Oh no! The Human Condition trilogy Kwaidan Ran The Sword of Doom Yojimbo High and Low The Face of Another Inn of Evil Kagemusha Basically the history of post-war Japanese cinema is all tied to Tatsuya Nakadai. Even had a bit part in Seven Samurai

Stubby has been friendlier than usual today.

The tunnel of light to home. Wooded path. Long exposure with torch. Different ISO settings / running into the darkness to pose before walking back. Could have done this for hours. A nearby field is earmarked for houses, so only a year of this before I’m mistaken for marsh lights.

this is what I wrote this book for. so on a cultural level we can try to get through it as quickly and with as little harm as possible. and on an individual level: don't listen to the AI or Reddit when they tell you to cut off your OK-but-sometimes-annoying family/ www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...

Adell is the sexier, riskier, costlier move. cheaper Ward just makes makes a ton of Phillies sense for one year, filling a corner outfield hole, mashing lefties and putting less pressure on the OF prospects.

The Supreme Court rejects petition from Kim Davis to reconsider its 2015 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage, effectively preserving Obergefell for a long time to come. Marriage equality is safe. www.scotusblog.com/2025/11/supr...

horseshoe motel, eagle nest, new mexico, 1980

I think Phillies need to be smarter about lineup construction, but I don't think they necessarily need (or can find) "guy who bats cleanup in 145 games." The Dodgers didn't have a set cleanup hitter. You put your best 3 hitters 1-2-3 and then try to create the best lineup for the SP you're facing

I'm sorry. The Backrooms movie coming out next year has WHO in its cast??!

The beautiful chaos of a used bookstore is unmatched.

At about 80 minutes it does nearly wear out its welcome, but this is an amazing film from 1914 that's well worth seeking out for Dressler, Normand and Chaplin. Has a great "film within a film," too.

Both REMEMBER MY NAME and PEPPERMINT FRAPPE made me realize that Geraldine Chaplin is the most underrated actress of all time.

John Myers • Television Set • Stourbridge, England, c. 1972-81

In the spring of 1972, John Myers, then in his late twenties, started taking portraits of his neighbors in and around the town of Stourbridge, in England’s West Midlands.

Folks don't appreciate how tricky of an offseason this is for the Phillies. It's not just about spending. They may need to find a new catcher. But how? Don't know what they're getting from Wheeler or Painter in 2026. What if they can't extend Luzardo? The outfield is endless question marks.

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I turned a corner and, mesmerised by my torch beam, they were motionless for long enough to take a photo. Then they ran towards the popcorn popping sky over the hill (a village firework display). Their ember eyes and the way they’ve gathered under the pole make them seem a little alien.

Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...

Olivia de Havilland by Bob Landry for LIFE Magazine (1942)

My head is full of bees as it tends to be and so I'm watching František Vláčil's Marketa Lazarová (1967) for the fifth time in as many days. I want to disappear into it. It's a headwaters for On a Silver Globe and Hard to be a God, both - an image of depravation and filth so sublimely beautiful.

The fall issue of Camera Operator is here! Articles on F1, KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN, and ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER. Plus a video interview with the A operator on HIM. issuu.com/cameraoperat...

Granted, this is a very obscure bit of raunchy wordplay from the 1980s show St. Elsewhere, but instead of giving me links Google AI just barfs out an incredible string of absolutely insipid & false nonsense.

New title from Temporal Boundary Press! Capture Spiral: An Escape From Memory by Jez Conolly now available for preorder. temporalboundary.bigcartel.com/product/capt...

egyptian garage, san diego, california, 1979

We don't want or need "villains." It's the movies. The more great films across a wide spectrum, the merrier.