Sorry I can’t make it tonight #CultShelf friends. I’ve been in the hospital since Monday and super not feeling well. I hope y’all enjoy your Friday night for me💕 PS- here’s the posters for tonight’s Johnnie To encore

Posters for “Election” AKA “Black Society” (2005)🇭🇰 from Hong Kong, South Korea, China and Japan #CultShelf #Election #FilmNoir

🚨#RetroView Update🚨 I’ve been in the hospital due to heart failure complications since Monday. Unfortunately, today things have taken a turn and physically, I don’t have the strength to host #RetroView today. #RetroView will return on MONDAY, MARCH 2nd.. (1/2)

Posters for “The Accused” AKA “Be Still My Love” AKA “Strange Deception” (1949) from The USA, Italy, France and Japan #FilmNoirClub #TheAccused #FilmNoir

THE ACCUSED (1949) is the rare feminist noir: a response to the way society compartmentalized women after World War II. It’s a fascinating, formidable film, and I’m thrilled to be hosting today’s watch party at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST. Do join us! 😊 Link to watch: ok.ru/video/371407... Use #FilmNoirClub

Thanks for tuning in! Join me tomorrow for opera, classical music and musical theater pieces from Black American talent (info⤵️) on #RetroView @⚠️SPECIAL TIME⚠️ 6pm EST/5pm CST.. Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday night, #MusComEnt friends💕

Unfortunately and infuriatingly, films where Dorothy Dandridge has: A credited lead role, plenty of screentime AND that aren’t full of tragedy is a short list #MusComEnt #DorothyDandridge

Apologies RE: the wonky video and sound quality. “Porgy and Bess” (1959) has NEVER had an official home video release and has rarely been broadcast. The Gershwin estate has basically had it on hardcore lockdown since the mid70s #MusComEnt

First up we have longtime friends and creative collaborators Sammy Davis Jr. And Diahann Carroll singing a medley of selections from today’s film “Porgy and Bess” (1959) (youtu.be/7bfp9ne12HY?...) #MusComEnt #SammyDavisJr #DiahannCarroll #BlackHistoryMonth #PorgyAndBess

3… 2.. 1. . PRESS PLAY! #MusComEnt

⏰ONE HOUR⏰ until #MusComEnt is beautifully moved by “Porgy and Bess” (info⤵️)

Happy Hump Day! Celebrate with a Wednesday #WatchParty livetweety.wordpress.com #MusComEnt #FilmNoirClub #Splatterday2K #FrightClub Follow tags for more information

Mid-Week Watch Parties Wed. @ 6pm EST/5pm CST- #MusComEnt #BlackHistoryMonth- “Porgy and Bess” (1959) (youtube.com/playlist?lis...) Thurs. @⚠️6pm EST/5pm CST⚠️- #RetroView #BlackHistoryMonth- Black Voices in Opera, Musical Theater and Classical Music Playlist (tinyurl.com/42azhvuz) (1/3)

Thanks for tuning in! #SilentFlickerSunday ‘s Avant-Garde #SilentFilm night is always one that I look forward to … Join me next week when we have some laughs with the comedy team of Mabel Normand and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. Until then, have a safe and wonderful week ahead💕

And *that’s* why you never leave your body for a long enough period of time that leads others to believe that you are fully dead #SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge

I feel like there would be less fighting if these dudes knew just how many ghosts were passing around their immediate vicinity #SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge

No, don’t adjust your devices: the accompaniment is literally the “Can-Can” in parts of the score #SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge #SandraMilovanoff

Just a head’s up: the score on “Le Fantôme du Moulin-Rouge” AKA “The Phantom of the Moulin Rouge” is pretty quiet so please turn up the sound a bit to be able to hear it #SilentFlickerSunday #ThePhantomOfTheMoulinRouge

Apologies to anyone with Trypophobia. Please come back in 15mins #SilentFlickerSunday #NightHunter

“Poison” (1933)🇫🇷 (youtu.be/jcE9CodbZsI?...) a short, surrealist “home video” of sorts made by and starring American Dada and Surealist artist Man Ray and German-born Swiss Surrealist artist and photographer Méret Oppenheim. #SilentFlickerSunday #Poison #ManRay #MeretOppenheim #SilentFilm

3… 2.. 1. #SilentFlickerSunday

Thanks for tuning in!.. Join me next week when #SatMat closes out our month of #Blaxploitation theater with the “Blacula” sequel “Scream, Blacula, Scream” (1973) . Have a safe & wonderful rest of your weekend, y’all💕 PS-drop by #SilentFlickerSunday for some silent era avant-garde (info⤵️)

I know I’ve said it a million time but the “Cleopatra Jones..” series starring Tamara Dobson should have become like a Black American version of James Bond #SatMat #CleopatraJonesAndTheCasinoOfGold #CleopatraJones

Cleopatra Jones in a Casino in “Cleopatra Jones and The Casino of Gold” #SatMat #CleopatraJonesAndTheCasinoOfGold

Tomorrow at 8 PM EST/5 PM PST! “Czar of noir” Eddie Muller joins #FilmNoirClub for a watch party of RIDE THE PINK HORSE (1947). I’m hosting. If you like great movies, it sounds like a cool way to spend a Saturday night, right? Link to watch: archive.org/details/ride... Use hashtag #FilmNoirClub

Tamara Dobson finger grabbed so Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande could finger hold #SatMat #CleopatraJonesAndTheCasinoOfGold #TamaraDobson #ArianaGrande #CynthiaErivo

This is the sequel to 1973’s “Cleopatra Jones”, which was the first major starring role for leading lady Tamara Jones. You can watch that for free here (ok.ru/video/198831...). #SatMat #CleopatraJones #TamaraDobson #Blaxploitation #BlackHistoryMonth

That is the neatest cash stacking I’ve ever seen #SatMat #CleopatraJonesAndTheCasinoOfGold

So many Saturday #WatchParty choices #StewARama #FilmNoirClub #Riffotronic #Splatterday #Svengoolie #HorrorWatch #FrightClub #MonochromeCreeps #TOSSatNight #TechnicolorTerrors #SpaceApeCinema Follow tags for more information

PRESS PLAY! #SatMat #CleopatraJonesAndTheCasinoOfGold

#SatMat Welcomes All! (In ⏰ONE HOUR⏰)

All of Satoshi Kon’s movies are represented in the theatre lobby, including the movie he’s was planning to do next. Sadly, he never lived to finish it. #CultShelf

Thanks @cultshelf.bsky.social / @rsmon77.bsky.social for that mindfuck classic.. Get some sleep if you’re headed that way, #CultShelf friends💕 PS-TUBI roulette gave me a holiday classic PPS-drop by this weekend for Cleopatra Jones on #SatMat & weird silent films on #SilentFlickerSunday (info⤵️)

Who needs genitals when your megalomaniacal delusions are seemingly fruitful #CultShelf #Paprika

I did a whole one person show inspired by this. I really should revisit those someday #CultShelf #Paprika

This is a nice mirror to Kon’s debut movie PERFECT BLUE, in how reality and dreams blur almost completely. Of course, while that movie uses dream logic to represent the fractured psyche of the lead character, it’s literally the danger infecting reality. #CultShelf

“Paprika” really cements lesson that you should never trust random creepy dolls #CultShelf #Paprika

#cultshelf This was director Satoshi Kon’s last movie before his unexpected passing a few years later. He did three other animated features: PERFECT BLUE (a “stay tuned and a half” for sure), MILLENNIUM ACTRESS, and TOKYO GODFATHERS (which we have shown here).

#cultshelf Another example of the director’s way of blurring the reality with surreal. He does this to a dizzying effect in PERFECT BLUE, albeit that movie is more graphic and terrifying than this.

While Kon’s previous movies were critically acclaimed worldwide, they just barely turned a profit in Japan, but acclaim can get you a long way, like greenlighting this. #CultShelf

I have never been able to separate a pair of chopsticks without absolutely ruining one of them #CultShelf

This Friday at 10 PM Pacific, join #CultShelf for more of its favorites with the modern classic anime PAPRIKA! The dreamworld is affecting the real world, and it’s up to a scientist with a unique ability to stop it! You can find the movie on Tubi!

You can find tonight’s #CultShelf movie on Tubi: link.tubi.tv/uZ5jrrlMV0b

Japanese posters for “Paprika” (2006) #CultShelf #Paprika #scifi #anime

Thanks for tuning in! Drop by #SatMat for Cleopatra Jones & #SilentFlickerSunday for weird #SilentFilm (info⤵️) Next week #MusComEnt has the rarely seen “Porgy and Bess”(1959) & #RetroView has our annual Black Voices in Classical Music, Opera and Musical Theater playlist. Enjoy the rest of your week💕

annnd they hired the local super racist white doctor #RetroView #Polly

Aunt Polly would not survive learning of the existence of the Houston’s longtime Head Shop/Sex Shop/Vape Shop/etc. chain Bizarre Bazaar #RetroView

My family’s not white but b/c my grandmother is Very Mexican Catholic™️ she has framed photos of Pope John Paul II, Pope Francis and the current Pope (idk where she even got one!) #RetroView #Polly

Apologies RE: the picture quality. “Polly” (1989) was made as part of “The Magical World of Disney”. Despite having high ratings and generally good reviews, it having been aired on NBC complicates its home media and streaming rights. #RetroView #Polly

If you don’t think “Polly” (1989) is one of the most adorable films ever made please seek medical attention #RetroView #Polly