black-and-white promotional still is from the acclaimed 1976 cinematic adaptation of Jun'ichirō Tanizaki's masterfully dark, psychological novella, Shunkinshō (春琴抄 / A Portrait of Shunkin).

John A. Alonzo (with scenes from "Bloody Mama", "Black Sunday", "Lady Sings the Blues" and "Scarface" where Alonzo served as the cinematographer) - BOTD

Ghanian poster for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) Glad someone recognized that the skull with the snake slithering out of it is the true star of the movie

Michel Subor and Anna Karina "Le Petit Soldat" (1963) dir:Jean-Luc Godard

Nina Quartero for The Monkey's Paw (1933). Mood.

Faith Domergue and Regis Parton in a still for This Island Earth (1955).

ok, all in for Mexico now

Drop something GOLD

My top 3 of 2026 thus far: Natchez Buffet Infinity 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple

Friday mood

With Daniel L. Hayes and director King Vidor...

The X from Outer Space (1967) Directed and co-written by Kazui Nihonmatsu

German lobby card for Jesus Franco's JACK THE RIPPER (1976) #FrancoFriday

"I spent two years making 'The Towering Inferno.' Twelve Stars. Daily calls for 300 stunt people--the biggest calls for stunt people in history. It was like staging World War V. And with all those burning buildings, not a hair of one of my actors was singed," -Irwin Allen #BOTD

Italian poster for THE DUNWICH HORROR (1970)

Images from movies shot by Mac Ahlberg, Empire International Pictures' go-to cinematographer - BOTD in 1931 Ghoulies (1985) From Beyond (1986) Eliminators (1986) Dolls (1986)

Weegee by Hermann Landshoff New York, 1948

Arrebato / Iván Zulueta / 1979.

Cathy Tyson in "Mona Lisa" - BOTD

Gloria Grahame publicity for The Good Die Young (1954).

Ghanian poster for RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) Glad someone recognized that the skull with the snake slithering out of it is the true star of the movie

Romy Schneider (1967) © Luc Fournol

Lobby card for the low-budget 1958 sci fi film TERROR FROM THE YEAR 5,000

Poster for CHESTY ANDERSON U.S. NAVY (1976) Starring Shari Eubank - BOTD in 1947

Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子). The caption mentions she is learning to drive for Mainline To Terror (動脈列島) and that she struggles with reversing and parking. Scanned from Josei Sebun (女性セブン), June 18, 1975. 📽️ #filmsky 🎥 #japanesefilm

Friday mood

Lobby card for the 1950 noir WHERE DANGER LIVES Directed by John Farrow Starring Robert Mitchum and Faith Domergue

Weegee - BOTD in 1899

Czech poster for CHINATOWN (1974)

Images from films shot by cinematographer John A. Alonzo - BOTD in 1934 Harold and Maude (1971) Vanishing Point (1971) Wattstax (1973) Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Happy #LetterboxdFriday! My #LastFourWatched A Friedkin-esque crime flick by Ringo Lam A gloomy documentary about record collecting A basketball-themed Goofy cartoon A Von Erichs biopic that might be the scariest film A24 has ever released

Catherine Deneuve by Jerry Schatzberg (1965)

Nina Mae McKinney in King Vidor's pre-Code musical HALLELUJAH (1929) She was BOTD in 1912

French lobby card for the grim British kidnapping thriller THE SQUEEZE (1977) Directed by Michael Apted Starring Stacy Keach and David Hemmings

A better Superman than Dean Cain

Italian poster for CRY OF THE BANSHEE (1970) Starring Vincent Price

Miriam Hopkins

German poster for CRUISING (1980) Directed by William Friedkin Starring Al Pacino

Thursday mood

I'm No Angel (1933) Starring Mae West and Cary Grant Directed by Wesley Ruggles - BOTD in 1889

Dorothy Dell in a publicity still for SHOOT THE WORKS (1934) This was the third and final film of Dell's tragically short career. She died in an automobile accident before the movie was released.

Eden Lake (2008) Unbearably intense horror thriller in which a couple on a romantic getaway are terrorized by a pack of teenagers Written and directed by James Watkins Starring Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, and Jack O'Connell

Dudley Manlove in PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1958) He was BOTD in 1914

Adrienne Barbeau - BOTD in 1945

Adrienne Barbeau on CARNIVALE She was BOTD in 1945

Jane Birkin © Luc Fournol - Saint-Tropez, 1977

Adrienne Barbeau in "Swamp Thing" (with Dick Durock) - BOTD

A dancer in costume for a Berlin carnival, 1928.

A Day at the Races - Released on this day in 1937 - Belgian poster