I’m not sure which is more disturbing, the headline here, or that Paul Bartel’s pajamas match his headboard #Piranha #TCMParty

And after dangling his feet in that water, Keenan Wynn would never dance again. #Piranha #TCMParty

Piranha hits a sweet spot in my movie-going. Joe Dante’s first (sort of) major film is much fun on a low budget. I love that they spent time /money shooting this brief stop motion creature that has not much to do with the plot. Joe will be at this year’s #TCMFF #TCMParty

Heather Menzies playing the Jaws video game in #Piranha is a great acknowledgment of what the movie is doing. Yes that Heather Menzies. #TCMParty

One of the things I love about “Targets” is that I’m sure there were people seeing this (probably at a drive-in which makes the film’s climax even more meta) who had previously seen “The Terror” and who immediately erroneously thought they were being ripped off. #TCMParty

“Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me.”

Happy National Librarians Day!

I saw a she-wolf drinking a Bloody Mary at Trader Vic’s, and her hair was perfect! #SheWolfOfLondon #TCMParty

“But I’m telling you my name isn’t Lassie, it’s Roger Thornhill!”

I linked this a couple weeks ago, but since TCM is saluting the wonderful June Lockhart tonight with Son of Lassie, here she is in a pretty fun cameo (near the end) of a Lassie parody episode (“Laffie”) of It’s Garry Shandling’s Show. #TCMParty youtu.be/fJ3mJQyjnmE?...

Jane Asher in ‘63/64 and in a 2023 production of The Circle. As recently as this yea she’s been doing voice work for Doctor Who #TCMParty #TheMasqueOfRedDeath

There’s something a little sad about me not watching a movie with a title like No Country for Old Men on @TCM tonight simply because the broadcast is going to run a little past my bedtime.#TCMParty

What is this “business with OJ” she speaks of?” #TCMParty

John Sayles is an amazing talent. He can write entertaining stuff like Piranha, The Howling, and Alligator for fun and money, so he can then write and direct more serious films like Matewan or Lone Star. #TCMParty

Was going crazy trying to figure out where I knew the mayor in Lone Star from then realized it was Clifton James, who played the comic relief sheriff in two Roger Moore James Bond movies #TCMParty

Saw Hangover Square on the big screen at #NoirCity today and was reminded how much it has going for it 1)Great (and tragically final) performance by Laird Cregar 2) Linda Darnell being loathsomely opportunistic, 3) Great Bernard Herrmann score, 4) Spectacular fiery and surely dangerous finale

I can’t tell you how relieved I am that the current plan, at least for now, is for this war to be shorter than World War I.

Still can’t get over the fact that nearly 60 years later we still have a day celebrating this movie that most people haven’t even seen.

Tomorrow is both Toshiro Mifune's birthday and April Fool's Day. You can honor both by sending your coworkers an official looking email from the boss tonight telling them that tomorrow is "Pants-Optional Day."

I’m watching the excellent Arrow 4K UHD of Excalibur, and reminded how much Nigel Terry’s initial performance as an awkward young Arthur is like his performance 13 years earlier as the youngest son John in The Lion in Winter.

Happy 92nd birthday to my favorite film musical female vocalist, Shirley Jones. Discovered by and put under contract to Rodgers and Hammerstein, she made her screen debut in the 1955 film adaptation of their Broadway smash Oklahoma!

Terrific Q and A with Barbara Hershey and Bruce Davison moderated by Larry Karaszewski at today’s @am_cinematheque premiere of the wonderful theatrical cut restoration of Last Summer.

Looking forward to this afternoon’s Last Summer restoration premiere!

Happy 78th birthday to everyone’s favorite Avon lady.

My favorite Napoleon. RIP James Tolkan. www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

Since today would have been his 86th birthday, here’s James Caan with Secret Agent 86, guesting on Get Smart as Rupert of Rathskeller in the two-part episode “To Sire With Love” (1969).

Obviously, nobody could’ve done better than Angela Lansbury for her role in The Manchurian Candidate, but Sinatra initially pushed for Lucy. I think she would’ve pulled it off, and it would’ve been a chillingly brilliant career move. #TCMParty #CriticsChoice

Holy Moly, it took me a second to realize that this was Rip Torn (in the foreground; the other person is Lucille Ball). #CriticsChoice #TCMParty

Big fan of Bob Hope’s movies during the 30s and 40s and early 50s, later not so much. But I do like this opening credits backdrop for Critic’s Choice, which references other Warner Bros. films that are stage adaptions of (mostly) musicals #TCMParty

It’s Simone Signoret’s birthday. Plan something diabolical with a friend.

I invited my fiancée over this afternoon to watch Funny Girl. #TCMParty

March 23 birthday girl Joan Crawford and first-time director Steven Spielberg on the Night Gallery pilot set, discussing which of them is going to smack this guy photobombing them.

Rest in peace Valerie Perrine. She had a very tough struggle with Parkinson’s and had become largely dependent on GoFundMe appeals for living and medical expenses, but she remained a positive and joyful presence online.

Because I’m an aging boomer and am generally completely out of touch with who most modern pop stars are, I’m pleased to announce that this morning I finally know who Chappell Roan is.

Who Killed Kermie Frog? #TCMParty #NoirAlley

We all have stories about her, but today is not the day to share about my evening with Cookie at Disneyland. Let's just say Mr. Toad's wasn't the only wild ride. #RIPCatherineOHara #BestInShow 💔💔

“Transgender for everybody.” Drink!

Getting a little irritated at major news outlets like @cnn.com saying Rob Reiner played “Meathead” on All in The Family. His character’s name was Michael—Meathead was just an insult Archie Bunker only occasionally used to address him. Every other character on the show called him Michael.

If you haven’t yet seen the Trump reaction to the horrible deaths of Reiners, imagine what it’s probably like, and rest assured it’s worse than that.

Happy 100th birthday to the legendary Dick Van Dyke who, if anything, appears even younger today than he did in 1964.

My mom turns 98 tomorrow so I am especially enjoying this short documentary on the @criterionchannl showcasing an afternoon with Carol Kane and her own delightful 98-year old mother.

Wait until Steven Spielberg’s father hears about all this. #PaulDano

Never thought I’d see “Hey There, It’s Yogi Bear” as part of the #TCMParty primetime lineup. My dad, who passed a couple of years ago, took me to see it when I was about five. This and “Pinocchio” are two of my earliest theatrical film memories.

Never call Bette Davis a communist.

I get a huge kick out of this. When she was eight years old, drummer Yoyoka Soma became kind of an internet sensation when she posted a video playing to Led Zeppelin's Good Times Bad Times (link below in 2nd post). Then last week, seven years later, this happened.

Udo Kier's (RIP) Criterion Closet picks. At some point during the last few years he did an interview I saw/heard that was hilarious but damned if I can remember with whom it was. Thought it might be Conan, but no. See him in Bacurau if you haven't yet. www.youtube.com/watch?v=td4q...

YouTube find! Anthony Shaffer's Sleuth (1974), largely unavailable for years (out-of-print DVD). Hugely entertaining, Michael Caine, Laurence Olivier, Joe Mankiewicz all Oscar-nominated (classic movie/Mank fans, note "Eve Channing" in the opening credits) youtu.be/YkxcddXoKpo?...

Would you believe the first time I saw The Wizard of Oz it was on a black and white TV? I still loved it of course. #TCMParty

I love The Day of The Jackal. And don’t ever tell me Director Fred Zinnemann wasn’t versatile. #TCMParty

Although she'd appeared uncredited in a few silent films, birthday girl, actress, playwright, screenwriter Ruth Gordon's first credited film role was as Mary Todd Lincoln in Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940). She won her acting Oscar 29 years later.