Watching Chris Andrews’s BRING THEM DOWN (2025), starring Christopher Abbott, Barry Keoghan, and Colm Meaney! “An Irish shepherding family thrust into battle on several fronts: internal strife, hostility within the family, rivalry with another farmer…”IMDB

For the last Movies Most Mondays of 2025 the random film tonight is Peter Weir’s MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003), starring Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany!

Continuing my #zatoichi rewatch with the 20th film in the series, Shintarô Katsu and Toshirô Mifune in ZATOICHI MEETS YOJIMBO (1970)!

It’s Christmas Eve and time for a rewatch of Frank Capra’s IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946), starring Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed!

It’s Christmas so it’s time for my newest annual Christmas rewatch, Alexander Payne’s THE HOLDOVERS (2023)! “In 1970, a curmudgeonly history teacher at a New England boarding school remains on campus during Christmas break to supervise held over students…”-IMDB

Took a trip to @drafthouseaustin to see CHRISTMAS IN CONNECTICUT (1945) tonight for Movies Most Mondays, because it’s not Christmas until Barbara Stanwyck and Dennis Morgan get arrested for accidentally stealing a sleigh.

Watching A CHRISTMAS STORY (1983), because it’s not really Christmas until Ralphie asks Santa for a Red Ryder Carbine-Action 200 Shot Range Model Air Rifle!

Tonight I’m watching Jalmari Helander’s RARE EXPORTS (2010), because it’s not really Christmas until Pietari discovers one of Santa’s evil elves in the wolf pit trap.

It’s Christmas time which means it’s time rewatch one of my favorite Scottish zombie romantic comedy high school musical Christmas movies, John McPhail’s ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE (2017)!

Continuing my #zatoichi rewatch with the 19th film in the series, SAMARITAN ZATOICHI (1968)! “Zatoichi is tricked by a crime gang into killing a man. Realizing his mistake, he sets out to protect the dead man's sister, who is conflicted in accepting his help.”-IMDB

For my Christmas movie tonight I’m rewatching Rob Reiner’s Christmas adjacent road trip romantic comedy THE SURE THING (1985), starring John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga.

Continuing my Christmas movie watch for Movies Most Mondays with a trip to @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social for a CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989) Movie Party!

It’s Christmas season so I’m watching Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Don Ameche, Ralph Bellamy, Denholm Elliott and Jamie Lee Curtis in TRADING PLACES (1983)!

When you’re not quite in the Christmas spirit yet there’s always Bill Murray and Karen Allen in Richard Donner’s SCROOGED (1988)!

The best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear, preferably at an ELF Movie Party! @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social

Continuing my #zatoichi rewatch with the 18th film in the series, ZATOICHI AND THE FUGITIVES (1968)! “Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.”-IMDB

For Movies Most Mondays tonight it’s a trip to @drafthouse to see a Christmas (adjacent) classic, Shane Black’s KISS KISS BANG BANG (2005), starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, and Michelle Monaghan!

Watching film 383 of my #1001movies tonight, Christopher Nolan’s THE PRESTIGE (2006), starring Christian Bale, and Hugh Jackman! Film 1089 of 1245 on the list. “Rival 19th-century magicians engage in a bitter battle for trade secrets.”-IMDB

A fun night watching Siu-Tung Ching’s A CHINESE GHOST STORY (1987) on the big screen @austinfilm tonight! “After a string of bad luck, a debt collector has no other choice than to spend the night in a haunted temple…”-IMDB

Randomly pulling from recent bargain blu-ray purchases to rewatch Tom Cruise and Colin Farrell in Steven Spielberg’s MINORITY REPORT (2002)!

Continuing my #zatoichi rewatch with the 17th film in the series, ZATOICHI CHALLENGED (1967)! Zatoichi has to protect an artist and his family from execution by the law after the artist is forced by the yakuza into creating pornographic art.

For Movies Most Mondays tonight I’m watching Christmas movie I’ve never seen before, Bob Hope in THE LEMON DROP KID (1951)! “A New York City swindler has until Christmas to come up with the $10,000 he owes a gangster…”-IMDB

Closing out my weekend of Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc murder mysteries with a trip tonight to @drafthouse to see WAKE UP DEAD MAN on the big screen for the second time!

Night 2 of my rewatch of Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc mysteries with GLASS ONION (2022)!

Spending the weekend with Rian Johnson’s Benoit Blanc mysteries, starting with a rewatch of KNIVES OUT (2019)!

Continuing my #zatoichi rewatch with the 16th film in the series, ZATOICHI THE OUTLAW (1967)! “In a town where debt-ridden peasants are being ruthlessly exploited, Zatoichi is forced to take sides between a cruel yakuza boss and his seemingly altruistic rival.”-IMDB

It’s almost Thanksgiving so for Movies Most Mondays tonight it’s a trip to @drafthouse to see Steve Martin and John Candy in John Hughes’ PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES (1987)!

Pulling from my list of social media film recommendations to watch Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson’s GHOSTLIGHT (2024)! “When a construction worker unexpectedly joins a local theater's production of Romeo and Juliet, the drama onstage starts to mirror his own life.”-IMDB

Continuing my journey through my #1001movies with film 382: David Lean’s adaptation of Charles Dicken’s GREAT EXPECTATIONS (1946)! No. 203 of 1245 on the list. “A humble orphan boy in 1810s Kent is given the opportunity to go to London and become a gentleman...”-IMDB

Rewatching John McTiernan’s THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990), starring Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin! “Moscow, Washington D.C. and a CIA Analyst track a rogue Soviet Captain and his new submarine.”-IMDB

Watching for the first time Ariane Louis-Seize’s HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON (2023)! “A young woman vampire is unable to kill to meet her need for blood, but may have found a solution in a young man with suicidal tendencies.”-IMDB

Rewatching the 15th film in the #zatoichi series, ZATOICHI’S CANE SWORD (1967)! “Zatoichi, while fighting off the usual group of gangsters, meets the apprentice of the swordsman who created his blade, who relays bad news about the sword.”-IMDB

The random film for Movies Mondays tonight is Clint Eastwood’s PALE RIDER (1985), also starring Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, and Richard Dysart! “A mysterious preacher protects gold miners from villains.”-IMDB

Our Fall 2025 Couch Potato Film Festival has come to an end with our outdoor screening of BLACK ORPHEUS/ORFEU NEGRO (1959)! “A retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth, set during the time of the Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro.”-IMDB

A nice night in Austin to have an outdoor screening for night 4 of our FALL 2025 Couch Potato Film Festival watching STRANGER THAN FICTION (2006)! “I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear…”-IMDB

Our film for night 3 of our Fall 2025 CPFF is Jeremy Workman’s excellent documentary SECRET MALL APARTMENT (2024)! “In 2003, eight Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment inside a busy mall and lived there for four years, filming everything along the way…”-IMDB

The film for night 2 of our Fall 2025 CPFF is TIME AFTER TIME (1979) with H.G. Wells traveling through time to catch Jack the Ripper and learn two lessons: 1. Don’t trust a serial killer when he tells you he is a gentleman. 2. Love makes life bearable no matter what time period.

It’s time again for my family and friends to get together for our Fall 2025 film festival, and for tonight’s film it’s MY OCTOPUS TEACHER (2020)! “A filmmaker forges an unusual friendship with an octopus living in a South African kelp forest…”-IMDB

Film 14 of my #zatoichi rewatch, ZATOICHI’S PILGRIMAGE (1966)! “Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.”-IMDB

The random pick for Movies Most Mondays tonight is Boris Sagal’s THE OMEGA MAN (1971), starring Charlton Heston! “Dr Robert Neville has developed an experimental vaccine which makes him the only immune survivor of a biological catastrophe…”-IMDB

Had a good time @alamodrafthouse.bsky.social tonight watching Dan Trachtenberg’s PREDATOR BADLANDS, starring Elle Fanning and Dimitrius Schuster-Koloamatangi!

Dipping into my recent purchases to watch Spike Lee’s CLOCKERS (1995), starring Mekhi Phifer, Harvey Keitel, and Delroy Lindo! “Young drug pushers in the projects of Brooklyn live hard dangerous lives, trapped between their drug bosses and the detectives out to stop them.”-IMDB

Watching film 381 of my #1001movies (no. 571 of 1245 on the list), Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s THE BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VAN KANT, starring Margit Carstensen, and Hanna Schygulla.

For Movies Most Mondays tonight the random film is Jack Clayton’s THE INNOCENTS (1961), starring Deborah Kerr! “A young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted.”-IMDB

Rewatching the 13th film of the #zatoichi series, ZATOICHI’S VENGEANCE (1966)! “Promising to make a delivery for a dying man, the blind swordsman Zatoichi comes across the usual crime gangs but also meets a blind monk who brings into question his use of violence.”-IMDB

A line up of the creators for the Q&A after the #aff2025 Shorts Program 10: Funny Haha tonight! Lots of great short films at Austin Film Festival and every one in this block particularly. I just wish the short films were made more available once they complete their festival runs.

Spent the evening at #aff2025 checking out the Shorts Program 10: Funny Haha, which had 10 great shorts and was my favorite shorts block so far! sched.co/29bN5

Closing out my rewatch of KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER (1974-1975) with episode 20, “The Sentry.” “Kolchak tries to find some kind of reptilian monster that has been killing construction workers after they open a new tunnel, nearly 2 miles underground.”-IMDB

A rare double feature for Movies Most Mondays as I closed out day 5 of #aff2025 seeing the second great feature of the day, Bradley Cooper’s new film IS THIS THING ON? Starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern!

Spending the week at #aff2025 so for Movies Most Mondays today I got to see Sam Voutas’ YESTERDAY ISLAND! “A midnight phone call from a friend asking for a favor leads a failed writer to be trapped on a surreal subantarctic island, with darkly comedic consequences.”-IMDB