Name a film with a title that is a full sentence.

Post a robot that’s not from Star Wars or Transformers

First watch: APARAJITO (India, 1956). This film tenderly, magnificently explores a strong mother-son bond that is tested after the son earns a chance to go away to school in Calcutta, far from home. The film follows Apu from childhood to his late teens, with … #FilmSky #MovieSky 1/3

Who's your favourite movie Dad?

Share a movie soundtrack you love. 🎥🎶 One of those times when the soundtrack is better than the film (1972).

Always good to stumble upon an Ida Lupino film I haven’t seen. The DVR is set for tonight’s #NoirAlley feature, THE MAN I LOVE (1947), on TCM.

First watch: BACK STREET (1941) Enjoyable #melodrama about a self-sacrificing woman and lifelong mistress (Margaret Sullavan) of a married, banking professional (Charles Boyer) who selfishly wants it all—his wife and two children, his career and his mistress. 1/2 #FilmSky #MovieSky

Goo-era Sonic Youth was the epitome of the band’s downtown cool sound. Urgent guitars, fierce drumming, Kim Gordon’s commanding vocals—and toss in a Chuck D cameo for good measure. #MusicSky #NowPlaying Kool Thing youtu.be/SDTSUwIZdMk?si…

First watch: TOKYO STORY (Japanese, 1953) It’s so impressive how director Yasujirō Ozu tackles complex family relationships with such simple storytelling. An aging couple travels from small town to Tokyo to visit children whose busy work lives make the visit … #FilmSky #MovieSky 1/3

Reminder that June is Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month

10 actresses to get to know me: Bette Davis Barbara Stanwyck Meryl Streep Olivia de Havilland Maggie Smith Joan Crawford Sissy Spacek Julianne Moore Ingrid Bergman Gene Tierney

First watch: BLACKOUT (1954, aka MURDER BY PROXY) Twisty, rather muddled plot involving an American in London who awakens, after blacking out during a drunken night, to sort out his involvement with a rich heiress whose father was murdered overnight. #NoirAlley B-movie made by ... 1/2 #FilmSky

Superb film. It’s one I revisit every so often, much like David Lean’s film adaptation of the also-brilliant OLIVER TWIST (1948), last watched about a month ago. Lean is a remarkable director, Dickens novels or otherwise … #FilmSky

Glad to see the #Knicks end a 53-year drought to win the #NBA title over the #Spurs. Ahh, to be in NYC tonight.

When it’s 85°F outside it’s a good time to stay cool indoors and cook a bunch of food. My contribution, a spicy chicken stir fry with lots of veggies. #foodie #FoodSky #cooking

Saturday tune: Stereolab’s upbeat sound cleverly disguises anti-capitalist themes—war’s death toll, economic struggles, loss of jobs and homes. Call it Marxist pop or whatever you will. I call it my favorite track by the British-French band. Ping Pong youtu.be/Bq8u8E6r3DA?...

Morning tune Black Metallic is hands down my favorite shoegaze track—a shimmering giant of a song that quiets down at one point only to emphasize the cathartic release of guitars that come crashing in just after the 6-minute mark. youtu.be/zFFq-ma4T4g?...

My bleak week: Séance On a Wet Afternoon (1964) The Sweet Hereafter (1997) Far From Heaven (2002) Wuthering Heights (1939) Autumn Sonata (1978) Brokeback Mountain (2005) Leave Her To Heaven (1945) On the Beach (1959) La Notte (1961) Never Take Candy from a Stranger (1960) Cries and Whispers (1972)

Morning tune. Marvin Gaye’s album What’s Going On is a masterpiece (a term I use sparingly) with themes of war, poverty, police brutality, discrimination and environmental destruction. Still relevant 55 years on. Title track youtu.be/H-kA3UtBj4M?...

First watch: CIMARRON (1961), a sprawling, tedious misfire about a frontier family’s lives from the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 to WWI. I thought this nearly 2.5-hour #western, though beautifully shot in CinemaScope, was woefully miscast, with Glenn Ford and Maria Schell … 1/3 #FilmSky #MovieSky

I’m kind of addicted to checking our internet speed and I love seeing this.

Music for cooking breakfast #MusicSky #NowPlaying Good Morning - The Dandy Warhols youtu.be/yqS7KvyGe0k?...

Rewatch: THE BAD SEED (1956) Time to check in on sweet little blonde pigtailed Rhoda. She’s only 8 years old. Surely she’s not the psychopathic, murderous little monster that some suspect she is, haha. This one is always a fun psychological #horror diversion. #FilmSky #MovieSky

So many cities close enough for weekend road trips from Detroit. Marvin and I chose Grand Rapids this time. Fun town! Favorite nightspots: Bob’s Bar, a working-class dive bar (since 1937) with a lively vibe, good bar food, friendly staff and nonstop jukebox. 1/2 #RoadTrip #GetAway

The Killing checklist: • Marie Windsor steals every scene she’s in • Kubrick establishes himself as an amazing director • One of the best #FilmNoir ensemble casts ever • Never put all your money in one place, especially a suitcase What a thrill ride of a film!

Just getting in from a weekend getaway. More later.

Years ago in New Orleans with the other half, we coincidentally stayed at the Villa Convento, rumored to be the actual House of the Rising Sun. File under trivia you’ll never need! 😎

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge Great opening line: This combines my love of music and classic movies: “On a morning from a Bogart movie In a country where they turn back time You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre Contemplating a crime.” Year of the Cat youtu.be/Ak_MTXQALa0?...

How wonderful to have seen this on the big screen. Love this one …

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Song with a relation in the title Slacker alt-country with pedal steel guitar never sounded better than on Pavement’s Father to a Sister of Thought. youtu.be/ZCecDGriMT4?...

Woke up at 2am and realized the only way I’m getting back to sleep is to go downstairs and surrender to the brownies and a glass of milk.

10 favorite bands in the 90s Stereolab Sonic Youth The Chemical Brothers My Bloody Valentine Hole The Fugees Saint Etienne Mazzy Star OutKast Pavement

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky A less familiar song by a famous artist One of my favorite REM songs—and in my opinion their hardest rocking tune—always seemed overlooked. The buzz-saw guitars and fierce drumming show the band’s harder side. Circus Envy youtu.be/7lg41RfuSKA?...

First watch: THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER (British, 1962) Tom Courtenay shines in his breakthrough role as Colin Smith, a rebellious, anti-establishment young man sent to reform school, where he is groomed to use his running skills in a race ... #FilmSky #MovieSky 1/3

#DavidsMonthOfMusic Remix or acoustic New Order’s remix of Sub-culture on their 1987 compilation album Substance is better than the original version, in my opinion. #NowPlaying youtu.be/6H7wyPSinUU?...

Ubering out for afternoon beer and burgers @ the bar.

Morning coffee while planning summer road trips: day trips, weekend getaways and a longer trip probably in fall. #retirement #GetAway #RoadTrip

#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky Song with a month in the title Pure class September in the Rain - Sarah Vaughan youtu.be/TEOzIc9LHGg?...

First watch: DRUNKEN ANGEL (Japanese, 1948), a superb post-WWII Akira Kurosawa film about a hard-drinking doctor who lives in a polluted slum and helps a low-level, violence-prone gangster battling tuberculosis. The two men develop an uneasy relationship in this simple, moving ... 1/3 #FilmSky

#NowWatching for the first time: DRUNKEN ANGEL (Japanese, 1948) by legendary director Akira Kurosawa and actors Toshiro Mfune and Takashi Shimura (whose brilliant role in Kurosawa’s IKIRU (1952) is seared into my brain. This is the first of 16 films Kurosawa and Mfune made together. #FilmSky

Completely agree. This film is just wonderful. Love it!

A self-made high-energy mix for a cleaning binge starts here: #NowPlaying #MusicSky Us v Them - LCD Soundsystem youtu.be/JpIsA7OniXc?si…

Finally some consistently perfect spring weather, though I’ll probably be thirsting for a rainy day watching movies by the time it’s over. #FridayVibes

Haunting. Eerie. Beautiful. Ghostly. Fragile. So many words to describe what on most days is my favorite PJ Harvey record, White Chalk—my last listen of the day. Oh, and an album cover that perfectly matches the album’s mood and atmosphere. #MusicSky Silence youtu.be/uNFX38-BBaw?si…

Rewatch: SCREAM OF FEAR (1961) has the usual top-notch atmosphere of Hammer films, but this psychological #thriller is rather Hitchcockian in content. A paraplegic woman arrives at her father’s shadowy mansion but begins to suspect he is dead. Did her stepmother kill him? 1/2 #FilmSky #MovieSky

First watch: BORDER INCIDENT (1949) Anthony Mann’s film is surprisingly still relevant for its portrayal of smugglers and gangs exploiting illegal migrant workers seeking to cross the Mexico-California border in hopes of a better life. This low-budget, gritty #FilmNoir … 1/2 #FilmSky #MovieSky

One of my top 10 films of all time was released 57 years ago today ... #FilmSky

Sunday afternoon checklist: ✅ Barbecue in progress ✅ Tigers on the radio ✅ Spicy Bloody Marys ✅ Cloudy skies but no rain so far #SundayVibes

Name 10 MOVIES you've seen on the big screen (original or re-release): Stalker The Horse Thief Raging Bull The Red Shoes The Shining The Master The Third Man An Elephant Sitting Still A Long Day’s Journey Into Night The Florida Project

Name 10 MOVIES you've seen on the big screen (original or re-release): <random> The Exorcist Eraserhead Koyaanisqatsi The Birds What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? The Rocky Horror Picture Show Tess A Room with a View The Shining Enemies: A Love Story #FilmSky