Sam Neill (1947–2026)

Pee for fee. Toulouse-Latrine. The Line of Doody. Urine for a treat. #Showtrash weekend! #todaysbill #musicaltheatre @uptownplayers.bsky.social

Still funny! #spamalot #musicaltheatre #theatresky #todaysbill

HBD and admiration post to Fiona Shaw

A five star in this week 🎞️ Profound emotions and visual architecture 🎞️ One of the most creative films I have viewed recently 🎞️ Film art at its purist ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 🎞️ Interesting concept, but didn’t quite get there for me #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky

French poster for WANDA (1970) Starring, written and directed by Barbara Loden - BOTD in 1932

Great actor.

“Because fanaticism and ignorance is forever busy, and needs feeding.” INHERIT THE WIND (1960) One of the best courtroom drama movies ever made. #SpencerTracy #FredricMarch

#NowWatching “Prick Up Your Ears” (1986) on Amazon Prime Watch it: amzn.to/4vWSOHy Directed by Stephen Frears Starring Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina Playwright Joe Orton Joe & Kenneth are lovers and collaborators. But only one of them is successful. #biography #ad #drama #filmsky #moviesky

Stage manager: Neely? Neely open the door, you're on. Neely! Neely O'Hara: Hi! Stage manager: My God. You've got on your costume for the second act. Neely O'Hara: So? I'll do the second act first!

Out of nowhere, I just got the bizarre hankering to re-watch Peter Brook’s Marat/Sade (1967) starring the glorious Ian Richardson, Glenda Jackson, and Patrick Magee.

Remembering Tom Stoppard on his birthday 🎂 📷 Patrick Lichfield, 1976 "When you write a play, it makes a certain kind of noise in your head, and for me rehearsals are largely a process of trying to reproduce that noise."

Attended a screening last night of La Bamba (1987) with special guest Lou Diamond Phillips. He is a gem. It has been decades since I watched it last and it holds up. I like the energy, the intimacy, and of course the music of this film, along with some very good performances. #filmsky

One for my theater peeps: Two legendary Tony-winning divas share birthday: Betty Buckley 7/3/1947 Audra McDonald 7/3/1970 Luckily, seen both live in cabaret concert setting: Buckley in Cerritos, CA & McDonald in Scottsdale, AZ. Also known for 📽 & 📺, but they were made to sing! #filmsky 🎤🎭🎵

Wild week 🎞️ If you liked The Favourite, The Draughtsman’s Contract, or Amadeus, this one is for you. 🎞️ It really is about the performances. 🎞️ A medical-horror flick with solid practical effects. 🎞️ Holy sunspots! I kind of love this film. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky

Sorry am I his numbers are so few

Let us worship:

I’m building a team: #Filmsky 🎥

This film was bloody nuts. boxd.it/eZsh6n

Happy 100th Birthday to comic genius Mel Brooks! Favorite moments from his films. #youngfrankenstein #blazingsaddles #historyoftheworldpart1 #highanxiety #melbrooks

‘Say yes and never do it’ Mel Brooks knew how to deal with the studios

#nowwatching The Day the Earth Caught on Fire (1961) directed by Val Guest #filmsky 🎞️

Great script, killer performances, fucking fantastic piece of theatre! Now, I gotta watch Bunny Lake is Missing and Rashomon. “Venus” written by Steve Yockey, starring Tina Parker and Sally Vahle, directed by Christie Vela at Kitchen Dog Theater. #tonightsbill #theatresky

📽️ #FilmSky This is so great! Happy birthday @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social! 🎁🔗 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

A magnificent and solid film score can make all the difference.

Farewell, Veda. Ann Blyth - Oscar nominated for MILDRED PIERCE - has died at the age of 98, one of the last surviving stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. She was also one of the last surviving stars of a TWILIGHT ZONE episode, the woman who remained perpetually young in "Queen of the Nile."

Oh my god third degree burn from Friedkin 😅 #filmsky

Blind bag week 🎞️ Stressful methodical torture 🎞️ Fassbinder makes the banal fascinating 🎞️ It’s your life, live it the way you want! 🎞️ To build or not to build, that is the question Fave 4 Perfs: Hans Hirschmüller, Rock Hudson, Kazunari Ninomiya, Jane Wyman #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Woohoo! My short film Film That Never Begins is an official selection at the upcoming Oak Cliff Film Festival. If you’re in the Dallas area, my short screens on Sunday, August 2.

Meryl Streep in "Angels in America" - BOTD

Is and will always be a favorite play and film.

Al Hirschfeld - BOTD

Enjoy psychological warfare in your marital dramas? I do! Top 3 fave. OTD 6/21/1966: Hollywood debut of Mike Nichols' WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? Adapting Edward Albee's Tony-winning play, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, George Segal, Sandy Dennis all soar. 13 Oscar nods, 5 wins. #filmsky 📽

Four favorite Rainer Werner Fassbinder films. Veronika Voss (1982) The Third Generation (1979) The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) #filmsky 🎞️

The Omen (1976) 🎥 Directed by Richard Donner #FilmSky

#NowWatching 🎞️ Architecton (2024) by Victor Kossavosky A film for lovers of architecture and process.

🎞️ Schlocky-ass fun! This one delivers 🎞️ Body horror at its finest 🎞️ Absolutely bonkers for this film — a love affair with Frances Bacon 🎞️ Stunning piece of film art Fave 4 Perfs: Midori Francis, Sean Giambrone, Michael Gothard, Gaten Matarazzo #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky

Wow! Performers I’ve heard of….

I was tempted 🦈 #Jaws 50th Anniversary Merch

Very good with an incredible cast: Alan Cumming, Paul Rhys, David Morrissey, Elizabeth Berrington Tip Toe 📺 #tvsky

My ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review of SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER boxd.it/eNL7nX Irresistible stew of hothouse melodrama & taboo-busting provocations. ❤️ this delightfully deranged freak show! Hepburn delivers all-timer monologues, chewing scenery in museum quality performance. Over-the-top & absolutely perfect! #filmsky 📽

#NowWatching SUDDENLY, LAST SUMMER (1959). Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz. Katherine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor. I won't try to convince you this Gothic melodrama is great cinema, but I love its garish spectacle with Oscar nominees Taylor & Hepburn squaring off! Priceless. #filmsky 📽

10 actresses to get to know me: Gena Rowlands Isabelle Huppert Tilda Swinton Lindsay Duncan Lesley Manville Bette Davis Glenda Jackson Elizabeth Taylor Deborah Kerr Lynn Redgrave #filmsky 🎞️

Czech poster for BEING THERE (1979) Starring Peter Sellers Directed by Hal Ashby

The epic fantasy adventure ‘Clash Of The Titans’ starring Harry Hamlin, Maggie Smith, Burgess Meredith, Ursula Andress, Claire Bloom, and Laurence Olivier ventured into theaters in North America on this day 45 years ago (June 12, 1981) 🏛️ ⚔️ 🐍 #OTD

This week in film: 🎞️ Went in for a dark and relentless film — pretty much got that. 🎞️ So much beauty and tragedy in one film. 🎭 Love an over-the-top Noël Coward play. 🎞️ An incredible film with so much complexity. Miss the Greenaway/Nyman partnership #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky

What have I unleashed? #houseofleaves

#nowwatching the series Widow’s Bay. What a cast. Matthew Rhys 💯

This one hits hard.