Rio Lobo (1970, Howard Hawks) #WesternWednesday #filmsky

Thunder Road (1958) poster art. Released #OTD.

30 years ago today TWISTER was released in theaters. Jan de Bont‘s worthy follow up to SPEED is a spectacular blend of digital & practical FX anchored by a 5 star character actor kill squad. One of my top 3 PSH performances & the movie that finally made Bill Paxton the leading man. We’ve got cows!

50 years ago today, former lead singer of the Lovin' Spoonful John Sebastian went to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 'Welcome Back', taken from the TV show 'Welcome Back Kotter'.

💗 An essential Mother's Day watch: Martin Scorsese's ITALIANAMERICAN (1974) 💗 Now playing on the Criterion Channel!

Serpico (1973) Directed by Sidney Lumet

Happy #MothersDay to the other kind

Cinnamon Girl 🏹🕯🦢 #NeilYoung

The Doors (1991) Director: Oliver Stone

“A film is, or should be, more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings. The theme, what's behind the emotion, the meaning, all that comes later.” ~ Stanley Kubrick

‘Twister’ was released on this day 30 years ago! (May 10, 1996) 🌪🐄 Directed by Jan de Bont. Starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lois Smith, Alan Ruck, Jeremy Davies, Todd Field, Sean Whalen, Wendle Josepher, Joey Slotnick & more. [📽 via WB] #OnThisDay

Happy #MothersDay

Wishing a very special Mother’s Day to all the moms that raised us—both on and off screen. 🎞️🩷 Spend today with some of the most memorable maternal figures in the collection!

Happy Birthday to the great John Brown, born 226 years ago today

Burning Down the House 🧢 #TalkingHeads

Mandy (2018, Panos Cosmatos) #TitleCardTuesday #filmsky

Juice (1992, Ernest Dickerson) #TitleCardTuesday #filmsky

Actor @drpeterweller explains the direction Paul Verhoeven gave him when it came to filming the iconic homecoming scene in ROBOCOP. Weller reunited with Paul McCrane and Kurtwood Smith at a screening during the 17th annual TCM Classic Film Festival. #TCMFF

Real Genius (1985) Director: Martha Coolidge

Furious Thoughts: When movies really hit I think they bring us all a little closer together as humans. That's art at its finest imo #filmsky

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdfI... #bluesbreak

Good Thing 🤗 #FineYoungCannibals

Unused concept art.

#marqueemonday #filmsky

One of the most complex instances of overlapping editing for a small-scale story event is found in Sam Peckinpah's The Osterman Weekend (1983). The scene is 46 seconds long with 49 shots, 13 overlapping edits, 10 slow-motion inserts, and 2 flashforward shots of an interior POV.

#marqueemonday #maythe4th #filmsky

www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrrX... #maythe4th #starwars #filmsky #musicsky

“But, as you see, it's a beautiful day, the Strait of Hormuz is open and people are having a wonderful time.”

December 1977: STAR WARS surpasses JAWS as the all-time box office champ. Steven Spielberg takes out this ad in Variety to congratulate his pal George Lucas. Happy Star Wars Day! #filmsky #moviesky #maythe4th

John Waters on the set of his 1970 film Multiple Maniacs

#marqueemonday #filmsky

Behind the Scenes: Southern Comfort www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PFe... #BTSaturday #filmsky

Stolen from Film Retrospect on Facebook

American Graffiti (1973, George Lucas) #BTSaturday #filmsky

Casablanca (1942, Michael Curtiz) #BTSaturday #filmsky

The Anderson Tapes (1971) Directed by Sidney Lumet

The title sequence for The Set-Up (1949) takes the viewer ringside with the framing solely presenting the legs of the boxers. Despite this, the viewer is able to infer who is winning the match by the energy of the boxer in the white shorts compared to the waning energy of his opponent.

"V" (transmitted 01/05/83) Alien craft arrive above major cities, their occupants quickly infiltrating Earth society. Cameraman Mike Donovan (Marc Singer) covertly boards a Mothership and discovers the truth behind the mask... #scifi #horror #horrorfam #sciencefiction #1980s #vminiseries

“A man blinded by a flag covering his eyes. He doesn't see that he's advancing toward the void. Banksy has captured the essence of the far right in the world. He's a damn genius.”

A May Day protester is asked why they are out protesting today in NYC: "People are suffering. People are dying. The rich get richer off the backs of poor and working class people." Nailed it!

The new trailer for Christopher Nolan's ‘THE ODYSSEY’ will release on Monday. It will premiere on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Watch some of Steve's great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel!✨ SLACKER MYSTERY TRAIN PARIS, TEXAS NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

V: The Original Miniseries started 43 years ago today. A masterpiece about fascism from space (and among us).

🚨 V DAY 🚨 Those “Friendship is Universal” billboards? The red “V” graffiti? Now revealed: a massive NBC/Warner Bros guerilla campaign for V. “The battle begins May 1 on NBC.” 👁️ The Visitors are here.

Being There (1979, Hal Ashby) #FilmStillFriday #filmsky

May 1st 1973 - The island of Summerisle held their annual May Day celebration. Police Sergeant Neil Howie, who was investigating the disappearance of a child on the island, was invited to join in the celebration. 📽️📅 The Wicker Man (1973)

Happy Birthday to the great Glenn Ford, born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford 110 years ago today

Released #OTD in 1974 (NYC) #filmsky Henry Winkler stated that when he was creating the character of The Fonz in Happy Days (1974), he based his performance on Sylvester Stallone's portrayal of Stanley. Sylvester Stallone and Paul Mace both later appeared in Paradise Alley.