Melrose and La Brea is just a river right now.

I still think about Gene Shalit’s praise for Roberts De Niro and Duvall in TRUE CONFESSIONS.

“Someday this war’s gonna end.”

Underrated Duvall (which could be a very long list): Robert Altman’s THE GINGERBREAD MAN and Walter Hill’s GERONIMO: AN AMERICAN LEGEND.

RIP Robert Duvall.

Always grateful to find a TV movie on Tubi that I have a vague, inexplicable memory of watching way back when.

Opening day of VISION QUEST, 2/15/85 peteravellino.substack.com/p/a-better-place-to-be

Found BLAME IT ON THE BELLBOY on Prime, all 78 minutes of it.

Carroll Baker in a pair of swingin' '60s psychosexual thrillers! PARANOIA (1969, aka Orgasmo) & THE SWEET BODY OF DEBORAH (1968) screen in 35mm February 24th & 25th. Tickets: buff.ly/FAaMqYA

Opening day of THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, 2/14/91 (Happy 35th)

A few days too late for Burt Reynolds’ birthday but I was looking at the Dom DeLuise cookbook Eat This…It’ll Make You Feel Better! and found the recipe for Burt’s beef stew.

World Premiere of CABARET at the Ziegfeld (Come Early - Don’t Miss A Thing!), 2/13/72 mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2019/01/divine-decadence.html

Fans mourning Bud Cort might be interested to know there is a new book, "Held Over: Harold and Maude at The Westgate Theater,” about the film’s 115-week run at the Minneapolis-area cinema in 1972-74. Gift Link: www.startribune.com/john-gaspard...

Opening day of AMERICAN POP, 2/13/81

Watching BREWSTER McCLOUD.

From Being Hal Ashby: Life of a Hollywood Rebel.

Screenshot I once took of Bud Cort in SWEET CHARITY.

RIP Bud Cort.

Opening day of SHAMPOO, 2/11/75

Opening day of HARDCORE, 2/9/79

Opening day of LOOSE CANNONS, 2/9/90

Opening day of LITTLE MURDERS, 2/9/71 peteravellino.substack.com/p/to-challenge-a-system

Goes by fast but the third film looks to be Joan Darling’s FIRST LOVE starring William Katt, Susan Dey and Beverly D’Angelo.

All I can think to say about the Cliff Booth trailer is I enjoyed seeing the LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR and BLACK SUNDAY billboards in front of Paramount.

Opening day of TAXI DRIVER, 2/8/76 (Happy 50th)

Past midnight and watching ELLA McCAY on Disney+.

The question shouldn't be who should host The Muppet Show but who should do it who also hosted it back in the day. Rita Moreno and Paul Williams probably go at the top of the list.

For Your Eyes Only - Cortina - Bill Conti www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1E...

Opening day of ZARDOZ, 2/6/74

Racism has been central to Trump and his movement since he came down the escalator. He is a racist. His people are racists. His defenders are racists. His supporters are racists. His party is a party of racists. If they want to disprove that, they can. But it's important to know they don't want to.

Opening day of REPORT TO THE COMMISSIONER, 2/5/75 mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2022/06/more-important-than-power.html

Off the top of my head, may change my mind in five minutes: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance McCabe & Mrs. Miller Once Upon a Time in the West The Ox-Bow Incident Ride Lonesome Rio Bravo Unforgiven Wagon Master The Wild Bunch

On this day four years ago I was walking around Santa Fe and spotted this photo of old timey cowboys in a store window.

The new Muppet Show catches the right spirit and is good enough to think it'll get even better when/if they make more episodes. I enjoyed spotting long unseen characters wandering around backstage.

Thoughts on Preston Sturges’ CHRISTMAS IN JULY, new at the Substack. open.substack.com/pub/peterave...

Did two out of three on Monday night at the @newbeverly.bsky.social

Spent Sunday afternoon the best way possible, seeing THE TOWERING INFERNO in 35mm at the Academy Museum.

Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad. Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️

Opening day of THE MISFITS, 2/1/61 mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2016/12/the-next-thing-that-happens.html

Opening day of Paul Mazursky’s DOWN AND OUT IN BEVERLY HILLS, 1/31/86 (Happy 40th) mrpeelsardineliqueur.blogspot.com/2014/07/how-infinite-in-faculty.html

Haven't seen this one mentioned but the way Catherine O'Hara uses a Southern twang to say things like "Thelma Rice is having an affair" in HEARTBURN is something that does enter my head on occasion, I have to admit.

RIP Catherine O’Hara.

The thing about ranking Sam Raimi films is I've seen some so many times but not in years since I got burned out on them. I guess I like all of them (even FOR LOVE OF THE GAME) except for OZ. EVIL DEAD II is no. 1, not a unique opinion. My preferred ARMY OF DARKNESS is the theatrical.

Watching Larry Cohen’s BONE on Tubi so here’s Jeannie Berlin juggling oranges.

Opening day of Joe Dante’s MATINEE, 1/29/93

Billy Wilder’s response to Holocaust deniers www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Opening day of DR. STRANGELOVE OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB, 1/29/64

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free