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

Born 11 June 1933, Gene Wilder was an iconic actor and writer. Renowned for his manic energy, tender vulnerability, and brilliant comedic timing, he starred in classics like Willy Wonka, Blazing Saddles, and Young Frankenstein, leaving an enduring and timeless cinematic legacy. #GeneWilder

He's got to go.

One of the two known videos of Jimi Hendrix playing acoustic (1967) - allegedly, the video was made after a photoshoot where the photographer brought him a special 12-string guitar, strung upside down to adapt to Jimi's left-handed playing.

deadline.com/2026/05/gera... Congratulations to screenwriter Aaron Benjamin.

Silent Movie Countdown! 1932: CITY LIGHTS (USA)

Lucille Ball--actress, comedian, producer & film-studio executiver--died #OTD in 1989. In 1962, she bought out Desi Arnaz's interest in Desilu Productions & became the 1st woman to own & run a major TV studio. Desilu produced many popular TV series including Mission: Impossible & #StarTrek. #legend

The “godmother” of #StarTrek as they say 🖖

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“To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'” Happy 87th birthday to the great Francis Ford Coppola! cinephiliabeyond.org/apocalypse-n...

If you’re having trouble getting started with your script, pick scenes from your story you WANT to write -- any scenes -- and write them. #screenwriting #scriptsky

Go Into The Story Interview: My conversation with Timothy Ware-Hill whose original screenplay “Tyrone and The Looking Glass” won a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. medium.com/go-into-the-... #Hollywood #screenwriting #scriptsky

How a 1937 film pulled off one of cinema’s creepiest transformations. It’s hard to believe this effect was created nearly 90 years ago. Original post

On this day in Horror/Fantasy History, BEETLEJUICE was released in 1988.

☢️#193. Shaun of the Dead, 2004. Somehow pulling off the impossible task of lampooning the #zombie genre while still embracing it with total earnestness. A gem of a film that gets a repeat viewing practically every time it crosses my mind. It’s a sickness really. 5/5 ☢️

2025-2026 Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting Announced! Writer names, script titles, loglines - all detailed here. I've interviewed every Nicholl fellow since 2012. Look forward to this year's in-depth screenwriting conversations! www.patreon.com/posts/153779... #screenwriting

“Go fuck yourself, Steve.”

THE MORAL CASE FOR “SELLING OUT” open.substack.com/pub/franklin...

Critics want subtlety. Traumatized kids need clarity. Stranger Things doesn't win because it's subtle. It wins because it's not afraid to say the truth out loud to the people who need to hear it most. www.kameronhurley.com/we-are-the-s...

The EPSTEIN Files are a much quicker read than I expected.

Why would Trump want to build immigration internment camps if his intention is to deport them?

Say what you will about the Internet, but dammit it’s surely helped prove that mouthbreathing ignorance is far more common and pronounced that what we once laughed.

Well said.

Alternate headline: Johnson Lied.

I told you we’d be back

Call your senators. This bill is heading to them next and they can stop it if the people speak out. (202) 224-3121

WHY DOES SHE HAVE THE GREATEST ARTISTS OF ALL-TIME & I ONLY GET KID ROCK??? WAAAAAHHH!!!!! 😩