@willmckinley
I wrote Sony's getTV blog for 6 years, created Game Show Network's blog, was an arts reporter for NYC weekly The Villager, and have contributed to Slate, 4 books, and many blogs and podcasts. Currently digital marketing for NYC nonprofit New Plaza Cinema.
Gena Rowlands in sunglasses w/ John Cassavetes on THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR
Gena Rowlands and John Cassavetes starred on THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR #OTD in 1964.
COLUMBO creators Richard Levinson and William Link co-wrote “Murder Case,” wherein two actors plot to bump off a rich husband w/ unexpected results.
Watch:
therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/0cf452... #FilmSky #TVSky
It's delightful.
Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier in LOVE AMONG THE RUINS on the cover of Chicago Tribute TV Week Mar 2-8 1975
Katharine Hepburn (in full costume, sans bicycle) and Laurence Olivier in LOVE AMONG THE RUINS (1975).
They both won Emmys for their first and only team-up. #FilmSky
Katharine Hepburn, partially in-costume, on a bike.
Katharine Hepburn on-location in London for George Cukor's LOVE AMONG THE RUINS, which debuted on ABC #OTD in 1975.
"A city seen from a bicycle is an entirely different city," Kate once said. #FilmSky #TCMParty
Happy anniversary to the swashbuckling epic released in 1950, “The Scarlet Pumpernickel”. Starring Daffy Duck and an all star #LooneyTunes cast, written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones. This marked the first time Chuck puts Daffy in a heroic role.
I resent tv commercials at the movies.
That's priceless.
For a brief time someone in our little community who worked at The Brattle compiled a few of their favorites in this genre. Beasts of the Southern Wild -> The Best Beef in the South is one i still think of often.
Are you near there? I'd love to go some time.
Did you ever mix up the name of a movie?
Well, the Coolidge Corner Theater @thecoolidge.bsky.social keeps a list of film titles their patrons have gotten wrong.
Delightful audio from NPR:
www.wshu.org/arts-culture... #FilmSky
Ha! Thanks. They had me on hold for six full minutes, so I think it's only a matter of time before I become snacks.
'We expect HBO Max to essentially be shut down at the end of 2027 ' -- MoffettNathanson analyst Robert Fishman in a research note today...
What If GOOD TIMES Was an Animated Series? | Artist Don Dixon Reimagines a Black TV Classic
#GoodTimes #Animation #CharacterDesign #BlackAnimation #ArtistDonDixon
Pretty sad that even MS Now, the alleged liberal news network, can’t carry the full remarks of US presidents and vice presidents at Jesse Jackson’s funeral live on its linear channel. Ditto the digital news channels of ABC, CBS and NBC.
Yes, it’s on C-Span and YouTube. Not the same.
the cast of SCTV from left: Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, Rick Moranis, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, Andrea Martin, John Candy
CBC Radio’s Day 6 asked me to come on the show to talk about the long awaited arrival of SCTV to streaming (in Canada only, on Prime). What took it so long? And why do I say it’s the greatest TV show of all time?
Here’s the interview and it’s on the radio Saturday am
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Goodbye everybody I guess. 👋
Edward G. Robinson's death scene in SOYLENT GREEN
Just called my new dentist and his hold music is Edvard Grieg's “Morning Mood”. #FilmSky
Dwight Cleveland, author of CINEMA ON PAPER: THE GRAPHIC GENIUS OF MOVIE POSTERS, spoke with @nellminow.bsky.social about his collection of lobby cards and the women who made the movies of the silent era.
🎉 Welcome to the Public Domain, FIDDLING AROUND (1930)! 🐭🎶🎻
🎬 The star looks a little odd because this is the first Mickey cartoon not animated by Ub Iwerks. It's also the first Mickey released by Columbia Pictures.
Full short ⤵️
archive.org/details/fidd...
#PublicDomainDay #PublicDomain
Oh, hope you're bootless (in the good sense) soon.
Her first film, and she gives one of the most memorable (and quotable) performances. What a legend.
She’s the entire Village People
Friday's Reliable Sources lead:
The reality of reporting under Israel's military censor during wartime
cnn.it/4rUYM9W
"I'm trying to keep my mind free of things that don't matter." Words to live by.
Indeed. What an absolute tragedy.
Prime Rib w/ new potatoes, vegetable soup, salad, and ice cream for $1. Where's my time machine?
She was a true natural.
😢
Terence Stamp as a young man who abducts a beautiful art student (Eggar) in THE COLLECTOR (1965).
Terence Stamp and Samantha Eggar #BOTD in William Wyler's THE COLLECTOR (1965)
Both were awarded acting honors at the Cannes Film Festival. #FilmSky
