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• Saturday Matinee: Three Thousand Years of Longing May 9, 2026 5:03 pm
  By Katie Carter Source: Katie at the Movies Dr. Alithea Binnie (Tilda Swinton) inhabits the perfect role in a movie that’s a story about telling stories. She works in the equally fictional-sounding position of narratologist, specializing in myths and legends, … Continue reading →
• Two for Tuesday May 5, 2026 5:16 pm
  The Nation Of Iran
• Saturday Matinee: Network May 2, 2026 5:35 pm
  By Roger Ebert Source: RogerEbert.com Strange, how Howard Beale, “the mad prophet of the airwaves,” dominates our memories of “Network.” We remember him in his soaking-wet raincoat, hair plastered to his forehead, shouting, “I’m mad as hell and I’m not … Continue reading →
• Two for Tuesday April 28, 2026 5:34 pm
  Avi Kaplan Ziggy Marley
• Saturday Matinee: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat April 25, 2026 8:42 pm
  By Robert Daniels Source: RogerEbert.com To see the archival footage of Patrice Lumumba, which serves as the backbone to the forceful documentary “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat,” is to witness a daring future that, due to the rot of colonialism, … Continue reading →
• Towards a Global Prison Break April 23, 2026 11:01 pm
  Similar to how our soul or divine spark is imprisoned within a physical body, our bodies and minds are confined by overlapping social structures such as empire, criminal cabals, oligarchy, kleptocracy, technocracy, deep state, police/surveillance state, banking/monetary systems, and multinational … Continue reading →
• Two for Tuesday April 21, 2026 5:32 pm
  Bob Vylan 
• Saturday Matinee: Double Take April 18, 2026 4:43 pm
  Alfred Hitchcock Meets Jorge Luis Borges Borges in Cold War America: Watch Double Take (2009) Free Online By Colin Marshall Source: Open Culture In 1962, while shooting The Birds, Alfred Hitchcock gets a phone call. Or rather, he’s informed of a phone call, … Continue reading →
• Two for Tuesday April 14, 2026 5:05 pm
  Jay Farrar Armand Hammer
• Saturday Matinee: Delicatessen April 11, 2026 5:06 pm
  Les temps difficiles By Tim Brayton Source: Alternate Ending There is a minor contradiction secreted away in the production history of Delicatessen. The 1991 film exists mostly so that Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro could prove they had what it took … Continue reading →