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- Two for Tuesday May 26, 2026 4:52 pmMarmozets 84 Days
- Saturday Matinee: What the Future Sounded Like May 23, 2026 4:59 pmWhat the Future Sounded Like: Documentary Tells the Forgotten 1960s History of Britain’s Avant-Garde Electronic Musicians By Josh Jones Source: Open Culture It really is impossible to overstate the fact that most of the music around us sounds the way … Continue reading →
- Two for Tuesday May 19, 2026 5:33 pmSNOG
- Saturday Matinee: Before Sunset May 16, 2026 5:21 pmBy Bill Thompson Source: Bill’s Movie Emporium Screenplay By: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard LinklaterDirected By: Richard Linklater You know that you are watching a great movie when Baseball Tonight has taken up most of your night and at about midnight you figure, … Continue reading →
- Two for Tuesday May 12, 2026 4:43 pmMassive Attack / Tom Waits Peter Gabriel
- Saturday Matinee: Three Thousand Years of Longing May 9, 2026 5:03 pmBy 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 pmThe Nation Of Iran
- Saturday Matinee: Network May 2, 2026 5:35 pmBy 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 pmAvi Kaplan Ziggy Marley
- Saturday Matinee: Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat April 25, 2026 8:42 pmBy 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 →
After the Crash 