Final Cut: The Making & Unmaking of Heaven’s Gate (2004)
Heaven’s Gate is the way, way overbudget western that sank United Artists as an independent studio, in 1980. … [read more]
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The Gate of Heavenly Peace, and a few more movies
The Gate of Heavenly Peace (1995)
Say Tiananmen Square, and most Americans envision one dude standing alone, blocking the progress of a long line of tanks. … [read more]
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Links & news: 11/11/2026
Today’s theme song:
The Ballad of Charles Whitman
by Kinky Friedman
#642 — Nov. 11, 2026 Alabama didn’t get the invite.
Right-wingnut Jake Lang storms a cat-lovers’ convention thinking it was for furries
… [read more]Jake Lang is one of the right-wing’s loudest hatemongers.
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The Fabelmans and The Sacrifice and Asparagus
Soon, some L’s, but first…
Asparagus (1979)
Lusciously animated in a style both realistically drawn and stop-motion, this is a short, hypnotic look at all things asparagus and asparagus-like, made by the marvelous Suzan Pitt. … [read more]
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Come and See, and a few other films
More movies watched out of alphabetical order, but soon we’ll launch into the L’s…
Come and See (1985)
This is war, specifically Germany vs Belarus, 1943. … [read more]
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THX 1138, and a few more films
More movies watched out of alphabetical order, but soon we’ll launch into the L’s…
Master of the World (1961)
Three men and a dame have been kidnapped by Captain Robur (Vincent Price), a madman in a flying ship. … [read more]
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Dawn
A few days ago, re-posting yellowed text from my 1990s zine Pathetic Life, there was an entry where I mentioned an old friend named Dawn, only to compare her to a cat that had adopted me. … [read more]
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Anything goes: 11/7/2026
our 105th weekly open mike
Let’s see what happens when your host (me) has nothing to say. Step right up, speak your mind, tell a story, sing a song, whatever. … [read more]
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And Now the News: 11/6/2026
Democrats’ larger-than-expected wins on Tuesday briefly knocked the pessimism out of me, but I’m recovering. Your get-well cards no doubt help, along with my mother’s prayers, and the immediate and expected Democrats’ doublecrossing…
Soon-to-be House Speaker Hakeem Jeffries: We’ll be too busy for investigations and impeachments…
Senator-elect Talarico: “I’m not interested in retribution. … [read more]
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The Devils, at the Not Cinerama
THE NEVERENDING
FILM FESTIVAL #485
The Devils (1971) It’s a long bus ride from the south side to the Cinerama, which isn’t the Cinerama any more. … [read more]