ingmar bergman was so hitlerian that he threatened roy andersson and other film students with being blacklisted if they kept making leftist films

This publicity photo of Joan Blondell from 1933 was banned for "indecency".

Joe Dante’s Rosebud! ‘Citizen Kane’ sled sells for $11.8M - wellesnet.com/rosebud-sold-a… Irish Film Institute

Eric Idle's Meaning of Life poem sent to Universal Studios as the Pythons' sales pitch (along with a budget).

Filmworker Director’s Cut - Extended & Remastered premieres July 19th, 8pm, at Low Cinema NY with director Tony Zierra attending! Explore Leon Vitali’s vital role in Kubrick’s films through new insights and rare footage. #Filmworker #StanleyKubrick #LeonVitali #TonyZierra

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Tonight: Filmworker - Remastered Extended.

August 1965: the most meticulously detailed models ever made for film were built at the MGM studios in Borehamwood for #2001ASpaceOdyssey.

Big news out of the SDCC yesterday: John Byrne’s Elsewhen is finally getting officially published by Marvel! Byrne’s 32 issues of Xmen fan-fiction will be released in three volumes in 2026. That’s some pretty great news to start your Friday. Hoo-hah!

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97 years since the birth of cinema’s master visionary, Stanley Kubrick.

Speaking of John Byrne, one of my favorite covers he ever did was for Daredevil 200, which came out 42 years ago today. It’s probably my favorite DD issue as well, one about confronting your past & taking the moral high ground in order to come out on top. Great book. Great cover.

Tippi Hedren, 95, of "The Birds" fame and her former son-in-law, Don Johnson, 74, star of "Miami Vice."

Happy 68th Birthday to Yuen Biao, the most underrated of the three brothers of 80s Hong Kong Cinema. I've never lost my appreciation for how incredibly acrobatic his style is. I mean, CHECK OUT THIS KICK. Golden Era greatness. 🫡🔥🤘

Louise poses for a picture in Ocala, Florida during the filming of It’s the Old Army Game (1926). The snapshot was discovered decades later in a photo album of one of the town’s residents.

Otto Preminger sure knows how to move his camera. Absolutely insane that this is all one shot.

41 years ago this month saw the publication of Epic Illustrated 26, which featured the 1st chapter of The Last Galactus story, which reunited the legendary combo of John Byrne & Terry Austin. The magazine was cancelled and the story left unfinished, but the art… my god…the art.