We’re only a few days in, but 2026 already feels like a year of potentially momentous shifts and changes. Of course, much of the global news cycle has focused on developments in Venezuela, following the US intervention to remove dictator Nicolas Maduro from power. Toppling

Robert Duvall, who won an Oscar for “Tender Mercies” and was nominated for his roles in films including “The Godfather,” “Apocalypse Now,” and “The Great Santini,” has died. He was 95. variety.com/2026/film/news…

In a film career that began in the early 1960s, Robert Duvall was a central figure in the New Hollywood of the 1970s, adding grit and soul to legendary works from directors such as George Lucas, Robert Altman, and, most notably, Francis Ford Coppola. 🕊️

In 1986, Jean-Michel Jarre was invited to create a concert in Houston to mark NASA’s 25th anniversary. The performance brought together music, light and architecture on an unprecedented scale. 1.3 million people gathered for a moment that connected Earth and space through music

The highest quality video of the moon was just released… this is so beautiful.

Ukrainian actress Tania Galakhova portrayed what it’s like to live with depression

Incredible optical illusion demonstrates that when objects are removed from peripheral vision, the brain perceives a slower pace of motion 📹 Akiyoshi Kitaoka

Jean Vigo only made three shorts, and one feature, but is considered one of the greatest filmmakers of all time by Godard, Scorsese and many others, and died at age 29. His films were butchered and given terrible reviews at the time. This is from 1934.

Eine Legende der Schauspielerei ist gestern verstorben 🕯️ Ruhe in Frieden, Mario Adorf 🕊️

#Adorf Kir Royal, Der große Bellheim, Allein gegen die Mafia ... So viele Erinnerungen aus einer anderen Zeit. R.I.P. Mario Adorf

For those curious, these scenes, along with many other deleted scenes were put together in a cut of the first two films that played chronologically, starting with the events in Corleone when Vito was a boy. The cut was originally made for tv, it’s worth watching if you can find a

Directors have been encoding breakups in geometry for almost a century, and most audiences read it perfectly without knowing why. The technique is called "bisecting the frame." Place a vertical object between two characters and the audience's brain processes them as occupying

Artemis II Trajectory vs. Apollo 11 and Apollo 13 📹dflores.07

Hand-drawn Disney defined our childhoods, and now that beautiful art is gone. We really don’t talk about it enough…

I can find no video evidence of Charles Laughton doing a dramatic reading of the New York City phone book (which apparently is a real thing) but here he is on live television taking the challenge of reading a tax form and trying to make it entertaining he does

Monty Python will always be timeless.

Anthony Howe is an artist specializing in crafting kinetic sculptures that come to life through the power of wind.

Most people don’t even know this version exists let alone have seen it. But exist it does & shows off brilliantly the creativity, ingenuity & artistry at work in ‘Old Hollywood’ at the time. ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1933)