Happy 78th birthday to Ed O'Neill! In tribute, the Obscure TV of the day: Long before MODERN FAMILY & MARRIED WITH CHILDREN Ed took a run at playing POPEYE DOYLE, in a tv version of THE FRENCH CONNECTION character! youtube.com/watch?v=rIYkqQ…

For the legend John Milius' 80th birthday, the Obscure YT of the evening: the1994 bikers vs family flick he directed, MOTORCYCLE GANG! W/ Carla Gugino, Gerald McRaney (SIMON & SIMON), Jake Busey! youtube.com/watch?v=WD4yNq…

There was a beautiful memorial celebrating the life of the extraordinary Julian Sands yesterday. Actor. Explorer, Mountaineer and Art Connoisseur. A service with poems and hilarious memories. We learned how an amazing life was well and truly lived. Much love to his family.

Here’s my annotated Letterboxd list of films that were in my mind as I wrote & directed All You Need Is Death:
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I first saw him in Altman's POPEYE and have seen him in all sorts of stuff since, includind SESAME STREET, RACHEL GETTING MARRIED and on Broadway in ICEMAN COMETH with Denzel Washington. Happy 74th birthday to the great Bill Irwin!

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Obscure TV of the day: I was fascinated by this as a kid-1981's GOLIATH AWAITS, about a community that has survived on a sunken wreck since WWII, having children, etc! Christopher Lee! Robert Forster! Mark Harmon! Emma Samms! By the director of MOTEL HELL! youtube.com/watch?v=Irxl2z…

Obscure YT of the evening: Adrienne Shelley (Unbelievable Truth, Trust), Sean Young (Blade Runner), Diane Ladd & Timothy Leary (!) star in the screwball sex comedy HOLD ME, THRILL ME, KISS ME (1992)! youtube.com/watch?v=q0-hV6…

Bonus Obscure YT of the day: GREAT movie! 1981's BAD BLOOD, a New Zealand film about manhunt for a mass murderer! Jack Thompson stars! Mike Newell (DONNIE BRASCO, 4 WEDDINGS & FUNERAL) directs! This film is for keeps! youtube.com/watch?v=Il24XH…

I dunno, Joker 2 trailer looked interesting enough to me. Guys who screamed at me for days about how it was fine for Tarantino to rip off City on Fire seem up in arms about Phillips doing shots similar to stuff they've seen before. Looks pretty ambitious for Hollywood to me 🤷

A great comedian !!

Along with Nichols and May, and Bob Newhart, and
Mort Sahl, he hauled stale American comedy into the 60s

Obscure YT of the day: 1977 British mockumentary ALTERNATIVE 3 about govt. conspiracies-similar to WAR OF THE WORLDS, people mistook this for legitimate! Directed by Christopher Miles! Music by Brian Eno! Shane Rimmer (SPY WHO LOVED ME) is in it! youtube.com/watch?v=1z_QPR…

Sad to learn that artist Dan Goozee has died aged 81.

Goozee created some of the most dynamic and iconic artwork for Roger Moore's latter years as James Bond. Of all the 007 posters, he's responsible for my absolute favourites - as displayed here at TBTMT Towers.

R.I.P. legend.

Raise a glass for legend Max Von Sydow, born this day in 1929.

May 4, 1979 New York Times ad for SAINT JACK:

What's the best moment where a character REALIZES something?

I like her so much, I'm gonna be really upset if she's on the side I don't like in CIVIL WAR!

oh boy.

Does anyone else remember (and still own, as I do) one of the greatest film books in history, CLUCK?

Bonus Obscure YT of the day: Joseph Losey's ASSASSINATION OF TROTSKY (1972), starring Richard Burton, Alain Delon & Romy Schneider! youtube.com/watch?v=AeKHth…