THURS 11:30am on KBOO 📻: Rani Singh, dir. of the Harry Smith Archive, previews the upcoming Hollywood Theatre screening of Harry’s film MAHAGONNY. Also - a tribute to Bill Walton: the 1978 Trailblazers doc FAST BREAK plays at Clinton Street Theater. kboo.fm/media/121844-h…

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK was released 43 years ago today. A cult classic and one of the best films of the John Carpenter/Kurt Russell collaboration, its behind the scenes story was out there, even for Carpenter… 1/37

Christopher Nolan watched Sunrise as part of his preparation for making Dunkirk. “I spent a lot of time reviewing the silent films for crowd scenes – the way extras move, evolve, how the space is staged and how the cameras capture it, the views used,” he told Premiere magazine

Twin Peaks (1990–1991)

THURS 11:30am on KBOO 📻: We preview classic film screenings in #Portland w/ Eddie Muller’s NOIR CITY FILM FESTIVAL and Elliot Lavine’s SATURDAY MORNING CLASSICS. kboo.fm/media/122230-f… Tune in 7/11 - 11:30 to noon PT - 90.7fm in Portland or Kboo.fm/listen worldwide.

Buster Keaton in College (1927)

Finally watched Black Narcissus (1947) and it is so cool that one of the most visually stunning films is about losing your sanity after seeing 5 inch inseam shorts.

Gary Oldman as Dracula in 1992. Photography by Herb Ritts

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's theory of Somai: The inherent entropy and singularity of the act of filming, the temptations of a film set, how Somai leaned into those temptations and "exposed the realities of filming." MOVING is screening everyday at @filmlinc.

When A Fistful of Dollars aired on ABC in the 70s, the network added a 4 minute prologue in an attempt to justify the film's cynical tone & amoral violence. The prologue was directed by Monte Hellman & stars Harry Dean Stanton:

THURS 11:30am on KBOO 📻: Bill Plympton is bringing his new animated feature SLIDE to PFCAT festival at @OMSI. We’ll talk about the Oregon history behind the film. kboo.fm/media/122619-b… Thurs 8/8 - 11:30 to noon PT - 90.7fm in Portland or kboo.fm/listen worldwide.

R.I.P. Albert Kallis, legendary AIP art director who designed posters for many sci-fi and horror classics of the 50s and 60s.

I could watch this on loop forever

My latest interview is online at Oregon ArtsWatch. Come out this Thursday and see Bill Bill Plympton at PFCAT! orartswatch.org/bill-plymptons…

THURS 11:30am: Filmmakers and musicians do a deep dive on their favorite movies in @RevPerMovie. We preview their Clinton Street Theater show with @ChrisSlusarenko & @Krummenacher. kboo.fm/media/123136-r… Tune in 9/12 from 11:30 to noon PT at 90.7fm or kboo.fm/listen worldwide.

What few people know or notice is that the iron bar shadows are spray painted: a b&w film trick that is used effectively here.

Synecdoche, New York (2008) Director: Charlie Kaufman

THURS 11:30am on KBOO 📻: We’re celebrating #EdWood’s 100th birthday with a retrospective at Clinton Street Theater with film archivists Ian Sundahl & Adam Tamberg. kboo.fm/media/123360-e… Tune in! Thurs 9/26 from 11:30 to noon PT at 90.7fm in Portland or kboo.fm/listen worldwide.

Fragment of an Empire (1929), a silent drama about a veteran of the Russian Civil War who loses his memory and is confused to find himself in the Soviet Union of the late 1920s

The illustrious @DaveCCooper is my guest on this week’s KBOO 📻 show, touring behind his newest comics series DOGHEAD. kboo.fm/media/124087-d… Toon in! Thursday morning 11/14 from 11:30 to noon PT @ 90.7 in Portland or kboo.fm/listen worldwide.