Michael Thorner

Producer, Composer, Musician, Artist, Appreciator #tunesmithTO #music #film #interdisciplinary @mtcdproductions @mustwewait4ever @comixcomixcomix @TheehMTeeShow

[Michael Thorner @MichaelThorner]

FYI I am playing the Steinway at the Doug Wright Awards this Saturday June 6, at the Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm St. Ceremony starts at 8, and I start playing after 7. It’s free for the public, and celebrates the best in Canadian sequential art. It’s fun. Come!

[Michael Thorner @MichaelThorner]

That will be me when I gather the courage to watch Backrooms…

[Seen on the Internet @FunnySight]

Brother, I was really scared. 😂 🤣

[Remnants of the Past @remnantsofpast]

Paul Newman, New York City, 1998

[Alison Moyet @AlisonMoyet]

Hollywood Bowl tonight. That’ll be a first.
Only took me nigh on 65 years and a kind invitation. :-)
Stamina! Which was in-fact my infant familial nickname)
True story.

[Melodies & Masterpieces @SVG__Collection]

Happy birthday to Curtis Mayfield, born on this day in 1942!

[Dalai Lama @DalaiLama]

His Holiness the Dalai Lama was formally presented the Grammy Award at his residence in Dharamsala on June 3, 2026. by Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, accompanied by Amaan Ali Bangash, Ayaan Ali Bangash and Kabir Gill Sehgal. The award was received in the category of Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording for the album Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, a unique collaboration blending His Holiness’ reflections on compassion, peace and the oneness of humanity with Indian classical music. Photo by Tenzin Choejor

[G M Thomas FRSA FRAS @japanauthor]

Film stars in their homes: Toshiro Mifune. A series from the Asahi Shimbun, 1970.

[Celine Dion @celinedion]

I’m heartbroken to hear that we lost Peabo Bryson today.  His incredible voice and his kind spirit embodied the beauty of song and performance.  He was so wonderful and generous to me all those years ago, when we recorded Beauty and the Beast. He made me so comfortable, as I was just learning to sing in English.  He will remain for me always as a real symbol of the joy that music has brought to my life. His voice and his talent will be missed…

My heart is with your family, and may you rest in peace, Peabo.

Love,

Celine xx…

[L'huppertréalisme @huppertisme]

Isabelle Huppert, photographed by ©Saskia Lawak at the Cannes Film Festival 2026.📸La plus belle femme du monde.❤️

[The Film Stage 📽 @TheFilmStage]

R.I.P. Marjane Satrapi (1969-2026)

[Michael Thorner @MichaelThorner]

“It was the 3rd of June…” From 2011. #bobbiegentry #cover

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[Film Festival @LifeIsAFilmFest]

Cannes 2026 award winners #Cannes2026:

Palme d’Or: FJORD, Cristian Mungiu
Grand Prix: MINOTAUR, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Jury Prize: THE DREAMED ADVENTURE, Valeska Grisebach
Best Director: (tie) Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, LA BOLA NEGRA, Paweł Pawlikowski, FATHERLAND
Best Screenplay: Emmanuel Marre, A MAN OF HIS TIME
Best Actress: VIRGINIE EFIRA, TAO OKAMOTO, All of a Sudden
Best Actor: EMMANUEL MACCHIA, VALENTIN CAMPAGNE, Coward
Camera d’Or: BEN’IMANA, Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo
Palme d’Or for Best Short Film: PARA LOS CONTRINCANTES, Federico Luis
FIPRESCI Prize: FJORD, Cristian Mungiu

Un Certain Regard:

Un Certain Regard Prize: EVERYTIME, Sandra Wollner
Jury Prize: ELEPHANTS IN THE FOG, Abinash Bikram Shah
Special Jury Prize: IRON BOY, Louis Clichy
Actor: BRADLEY FIOMONA DEMBEASSET, Congo Boy
Actresses: MARINA DE TAVIRA, DANIELA MARÍN NAVARRO, MARIANGEL VILLEGAS, Forever Your Maternal Animal

Critics’ Week:

Grand Prize: LA GRADIVA, Marine Atlan
Rising Star Award: AINA CLOTET, Viva
Gan Foundation Award for Distribution: A GIRL UNKNOWN, Zou Jing
SACD Award for Best Screenplay: NICOLE BORGEAT, Dua

Directors’ Fortnight:

Audience Award: I SEE BUILDINGS FALL LIKE LIGHTNING, Clio Barnard
Europa Cinemas Label: TOO MANY BEASTS, Sarah Arnold
Coup de Coeur: SHANA, Lila Pinell

You can find the full Cannes 2026 lineup here. I updated the list with the winners and distributors and will continue updating going forward.
https://t.co/l6GJi77QfC

[The ehMTee Show @TheehMTeeShow]

Apple Music Playlist: I DON'T WANNA GO OUTSIDE curated by ehMTee. Songs to stay in and resonate with, for those times you don’t want to leave your safe space. Save and enjoy!
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[Lost In Film @LostInFilm]

«I'm curious. I find everything interesting. Real life. Fake life. Objects. Flowers. Cats. But mostly people. If you keep your eyes open and your mind open, everything can be interesting»

Remembering the wonderful Agnès Varda, who would have been 98 today 💜

[DepressedBergman @DannyDrinksWine]

Faye Dunaway cared much about the role of Wanda in Barbet Schroeder's "Barfly" (1987). it is the only character she felt as much passion for after her role in "Network" (1976).

According to Dunaway, the project began to fall apart before filming began as Menahem Golan and Yoram Globas of Cannon Pictures, who were Executive-producers of the movie ran into financial difficulties. They were fighting to keep the company afloat. Their usual sources of money dried up.

Faye Dunaway spent a weekend talking to various producers, head of the French bank Crédit Lyonnais and many others to finance the movie. She insisted that the movie would make money. But by the end of the weekend, Golan and Globas had decided they weren’t going to make the movie.

Barbet Schroeder informed her that they had set an onerous turnaround figure—the amount that would have to be paid to them by another person who would come in wanting to make the movie. They wanted to be reimbursed for the money they had spent on the project. It was an impossibly high amount that she thought was inflated. They agreed to give the rights for the movie back, but only if the price was met.

Barbet Schroeder, who was also very passionate about the project and Charles Bukowski, wasn't ready to give up. One day, Barbet Schroeder went to the office of one of the producers carrying a tiny Black & Decker chainsaw, small but real. “See this finger?” he said, holding up his pinky finger. “I don’t need it, really.” Then he held up the saw, and flipped it on and off. “Every day I’m going to come here and cut off a piece of this finger,” he said. “I will come day after day, until nothing is left or until you give me my deal. I will be here tomorrow.”

Finally, Dunaway made them an offer they couldn't refuse. She agreed to work for no money up front, to forgo her salary in exchange for a deferment or a percentage of the profits. With that offer, Cannon found the money somewhere and gave Schroeder his deal.

("Looking for Gatsby: My Life", Faye Dunaway with Betsy Sharkey, 1995)

[Beach Boys Legacy @beachboyslegacy]

Two good friends on stage. Dennis Wilson and Blondie Chaplin in 1972.

[Dionne Warwick @dionnewarwick]

It looks like you may have chosen two photos of me for your twote @PopBase

[Michael Thorner @MichaelThorner]

So special in Black Orpheus (1959)!

[Black Media Hub ✊🏿 @BlackMediaHub]

French actress Marpessa Dawn 1963

[World's Amazing Things @Hana_b30]

“She Saved Me With Books.” — Denzel Washington Secretly Flew to Georgia to Visit the 99-Year-Old Librarian Who Kept Him Off the Streets in Mount Vernon. "She gave me my first book." Denzel Washington unexpectedly cleared his Hollywood schedule to secretly fly to a nursing home for a reunion 50 years in the making.

[Michael Thorner @MichaelThorner]

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