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Lecturer in Film and Television, Writer

[Mister Knauf 👹🌎 @daniel_knauf]

Just finished revisions on Episode 4. Setting aside Episode 5. I begin writing Episode 6 tomorrow.

In a week, I’ll be done with Episode 6 and 2/3 into the series.

This is going very, very well.👍🏼

[Mister Knauf 👹🌎 @daniel_knauf]

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[Brendan Fraser Crane @bf_crane]

Dude looks like a freshly arrived pimp to Deadwood, looking to muscle in on Al’s turf. He’s fed to Wu’s pigs in a record nine minutes, Al says something to the effect of “if you’re fixin’ to stab Caesar best come wielding a shaper steel than your cock in your hand.”

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

“His deepest need was that people should like him. An admirable trait that; in a spaniel, or a whore — not, I think, in a Prime Minister...”

Francis Urquhart [Ian Richardson] House of Cards

[Alex Deane @ajcdeane]

Net migration of Dalmatians to the U.K. plummets

[Ed Calderón @eds_manifesto]

My opinions come from a few places. You don't have to agree with any of them. But for clarity, I was born and raised Catholic in Tijuana México, one of the busiest border crossings on the planet, and what many call the corner of Latin America. I lost my middle brother to a car accident when I was 12, he was 19 and in my young mind, indestructible-- a force of nature that was into hunting, skateboarding, motorcycles and girls. A new girlfriend every few months.

When he passed away, his funeral was like a party with hundreds of people showed up. He was and still is, remembered by everyone he met, to this day, despite my exploits, In Tijuana I'm still 'Erics little brother'. His passing affected me deeply. My whole family went down into a spiral of depression that eventually took my mom as well and turned all of us into ghosts at family gatherings. We all delt with it differently, some alcohol, some religion. I always had him in the back of my mind, he was with me each passing day, idealized in my mind's eye.

Flash forwards a decade, and I'm in the middle of one of the most violent conflicts in modern history walking into a psychological evaluation. "El C3" as they called it, basically a series of confidence test they would give us all to see if we could be trusted to be on the job, from polygraphs to drug testing. I sit down and the psychologist hits me with one question. " Why are you here? " I'm my mind I said to myself, to make him proud, to make so much noise that even in heaven he has to look down and smile, to make it worth it. I realized this was the first time I had acknowledged my survivors guilt. A guilt I would feel several times over with many more of my earned brothers. I answered frankly, " I don't know how to do anything else".

Over the years I realized that the price for some is just to linger, while the dead shine brighter and remain forever young in that part of our mind that still remembers the dream right when we wake up. We linger. Today, maybe you should remember why you're alive.
-Ed's Fever Dreams #archives

[Film at Lincoln Center @FilmLinc]

Watch the stunning trailer for our upcoming 13-film retrospective The Grandmaster: Tony Leung (taking place April 29-May 7), celebrating one of cinema’s most iconic actors.

🎟️ availability is nearing a complete sellout! Don't delay in securing yours at https://t.co/tpVdTdxABb

This series is sponsored by @Criterion.

[La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas]

Dan Piraro

[Mark W. @DurhamWASP]

Ronald Searle [1920 – 2011]

[633 Stag Trail Road 🤌 @pityforyourself]

David Chase heard Dominic Chianese sing "Core 'ngrato" at Lorraine Bracco's Christmas party and knew he had to write it into a scene in The Sopranos.

[All The Right Movies @ATRightMovies]

The epic shootout scene from HEAT (1995).

[best of mafia cinema @TheMafiaPoint]

'Don't call me baby'

[Vashi Nedomansky, ACE @vashikoo]

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
This underrated sci-fi thriller didn’t just imagine AI taking over, it shows exactly how humanity loses control…and never gets it back. Still terrifying on every rewatch. Directed by Joseph Sargent (The Taking of Pelham One Two Three).

[William Shatner @WilliamShatner]

At 95, I'm still smokin'! 😝

I’ve learned two things:

Never waste a good cigar.
Never trust anyone who says you should ‘act your age.’ 😉👍🏻

[Valerie D'Orazio @TheVallyD]

This chart was a “comic book bullpen” staple, tacked up on the wall for reference

[best of the sopranos @Bestofsopranos]

The male cast of The Sopranos posing for a cigarette magazine in 2001.

[DAILY HORROR STUFF | Michael Sellars | Author @HorrorPaperback]

Born on this day: Richard Matheson (1926-2013).

Here's the 1989 Mondadori edition of I Am Legend with cover art by Argentine illustrator and frequent @RealGDT collaborator Oscar Chichoni.

#horror #BOTD #HorrorArt