Virginia Woolf, on writing:

The way to write well is to live intensely.

- Virginia Woolf.

Recommended reading - The Ross Macdonald Collection

The Ross Macdonald Collection

by Ross Macdonald.

Edited by Tom Nolan.

Published by Library of America.
Box edition.
Published 2017.
Hardcover.

ISBN-10: 1598535528
ISBN-13: 978-1598535525
 
Description:

“The finest series of detective novels ever written by an American.” – The New York Times Book Review.

“Macdonald brought a new method of psychological construction to the hard-boiled novel … he was in line with many of the important mid-century movements of American literary fiction, and deserves to be seen as a worthy addition to them.” – The Times Literary Supplement.

Ross Macdonald transformed the detective novel into a literary expression of unique psychological depth and drama. Here, for the first time in a deluxe three-volume Library of America boxed set, are eleven of his classic Lew Archer mysteries.

Contents: The Way Some People Die; The Barbarous Coast; The Doomsters; The Galton Case; The Zebra-Striped Hearse; The Chill; The Far Side of the Dollar; Black Money; The Instant Enemy; The Goodbye Look; The Underground Man.

Born on this day – Bruce Bennett:

Bruce Bennett

Actor

May 19, 1906 – February 24, 2007

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1958); A Bundle of Bliss (1940); A Million to One (1936); A Stolen Life (1946); Amateur Crook (1937); Angels in the Outfield (1951); Atlantic Convoy (1942); Babies for Sale (1940); Beer Barrel Polecats (1946); Before I Hang (1940); Blake of Scotland Yard (1937); Blazing Six Shooters (1940); Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939); Boobs in the Woods (1940); Branded (1965); Cafe Hostess (1940); Cavalcade of America (1954); Cheyenne (1947); College Humor (1933); Convicted Woman (1940); Crossroads (1956); Daktari (1968); Damon Runyon Theater (1955); Danger Patrol (1937); Danger Signal (1945); Daniel Boone, Trail Blazer (1956); Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939); Dark Passage (1947); Deadhead Miles (1972); Death on the Diamond (1934); Dragonfly Squadron (1953); Dream Wife (1953); Escape to Glory (1940); Fireside Theatre (1953–1954); Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (1939); Five Little Peppers at Home (1940); Flaming Frontier (1958); Flying Fists (1937); Frontier Fury (1943); Girls of the Road (1940); Glamour for Sale (1940); Hawk of the Wilderness (1938); Hidden Guns (1956); His Bridal Fright (1940); Hi-Yo Silver (1940); Honolulu Lu (1941); I'm from Arkansas (1944); Invisible Stripes (1939); Island of Doomed Men (1940); Kraft Suspense Theatre (1965); Laat de dokter maar schuiven (1980); Land of Fighting Men (1938); Laramie (1960); Lassie (1970–1971); Lassie: Well of Love (1970); Lazy River (1934); Lost Island of Kioga (1966); Love Me Tender (1956); Lux Video Theatre (1953–1957); Madison Square Garden (1932); Meet the Baron (1933); Mildred Pierce (1945); Million Dollar Legs (1932); Million Dollar Racket (1937); Mooching Through Georgia / The Spook Speaks (1940); Mooching Through Georgia / The Taming of the Snood (1940); Movie Crazy (1932); Murder in Times Square (1943); My Son Is Guilty (1939); Mystery Street (1950); No Census, No Feeling (1940); Nora Prentiss (1947); O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (1971); Panic! (1958); Perry Mason (1958–1965); Playhouse 90 (1957); Rescue 8 (1958); Riptide (1934); Robbers' Roost (1955); Sabotage Squad (1942); Sahara (1943); Sappy Birthday (1942); Schlitz Playhouse (1954); Science Fiction Theatre (1955–1957); Shadow of Chinatown (1936); Shakedown (1950); Silks and Saddles (1936); Silver River (1948); Sky Racket (1937); Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948); So Long Mr. Chumps (1941); So You Won't Talk (1940); Stories of the Century (1954); Strategic Air Command (1955); Student Tour (1934); Submarine Raider (1942); Sudden Fear (1952); Tales of Wells Fargo (1958); Tarzan and the Green Goddess (1938); Tarzan at the Movies, Part 2: The Many Faces of Tarzan (1996); Task Force (1949); The Alligator People (1959); The Big Tip Off (1955); The Bottom of the Bottle (1956); The Case of the Dangerous Robin (1961); The Clones (1973); The Cosmic Man (1959); The Doctor and the Girl (1949); The Fiend of Dope Island (1960); The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938 / 1943); The Ford Television Theatre (1952–1954); The Great Missouri Raid (1951); The Heckler (1940); The House Across the Street (1949); The Last Outpost (1951); The Linkletter Show (1952); The Lone Ranger (1938); The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940); The Loretta Young Show (1953); The Man from Tumbleweeds (1940); The Man I Love (1946); The Man with Nine Lives (1940); The More the Merrier (1943); The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935); The Officer and the Lady (1941); The Outsider (1961); The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (1955); The Phantom Submarine (1940); The Second Face (1950); The Secret Seven (1940); The Texan (1958); The Three Outlaws (1956); The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); The Virginian (1967); The Younger Brothers (1949); There's Something About a Soldier (1943); Three Girls About Town (1941); Three Missing Links / Dutiful But Dumb (1941); Three Missing Links / How High Is Up? (1940); Three Violent People (1956); To the Victor (1948); Torpedo of Doom (1966); Touchdown! (1931); Tramp, Tramp, Tramp! (1942); Treasure Island (1934); Two Latins from Manhattan (1941); Two Minutes to Play (1936); U-Boat Prisoner (1944); Underground Agent (1942); Undertow (1949); West of Abilene (1940); West Point (1957); Whirlybirds (1957–1959); With This Ring (1954); Without Honor (1949); You Can't Buy Everything (1934); Your Jeweler's Showcase (1952–1953).

Born on this day – Renée Ascherson:

Renée Ascherson

Actress

May 19, 1915 – October 30, 2014

Credits:

A Man Called Intrepid (1980); Armchair Thriller (1978); At Home (1960); Away from It All (1973); Bookmark (1993); Brighton Belles (1994); Caesar and Cleopatra (1945); Chain (1990); Clayhanger (1976); Country Matters (1973); Crown Court (1984); Disraeli: Portrait of a Romantic (1978); Edwin (1984); Flesh and Blood (1980); Goodbye Darling (1981); Grey Owl (1999); Happy and Glorious (1952); Harnessing Peacocks (1993); Henry V (1944); ITV Play of the Week (1960–1962); ITV Television Playhouse (1960–1961); Johnny in the Clouds (1945); Jubilee (1977); Kate (1971); Larry and Vivien: The Oliviers in Love (2001); Life After Life (1990); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955); Love and Marriage (1984); Love Story (1963); Lovejoy (1993); Malta Story (1953); Maniacs on Wheels (1949); Midsomer Murders (1997); Midsomer Murders: 25 Years of Mayhem (2022); Miss Marple: A Murder Is Announced (1985); Miss Nightingale (1974); Performance (1995); Pool of London (1951); Rasputin: The Mad Monk (1966); Rheingold Theatre (1953–1956); Romance on the Orient Express (1985); School for Unclaimed Girls (1969); Screen One (1992); Sir Norbert Smith, a Life (1989); Smiling at Grief (1939); Somerset Maugham Hour (1961); Strange Report (1969); Tenko (1981); Tenko: An Introduction (1981); The British Greats (1980); The Cure for Love (1949); The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961); The Madhouse on Castle Street (1962); The Magic Box (1951); The Others (2001); The Pursuers (1961); The Red Dress / Segment: Red Dress' story (1954); The Rivals (1948); The Small Back Room (1949); The Way Ahead (1944); Theater of Blood (1973); Thirty Minute Theatre (1963 / 1966); Time for Murder (1985); Time Is My Enemy (1954); Tom's Midnight Garden (1989); Turner Classic Movies Remembers 2014 (2014); Two's Company (1979); Victorian Scandals (1976).

Born on this day – Dora Doll:

Dora Doll

Actress

May 19, 1922 – November 15, 2015

Credits:

125 rue Montmartre (1959); A Funny Boss (1964); A Man Walks in the City (1950); A Strong Commitment (2002–2005); Act of Love (1953); Adorables démons (1957); Ah, quelle équipe! (1957); Ainsi finit la nuit (1949); Allô police (1967–1969); Angel of Death (1985); Anges et loups (1988); Antoine et Julie (1981); Any Number Can Win (1963); Archimède, le clochard (1959); Au bon beurre (1981); Au-delà de l'écran (1967); Ave Maria (1984); Bastille (1984); Battement de coeur (1940); Bed for Two (1950); Bernard Quesnay (1979); Black and White in Color (1976); Bloody Murder (1974); Boomerang (1976); Cabaret du soir (1958); Catherine & Co. (1975); Catherine, il suffit d'un amour (1986); Ce monde est merveilleux (1981); C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (1986); C'était un gentleman (1957); Champagner aus dem Knobelbecher (1975); Chercheur d'héritiers (2001); Cloud Waltzing (1987); Cocagne (1961); Commandant X (1964); Compression (2023); Coup de foudre (1992); Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952); Daughters of Destiny (1954); De la tête aux pieds (2002); Dehors c'est nulle part (1978); Deux imbéciles heureux (1976); Devil and the Angel (1946); Dictionary of Sex (1964); Drôles d'histoires (1995); Du plomb dans la tête (1973); Édith Piaf: Une brève rencontre (1993); Ein Fall für Männdli (1975); El señor president (1983); Elena and Her Men (1956); En grandes pompes (1974); En votre âme et conscience (1957); Enigme aux Folies-Bergère (1959); Entente cordiale (1939); Espionne et tais-toi (1988); Et demain, Paula? (2002); Femmes Fatales (1976); Ferbac (1992); Fernand cow-boy (1956); Foreign Intrigue (1952); Four Flights to Love (1939); François Villon - Poetul vagabond (1987); French Cancan (1955); Gaston Phoebus (1978); Girl on the Third Floor (1955); Godefinger ou Certaines chattes n'aiment pas le mou (1975); Grandison (1979); Gros dégueulasse (1986); Gueule d'ange (1955); Gueule d'arnaque (1989); Hell (1994); Hellé (1972); Hey Good Looking! (2006); Hortense Schneider (1964); Hôtel Baltimore (1976); Hotel du Nord (1938); Hothead (1979); Human Cargo (1954); Il était un musicien (1978–1979); Imogène (1991); Incorrigible (1975); Inspecteur Sergil (1947); Jacques Martin derrière vos applaudissements (2022); Jacquou le croquant (2007); Jalousie (2001); Jeanne (1952); Jenny Lamour (1947); Julia (1977); Julie Lescaut (1995); Julien Fontanes, magistrat (1983); La boîte à sel (1960); La cage aux souris (1954); La clef des champs (1998); La comtesse de Charny (1989); La derelitta / Cinéma 16 (1977–1989); La femme de l'Italien (1998); La femme ivoire (1984); La fille perdue (1954); La liberté en croupe (1970); La maison sous la mer (1947); La part animale (2007); La passagère (1949); La passante (1951); La ramandeuse (1981); La reina del Tabarín (1960); La rose rouge (1951); La steppe (1982); Là-bas... mon pays (2000); L'agence (1989); L'amour descend du ciel (1957); Le baladin du monde occidental (1971); Le bon numéro (1962); Le Chambon (1994); Le chapeau du p'tit Jésus (2006); Le château (1984); Le château des oliviers (1993); Le chevalier de Pardaillan (1988); Le chevalier Tempête (1967); Le colonel est de la revue (1957); Le crâneur (1955); Le dernier épisode de Dallas (2006); Le dernier quart d'heure (1962); Le diamant de Salisbury (1985); Le don fait à Catchaires (2003); Le garçon Savoyard (1967); Le gerfaut (1987); Le grand Batre (1997); Le grand Poucet (1980); Le joueur (1962); Le jour de noces (1977); Le médecin malgré lui (1964); Le mythomane (1981); Le pays bleu (1977); Le petit théâtre d'Antenne 2 (1979–1983); Le plus malin s'y laisse prendre (1973); Le pont des soupirs (1985); Le refuge (1996–1999); Le rideau rouge (1960); Le secret des Andrônes (1982); Le sorcier du ciel (1949); Le triplé gagnant (1989–1992); Le voyage à Paimpol (1985); L'éclaircie (1979); L'envers du paradis (1953); Leon's Husband (1993); Les 2 crocodiles (1987); Les allumettes suédoises (1996); Les Charlots contre Dracula (1980); Les châtaigniers du désert (2010); Les cinq dernières minutes (1959–1982); Les coeurs brûlés (1992); Les colonnes du ciel (1985); Les déracinés (1972); Les eaux mêlées (1969); Les empaillés (1969); Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1972–1989); Les filles du régiment (1978); Les frangines (1960); Les givrés (1979); Les hommes de Rose (1978); Les idiots (1987); Les jours de la lune (1991); Les jumelles (1972); Les keufs (1987); Les optimistes du lundi (1962); L'été rouge (2002); L'étrange château du docteur Lerne (1983); L'histoire du samedi (1996–1997); L'homme à tout faire (1988); L'homme de la nuit (1983); L'inspecteur Leclerc enquête (1962); L'invité du dimanche (1969); Madame... êtes-vous libre? (1971); Mademoiselle Ardel (1990); Mademoiselle Strip-tease (1957); Maigret et la grande perche (1991); Main Street (1956); Maniac Killer (1987); Manon (1949); Marianne, une étoile pour Napoléon (1983); Marie Pervenche (1990); M'as-tu-vu? (1988); Maternité clandestine (1953); Médecins de nuit (1981); Meilleur espoir féminin (2000); Mélissol (1999); Méprise d'otage (1992); Midi-Première (1981); Miss Pigalle (1958); Mon ami le traître (1988); Monsieur Scrupule gangster (1953); Morasseix!!! (1993); Moulin Rouge (1940); Music Hall (1986); Musicolor (1969); Nana (1955); Napoleon (1955); Night in December (1939); Nous ne l'avons pas assez aimée (1981); Obsession (1954); On déménage le colonel (1955); Once More (1988); Parade en 7 nuits (1941); Pardon My French (1951); Paris Vice Squad (1951); Pas d'amour sans amour! (1993); Pas de caviar pour tante Olga (1965); Pas de grisbi pour Ricardo (1957); Pas de pitié pour les caves (1955); Pas de souris dans le business (1955); Peppermint Soda (1977); Permission de minuit (1987); Poésie del amor (2006); Première brigade criminelle (Dossier Interpol M.A.T. 444) (1961); Princesse Alexandra (1992); Puzzle pour demons (1976); Quand Jean devint Renoir (2017); Quelle sacrée soirée (1957); Recherche dans l'intérêt des familles (1977); Reflets de Cannes (1956); Sabbath (1989); Sapho (1997); Savage Triangle (1951); Secret File 1413 (1961); Soupçons (1956); Spectacle d'un soir (1969); That Night in Varennes (1982); The Curtain Rises (1938); The Heart of a Nation (1943); The Little Rebels (1955); The Maiden (1955); The Marked Woman (1992); The School Teacher (1994); The Tide of Life (1998); The Young Lions (1958); Tides of Passion (1956); Touchez pas au grisbi (1954); Trente-Six Chandelles (1956–1957); Un curé de choc (1974); Un égale trois (1964); Un Français nommé Gabin (2017); Une femme qu'a le coeur trop petit (1972); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1956); Violette (1978); Voiture 7, place 15 (1958); Votre dévoué Blake (1954); Witness in the City (1959); Women in Cellblock 9 (1978); You Are So Beautiful (2005); Zerschossene Träume (1976).

Born on this day – Nora Ephron:

 

Nora Ephron

Writer

Director

May 19, 1941 – June 26, 2012

Credits:

60 Minutes / Randy Newman / Rob Reiner (1994–1997); Acting for the Camera (2009); Adam's Rib (1973); AFI Life Achievement Award (2002–2010); AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005); American Masters (2012); Bewitched (2005); Bewitched: Star Shots (2005); Biography (1999–2006); Cake (2005); Casting a Spell: Making 'Bewitched' (2005); CBS This Morning (1993); Charles Portis: The Greatest Writer You've Never Heard Of... (2011); Charlie Rose (1998–2010); Cookie (1989); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); Dateline NBC (2006); Delivering 'You've Got Mail' (2008); Dreams on Spec (2007); E! True Hollywood Story (2005); ESPN SportsCentury (2001); Film Genre (2002); From Weepies to Chick Flicks (2010); Greatest Ever Romantic Movies (2007); Hanging Up (2000); HBO First Look (1998–2000); Heartburn (1986); Hollywood Insider (2021); Hopeless Pictures (2005); Husbands and Wives (1992); Intimate Portrait (1995–2003); Julie & Julia (2009); L'amour, la mort, les fringues (2011); Late Night with David Letterman (1983–1992); Late Show with David Letterman (2008); Leaves of Grass (2009); Lucky Numbers (2000); Makers: Women Who Make America (2013); Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015); Michael (1996); Mixed Nuts (1994); My Blue Heaven (1990); New York 360º Presents: The 2007 Matrix Awards (2007); New York at the Movies (2002); On Story (2019); Perfect Gentlemen (1978); Primetime (1989); Real Time with Bill Maher (2010); Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women (2014); Secret Ingredients: Creating Julie & Julia (2009); Signed, Sealed, Delivered (1998); Silkwood (1983); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Smiling Through the Apocalypse (2013); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Steve Martin: Seriously Funny (1999); Strike! (1998); Tavis Smiley (2006); The 2011 Annual American Theatre Wing Gala (2011); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Colbert Report (2006); The David Frost Show (1970); The Dick Cavett Show (1970–1971); The Directors (1999); The Five Stages of Grief (2011); The Five-Year Engagement (2012); The Good, the Bad & the Beautiful (1996); The Home Show (1992); The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (2006); The Making of 'Hanging Up' (2000); The Mike Douglas Show (1971); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2006); The Post (2017); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The South Bank Show (1995); The View (2007); This Is My Life (1992); This Week (2006); Through The Grape Vine (2011); Treasures Untold: The Making of Disney's 'The Little Mermaid' (2006); We All Dream of Oz (2000); When Harry Met Sally... (1989); Where's Elvis This Week? (1996); Why I Love 'Bewitched' (2005); You've Got Mail (1998).

#Silkwood #WhenHarryMetSally #SleeplessInSeattle #YouveGotMail

Born on this day – Steve Pepoon:

Steve Pepoon

Writer

Producer

May 19, 1956 – May 3, 2025

Credits:

ALF (1987–1990); Cleghorne! (1995); Dinosaurs (1992); Ferris Bueller (1990–1991); Get a Life (1991–1992); It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1990); Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994); Roseanne (1993–1994); Rugrats Go Wild (2003); Silver Spoons (1986); Teen Angel (1997–1998); The Jackie Thomas Show (1992–1993); The PJs (1999 / 2000); The Simpsons (1991); The Wild Thornberrys (1998–2004); The Wild Thornberrys: The Origin of Donnie (2001); Tom (1994); You Wish (1997).

On this day in movie history - The Missouri Breaks (1976)

The Missouri Breaks

directed by Arthur Penn,

written by Thomas McGuane,

was released in the United States on May 19, 1976.

Music by John Williams.

Cast:

Marlon Brando, Jack Nicholson, Randy Quaid, Kathleen Lloyd, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, John McLiam, John P. Ryan, Sam Gilman, Steve Franken, Richard Bradford, James Greene, Luana Anders, Danny Goldman, Hunter von Leer, Virgil Frye, R.L. Armstrong, Daniel Ades, Dorothy Neumann, Charles Wagenheim, Vern Chandler, Mark Montgomery, Scott Palmer.

On this day in movie history - Two Lovers (2008)

Two Lovers

directed by James Gray,

written by James Gray and Richard Menello,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2008.

Cast:

Joaquin Phoenix, Vinessa Shaw, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samantha Ivers, Anne Joyce, Elliot Villar, Craig Walker, Carmen M. Herlihy, Donald John Hewitt, Christian Albrizo, Isabella Rossellini, Moni Moshonov, Julie Budd, Bob Ari, Iain J. Bopp, Jeanine Serralles, Miguel Rivera, Clinton C. Ingram, Doug Wright, David Ross, Elias Koteas, Shiran Nicholson, Marion McCorry, Saidah Arrika Ekulona, David Cale, Sy Fader, Joel Horwitz, John Baker, Kathryn Gerhardt, Luis Dalmasy Jr., Alex Felix, Geronimo Frias, Mari Koda, Pedro Saint Morillo, Anthony Ramos, Diosmer Reynoso, Edwige Sam, Franco Bulaon, Renee Fishman, Bianca Giancoli, Nick Gillie, Andrew Ginsburg, Brian Hopson, RJ Konner, Evan Lewis, Jose Edwin Soto, Uziman.

On this day in movie history - Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

 

Inside Llewyn Davis

directed and written by Ethan Coen and Joel Coen,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2013.

Music by T Bone Burnett, Todd Kasow, Jen Monnar,

Marcus Mumford, Mike Piersante, Chris Robertson, Ivy Skoff.

 

Cast:

Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, Justin Timberlake, Ethan Phillips, Robin Bartlett, Max Casella, Jerry Grayson, Jeanine Serralles, Adam Driver, Stark Sands, John Goodman, Garrett Hedlund, Alex Karpovsky, Helen Hong, Bradley Mott, Michael Rosner, Bonnie Rose, Jack O'Connell, Ricardo Cordero, Sylvia Kauders, Ian Jarvis, Diane J. Findlay, Ian Blackman, Steve Routman, Susan Blommaert, Amelia McClain, James Colby, Charlotte Booker, Mike Houston, Sam Haft, F. Murray Abraham, Jason Shelton, Frank Ridley, John Ahlin, Jake Ryan, Declan Bennett, Erik Hayden, Daniel Everidge, Jeff Takacs, Nancy Blake, Stephen Payne, Roberto Lopez, Ben Pike, Genevieve Adams, Paul Rocco Amato, Ricardo Bailey, Logan Bennett, David Boston, Jonny Brennan, Kristoffe Brodeur, Caitlin Brodnick, Joel Brody, Laura Butler, Stan Carp, Jason Cicardo, Jason Daunno, Nick Diamantis, Jared Evan, Melanie Hearn, Danny Hoch, Rosemary Howard, George Katt, Samantha Kelly, Phillip X Levine, Lerubi Lopez, Ellery McKinney, Antonio E. Moreno, Marcus Mumford, Etienne Navarre, Tara Steinberg, Matt Strickland, Bill Weeden, Steven Weisz, Brittany White.

On this day in movie history - Filmworker (2017)

 

Filmworker

documentary directed by Tony Zierra,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2017.

Music by David Ben Shannon.

 
Cast:

Leon Vitali, Ryan O'Neal, Brian Capron, Mike Alfreds, Nick Redman, Brian Jamieson, Danny Lloyd, Stanley Kubrick, Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Tim Colceri, Julian Senior, Colin Mossman, Warren Lieberfarb, Lisa Leone, Steve Southgate, Phil Rosenthal, Jacob Rosenberg, Max Vitali, Vera Vitali, Masha Vitali, Stellan Skarsgård, Pernilla August, Beverly Wood, Tim Vitali, Maria Hayward, Chris Vitali, Marie Richardson, Treva Etienne, Margaret Adams, Ned Price, Chris Jenkins, Janet Wilson, Adam Baldwin, Marisa Berenson, David Bowie, Scatman Crothers, Tom Cruise, Kirk Douglas, Keir Dullea, Shelley Duvall, Michael Gambon, George Harrison, Arliss Howard, Mick Jagger, John Lennon, James Mason, Paul McCartney, Malcolm McDowell, Jack Nicholson, Slim Pickens, Gordon Ramsay, Peter Sellers, Martin Sheen, Rita Wilson, Shelley Winters.

On this day in movie history - The Lighthouse (2019)

The Lighthouse

directed by Robert Eggers,

written by Robert Eggers and Max Eggers,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2019.

Music by Mark Korven.

 

Cast:

Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes, Kyla Nicolle, Shaun Clarke, Pierre Richard, Preston Hudson, Jeffrey Cruts, Sully Seagull.

On this day in movie history - Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time. Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi (2020)

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time. Vol. 2: Horror and Sci-Fi

documentary directed by Danny Wolf,

was released in the United States on May 19, 2020.

Cast:

Bruce Campbell, Roger Corman, Joe Dante, Illeana Douglas, Jeff Goldblum, Malcolm Mcdowell, Joe Morton, Ed Neil, Kevin Pollak, John Sayles, Anthony Timpone, John Waters, Mary Woronov, Sean Young, Rob Zombie. 

On this day in movie history - The Zone of Interest (2023)

 

The Zone of Interest

directed by Jonathan Glazer,

written by Jonathan Glazer and Martin Amis,

based on the novel by Martin Amis,

was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2023.

Music by Mica Levi.

 

Review by Jack Kost / Friday, May 17, 2024:
 
Based on the true story, written in novel form by the author, of Rudolf Höss, the commandant of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp.

He, along with his wife, Hedwig, and their children, lived in a house on the other side of the boundary wall, with the camp watch tower and top floors of the buildings always visible.

The family enjoyed their artificial oasis, spending their time mostly at leisure: sunbathing, swimming, gardening … all with the sounds from the camp constantly in the background.

Yet, the Höss family coldly went about their lives, ignoring it all, pretending it wasn’t happening.

Their daily routine shown at a slow pace, a study of the banality of evil.

As Rudolf Höss oversaw the slaughter within the camp, Hedwig plundered the belongings stolen from the prisoners, the spoils of war, kept what she wanted and used the place as her own personal thrift store.

We, the viewers, never see the war crimes committed by the Nazis, the horror, the atrocities, the sadistic cruelty inflicted on the camp prisoners, but we hear it: the screaming of pain and torment, guards shouting, dogs barking, gunshots, flames from the crematorium.

This cacophony of background noise forces our imagination to conjure the hellish images.

What we see is the smoke from the train bringing new prisoners to be put to work or murdered.

The smoke from the chimney stack, from bodies being cremated, always there in the sky.

At night, the orange glow from the chimney stack flames illuminates the rooms.

The Zone of Interest is a must-see movie you will never forget.

It’s a movie as powerful and important as Schindler's List (1993), directed by Steven Spielberg; The Pawnbroker (1964), directed by Sidney Lumet; Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), directed by Robert Dornhelm; The Survivor (2021), directed by Barry Levinson; Conspiracy (2001), directed by Frank Pierson; Anthropoid (2016), directed by Sean Ellis; The Captain (2017), directed by Robert Schwentke; Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), directed by Stanley Kramer; Nuremberg (2000), directed by Yves Simoneau; and many others.

The Zone of Interest concludes with Rudolf Höss pausing to stare into the darkness of corridors, before walking down a flight of stairs, again into darkness, a man without God, without a soul, descending into the abyss, damned to Hell.

Intercut are scenes from modern day: the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, cleaned by a team of janitors.

On permanent display, behind protective screens, are photographs, piles of clothes, shoes, suitcases and belongings, stolen from the prisoners.

The remains of the camp are preserved, to inform and teach future generations about a horrific period in history.

A period that should be studied, learned from, and never forgotten, so it will never be repeated.
 

Cast:

Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller, Johann Karthaus, Luis Noah Witte, Nele Ahrensmeier, Lilli Falk, Anastazja Drobniak, Cecylia Pekala, Kalman Wilson, Medusa Knopf, Max Beck, Slava the Dog, Andrey Isaev, Julia Babiarz, Stephanie Petrowitz, Martyna Poznanski, Zuzanna Kobiela, Benjamin Utzerath, Thomas Neumann, Klaudiusz Kaufmann, Justyna Szklarska, Kacper Piwko, Marie Rosa Tietjen, Antje Falk, Jakub Sierenberg, Joerg Sierenberg, Joerg Giessler, Heiko Lange, Marek Lukasik, Bernhard Schirmer, Julia Polaczek, Shenja Lacher, Imogen Kogge, Wiktoria Wisniewska, Paulina Burzyk, Anna Marciniszyn, Agnieszka Wierny, Patryk Mika, Tomasz Piwko, Carsten Koch, Heinz Nielow, Christine Schröder, Marnius Fislage, Ralph Herforth, Daniel Holzberg, Rainer Haustein, Daniel Hoffman, Wolfgang Lampl, Oscar Lebeck, Christian Willy, Freya Kreutzkam, Leo Meier, Barbara Koszatka, Izabela Bara, Anna Kuwik, Mariola Karczewska, Halina Drzymota, Dominika Matonóg, Ewelina Kaczor, Matgorzata Zurek, Barbara Jakubowska, Etzbieta Bronka, Zuzanna Janusik, Sascha Maaz, Ralf Zillmann.

On this day in music history - Belinda, by Belinda Carlisle (1986)

Belinda

by Belinda Carlisle

was released on May 19, 1986.

Track list:

Mad About You; I Need a Disguise; Since You’ve Gone; I Feel the Magic; I Never Wanted a Rich Man; Band of Gold; Gotta Get to You; From the Heart; Shot in the Dark; Stuff and Nonsense; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Single Mix]; Dancing in the City; Mad About You [Extended Version]; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Extended Mix]; Band of Gold [Featuring Freda Payne] [Dub Mix]; Shot in the Dark; Lust to Love; Mad About You; Since You’ve Gone; Head Over Heels.

On this day in music history - The album Land of Forever, by 2002 (1998)

Land of Forever

by 2002

was released on May 19, 1998.

Track list:

Summer of 300 Years; Sea of Dreams; Land of Forever; Realms of Splendor; The Calling; Dance with a Princess; Feast of Immortals; Falling Through Time; Heavenly Cities; Oceansky.