Sunday, August 31, 2025

On this day in movie history - Nine Queens (2000)

 

Nine Queens


directed and written by Fabián Bielinsky,

released in Argentina on August 31, 2000.

Music by César Lerner.

 
Cast:
Gastón Pauls, Ricardo Darín, Graciela Tenenbaum, María Mercedes Villagra, Gabo/Gabriel Correa, Pochi Ducasse, Luis Armesto, Ernesto Arias, Amancay Espíndola, Isaac Fajm, Jorge Noya, Leticia Brédice, Oscar Nuñez, Ignasi Abadal, Carlos Lanari, Roberto Rey, Tomás Fonzi, Celia Juárez, Alejandro Awada, Antonio Ugo, Leo Dyzen, Elsa Berenguer, Carlos Falcone, Ricardo Díaz Mourelle, Ulises Celestino, Norberto Arcusín, Gabriel Molinelli, Emanuel Mercado, Claudio Rissi, Roly Serrano.

On this day in movie history - Edmond (2005)


Edmond


directed by Stuart Gordon,

written by and based on the play by David Mamet,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 31, 2005.

Music by Bobby Johnston.


Cast:
William H. Macy, Frances Bay, Rebecca Pidgeon, Joe Mantegna, Denise Richards, Wendy Thompson, Vincent Guastaferro, Bai Ling, Matt Landers, Dulé Hill, Russell Hornsby, Aldis Hodge, Debi Mazar, Mena Suvari, Jeffrey Combs, Barry Cullison, George Wendt, Marcus Thomas, Lionel Mark Smith, Julia Stiles, Patricia Belcher, Wren T. Brown, Bruce A. Young, Dylan Walsh, Bokeem Woodbine, Jack Wallace, Michael Saad, Vanessa Born, Michael Calder, Mary Castro, Annette Harper, Elena Jovis, Steven Littles, Ryan March, Laurie Meghan Phelps, Blake Sherman, Patrick M. Strong, Saskia Vogel, Alexander von Roon.

On this day in movie history - Destroyer (2018)


Destroyer


directed by Karyn Kusama,

written by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi,

was released in the United States on August 31, 2018.

Music by Theodore Shapiro.


Cast:
Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell, Tatiana Maslany, Sebastian Stan, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford, Toby Huss, James Jordan, Beau Knapp, Jade Pettyjohn, Shamier Anderson, Zach Villa, Natalia Cordova-Buckley, Colby French, Kelvin Han Yee, Joseph Fatu, Cuete Yeska, Doug Simpson, Kale Clauson, Jan Hoag, Peter Vasquez, Mickey O'Hagan, McCabe Slye, Brandon Morales, Chido Nwokocha, Cecily Breaux, Kenley Smyth, Jay Hieron, Dan Southworth, Brett Easton, Chris Fiore, Justin Rivera, Alex Marshall-Brown, Alecia Batson, Rey Borge, Monique Gall, George Griffith, Brian Hanford, Austin Hanner, Sofia Kaempfe, Abbey Paige, Yvette Saunders, Evan Whitten.

On this day in movie history - What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael (2018)


What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael


documentary directed and written by Rob Garver,

was released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on August 31, 2018.

Music by Rick Baitz.


Cast:
Pauline Kael, John Guare, David Edelstein, Greil Marcus, Gina James, Camille Paglia, Brian Kellow, Craig Seligman, Jaime Manrique, Daryl Chin, Dick Cavett, Lili Anolik, Edward Landberg, James Wolcott, Paul Schrader, Molly Haskell, Phillip Lopate, David O. Russell, Christopher Durang, Chester Villilba, Ortrun Niesar, Dirk Van Nouhays, Carol Van Strum, Stevens Van Strum, Marcia Nasatir, Quentin Tarantino, Robert Towne, Joe Morgenstern, George Malko, Daniel Menaker, John Boorman, Tom Pollock, David Lean, Woody Allen, Peter Bogdanovich, Michael Sragow, Jerry Lewis, David V. Picker, William Peter Blatty, Johnny Carson, Norman Mailer, Francis Ford Coppola, Carrie Rickey, Ridley Scott, Stephanie Zacharek, Alec Baldwin, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jackie Netis, Mike Pollock, Joel Haberli, Amanda Sykes, Debbie Irwin, Michael Bryan, Cliff Resnick, Rob Garver, Carol Baum, Thomas Baum, Jean-Paul Belmondo, James Broughton, George Chakiris, Joan Collins, Keir Dullea, Robert Evans, Dick Hogan, Maila Nurmi, Diana Ross, Shawn Shillingford, Gene Siskel, George Williams.

On this day in movie history - Friedkin Uncut (2018)

 

Friedkin Uncut


documentary directed and written by Francesco Zippel,

was released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on August 31, 2018.

Music by Costanza Francavilla.
 
Cast:
William Friedkin, Wes Anderson, Dario Argento, Samuel Blumenfeld, Ellen Burstyn, Damien Chazelle, Francis Ford Coppola, Willem Dafoe, Caleb Deschanel, Gina Gershon, Walon Green, Randy Jurgensen, Philip Kaufman, Matthew McConaughey, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Monda, Gianandrea Noseda, William Petersen, Michael Shannon, Quentin Tarantino, Juno Temple, Edgar Wright, Thierry Frémaux, Walter Hill, Fritz Lang, Orson Welles, Mark Kermode, Sherry Lansing.

On this day in movie history - Tuesday (2023)

 

Tuesday


directed and written by Daina O. Pusić,

was released at the Telluride Film Festival in the United States on August 31, 2023.

Music by Anna Meredith.

Cast:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Lola Petticrew, Leah Harvey, Arinzé Kene, Ellie James, Taru Devani, Jay Simpson, David Sibley, Nathan Amzi, Azalea Amzi, Justin Edwards, Florencia Nunez, Dan Shaw, Hugh Futcher, Nathan Ives-Moiba, Ewens Abid, Bijal Raj.

On this day in music history - Red Velvet Car, by Heart (2010)


Red Velvet Car


by Heart

was released on August 31, 2010.

Track list:

There You Go; WTF; Red Velvet Car; Queen City; Hey You; Wheels; Safronia’s Mark; Death Valley; Sunflower; Sand.