Wednesday, September 10, 2025

On this day in movie history - A Late Quartet (2012)



A Late Quartet


directed by Yaron Zilberman,

written by Yaron Zilberman, Seth Grossman,

released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 10, 2012.

Music by Angelo Badalamenti.

 
Cast:
Catherine Keener, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mark Ivanir, Imogen Poots, Madhur Jaffrey, Liraz Charhi, Wallace Shawn, Pamela Quinn, Brooklyn Parkinson Group, Cristian Puig, Rebeca Tomas, Megan McQuillan, David Redden, Ted Hartley, Stephen Payne, Alyssa Lewis, Attacca String Quartet, Keiko Tokunaga, Luke Fleming, Andrew Yee, Amy Schroeder, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nina Lee, Jasmine Hope Bloch, Kevin Cannon, Marty Krzywonos, Rebecca Merle, Lawrence Sharp.

On this day in movie history - The Card Counter (2021)


The Card Counter


directed and written by Paul Schrader,

was released in the United States on September 10, 2021.

Music by Robert Levon Been and Giancarlo Vulcano.


Cast:
Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara, Bobby C. King, Ekaterina Baker, Bryan Truong, Dylan Flashner, Adrienne Lau, Joel Michaely, Rachel Michiko Whitney, Muhsin Fliah, Joseph Singletary, Kirill Sheynerman, Amia Edwards, Britton Webb, Amye Gousset, Dior Choi, Billy Slaughter, Shane LeCocq, Olivia Peck, Rob Eubanks, April Alsbury, Mike Aston, Lucky Belcamino, William Buster Benefield, Michael Biss, Jayden Braddock, John Ceallach, Danny Chung, Luca De Massis, Douglas DeLisle, Craig Deroche, Marlon Hayes, Jeremy Howard, Hassel Kromer, Don Lay, Lamar Lott, Alireza Mirmontazeri, Skylar Neale, Sherri Piper, Nita Procell, Fran Robertson, Brittney Souther, Joey Traywick, Alfonzo Walker, Marcus Wayne, Kate Lyn Whitaker, Calvin Williams.

On this day in movie history - Ennio (2021)


Ennio


documentary directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore,

released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 10, 2021.

Music by Ennio Morricone.
 
Cast:
Ennio Morricone, Gino Paoli, Quincy Jones, Miranda Martino, Alessandro De Rosa, Gianni Morandi, Nicola Piovani, Pat Metheny, Giuliano Montaldo, Bruce Springsteen, Bernardo Bertolucci, Silvano Agosti, Roland Joffé, Dario Argento, Clint Eastwood, Lina Wertmüller, Caterina Caselli, Walter Branchi, Alessandro Alessandroni, Bruno Battisti D'Amario, Edoardo Vianello, Sergio Miceli, Goffredo Petrassi, Daniele Furlati, Boris Porena, Enrico Pieranunzi, Igor Stravinsky, Carlo Savina, Ettore Zappegno, Eva Fischer, John Cage, Giuseppe Tornatore, Gianni Meccia, Franco Migliacci, Edda Dell'Orso, Bruno Zambrini, Tonino Poce, Paul Anka, Chet Baker, Luciano Salce, Sergio Leone, Carlo Verdone, Roberto Faenza, Sergio Bassetti, Marco Bellocchio, Raffaella Leone, John Huston, Dino De Laurentiis, Gillo Pontecorvo, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Enzo Ocone, Barry Levinson, Quentin Tarantino, Sergio Sollima, Mina, Marina Cicogna, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Dino Asciolla, Antonello Neri, Franco Piersanti, Elio Petri, Paul Simonon, Alberto Lattuada, Liliana Cavani, Dulce Pontes, Hans Zimmer, Stanley Kubrick, Enzo G. Castellari, Furio Colombo, Joan Baez, John Williams, Antonio Pappano, Wong Kar-Wai, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Marco Tullio Giordana, Valerio Zurlini, Terrence Malick, Mychael Danna, Andrea Leone, Claudio Mancini, Robert De Niro, David Puttnam, Herbie Hancock, Gilda Buttà, Oliver Stone, Maria Travia, Fabio Venturi, Marco Biscarini, Phil Joanou, Mike Patton, Zucchero, James Hetfield, 2Cellos, Patti Austin, Chris Botti, Tituss Burgess, Walter Chiari, Coolio, Leonardo DiCaprio, Down Low, Emma Marrone, Mireille Mathieu, Metallica, Bette Midler, Muse, Eddie Redmayne, Tim Roth, Béatrice Schönberg, Ridley Scott, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Patrick Swayze, Totò, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jonathan Tunick.

On this day in movie history - The Fabelmans (2022)


The Fabelmans


directed by Steven Spielberg,

written by Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner,

was released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 10, 2022.


Music by John Williams.


Cast:
Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, Gabriel LaBelle, Mateo Zoryan, Keeley Karsten, Alina Brace, Julia Butters, Birdie Borria, Judd Hirsch, Sophia Kopera, Jeannie Berlin, Robin Bartlett, Sam Rechner, Oakes Fegley, Chloe East, Isabelle Kusman, Chandler Lovelle, Gustavo Escobar, Nicolas Cantu, Cooper Dodson, Gabriel Bateman, Stephen Matthew Smith, James Urbaniak, Alex Quijano, Kalama Epstein, Connor Trinneer, Lane Factor, Greg Grunberg, David Lynch, Jan Hoag, Carlos Javier Castillo, Ezra Buzzington, Paul Chepikian, Brinly Marum, Mason Bumba, Mary M. Flynn, Adriel Porter, Tia Nalls, Larkin Campbell, Harper Dustin, Crystal the Monkey, Nikolai Bazan, Jared Becker, Art Bonilla, Colt Carville, Ari Davis, William Dawson, Deborah Dir, April Elize, Kendal Evans, Alejandro Fuenzalida, Samantha Rose Gomez, Andrew Goodman, Caroline Anna-Kaye Green, Taylor Hall, Sarah Hamilton, Orion Hunter, Cody Mitchell Key, Julian Lerma, Paige Locke, Marissa McBride, Cody Miller, Jonathan Moorwood, Vera Myers, Nick W. Nicholson, Molly Renze, Brandon Keith Rogers, Julyah Rose, Meg Schimelpfenig, Lucy Schmidt, Rob Shiells, Meredith VanCuyk, Trang Vo, Max David Weinberg, Nicole Alicia Xavier.

Tuesday, September 9, 2025

It's always that time in our home:


It's book o'clock somewhere.


Recommended reading - The Making of Space 1999 & Breakaway:

The Making of Space 1999

by Tim Heald.

Published by Ballantine Books.
First Edition.
Published 1976.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0345252659
ISBN-13: 978-0345252654

Description:

Now for the first time, the complete story behind Space: 1999! A backstage look at the creation and production of a TV series! Lots of photos -- many available for the first time anywhere. Candid pictures of the technical crew at work and spectacular shots of those incredible special effects, showing how they work! Schematic diagrams of the stages and the sets -- plus a detailed layout of Moonbase Alpha! Interviews with Martin Landau (Commander Koenig) and Barbara Bain (Dr. Helena Russell) -- and ALL the stars of the show. Candid conversations with all the technical personnel -- the people who make Space: 1999 work! Designers' drawings of sets and costumes -- side by side with photos of the actual sets and costumes as they appear on TV! Detailed plot synopses with casts of characters of the episodes! Frank evaluations of Space: 1999 and its critics by the producer and director of the series! Sample shooting schedules, storyboards, special effects grids, and controversial "eyes-only" memos!
 

Breakaway

by E.C. Tubb.

Space 1999 #1.

Mass Market Paperback.
Published by Pocket Books.
Published 1975.

ISBN 13: 9780671801847
ISBN 10: 0671801848
ASIN: 0671801848

Description:

Runaway moon!

Moonbase Alpha is Earth’s supreme achievement. Self-sufficient and fully computerized, the fantastic lunar colony is Earth’s global watchdog, silently guarding against sneak alien attack. The dark side of the moon – once so mysterious, so unattainable – now stores in its womb containers of smouldering radioactive waste, refuse from Earth.

Then, in the year of Our Lord 1999, the serence satellite is ripped apart by thermonuclear explosion. And the 311 inhabitants of Alpha whirl through space on a runaway moon – in an orbit of jarring adventure where survival is a game of chance with the life forces of the universe!

Recommended reading - The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction:

The Longman Anthology of Detective Fiction

by Deane Mansfield-Kelley and Lois A. Marchino.

 

Paperback.

Published by Pearson.

Published in 2004.

 

ISBN 13: 9780321195012

ISBN 10: 0321195019

 

Description:

A detective fiction anthology filled with award winning short stories, information on the authors who wrote them, discussion about the history and evolution of the genre, and important literary criticism.