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Cinephile and TV writer/producer working across drama and documentary. Credits include Madiba (BET), The Dictator’s Playbook (PBS), Age of Samurai (Netflix), An Optimist’s Guide to the Planet (Bloomberg), and Mayday (Nat Geo)
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So glad Uncle Joe took Mel Brooks to see Ethel Merman in ‘Anything Goes’ 90 years ago. From his delicious ‘All About Me!’

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Mel Brooks has made some of the most gut-bustingly hilarious movies of all time … he also produced one of the most devastatingly moving films ever made. Incredible. Thank you, Mel, and Happy Birthday!

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I had the honour to meet Krzysztof Kieślowski years ago when I was a student. He was gruff, chain-smoking, full of very firm opinions. But sure enough, there was a bright twinkle in his eye, and he radiated warmth. I love this pic of him watching a cut of Trois Couleurs: Bleu with Juliette Binoche.

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“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.” George Orwell, born on this day in 1903

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Same! Tomorrow I might have ten new choices!

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Happy Birthday to the late great Sidney Lumet #BOTD 12 Angry Men (1957, dir. Sidney Lumet, written by Reginald Rose)

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#Film89ShotOfTheDay No.2785 Red River (1948) Director: Howard Hawks Cinematographer: Russell Harlan

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What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you for the rest of your life?

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Friedkin’s Sorcerer released #OTD in 1977. A loose remake of Clouzot’s Wages Of Fear from 1953. Two relentless, fever dream masterpieces. Which one was better? Probably a question with no final answer.

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Happy Birthday to the late great Billy Wilder #BOTD Sunset Boulevard (1950, dir. Billy Wilder, written by Wilder, Brackett, and Marshman Jr.)

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Jaws (1975) Jaws was released on this day 50 Years ago #FilmSky #Movies #Cinema

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www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jGS... I first learned about Ronnie Rocket thanks to this interview and always wished that at some point, David could've made it but in the end it wasn't meant to be

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