Profile avatar
midcenturycinema.bsky.social
60s and 70s films + affiliates. Also Influences, origins, aftermath; social-cultural context. Book: Hollywood's Last Golden Age; Novel: Urban Flight Much more here: https://midcenturycinema.org/
726 posts 2,915 followers 208 following
Prolific Poster
Posts 49 Comments 1

2/27/70: Claude Chabrol's Le Boucher, w/outstanding Stéphane Audran, Jean Yanne [+ CC's usual Team: P Génovès DP Rabier E: Gaillard PD Littaye M Jansen] From us: essential film in CC's "2nd Wave": brightlightsfilm.com/claude-chabr... Ebert Great Movie essay: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/grea...

submitted 1 hour ago • 0 comments

Gene Hackman has left us . . . Our appreciation: midcenturycinema.org/2020/02/02/n... More: @ezwrites.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/m... @chrishewitt.bsky.social: www.empireonline.com/movies/featu... Rob Sheffield: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

submitted 4 hours ago • 4 comments

BOTD Tony Randall!!! Vast career incl Rock Hunter, King of Comedy, Much more: @mercurie80.bsky.social: mercurie.blogspot.com/2014/11/tony... B'way: playbill.com/article/tony... But always Felix to us: midcenturycinema.org/2020/09/22/5... Key moment in legal history: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQpm...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

BOTD Jean Negulesco!! In MCC pantheon for 3 Warner Bros Peter Lorre/Sydney Greenstreet #Filmnoir gems: Conspirators, 3 Strangers, Mask of Dimitrios [DP Arthur Edeson shot all 3] More: Sarah Berry: contrappassomag.wordpress.com/2015/05/12/w... David Shipman: www.independent.co.uk/news/people/...

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

BOTD Jackie Gleason!! Dubbed "The Great One" by none other than Orson Welles. Never better than in The Hustler (Rossen), but don't overlook late career triumph Nothing in Common (Marshall) www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XM...

submitted 20 hours ago • 3 comments

BOTD Johnny Cash!!! Ethereal Read my mind: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEx1... Shines in Columbo S3/E7 More @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social on The Gift: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-... DeCurtis: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-... Transcendent w/Bob in Scorsese's No Direction Home: youtu.be/DDuoEuHQFho

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

2/26/69: Z D Costa-Gavras W Jorge Semprún DP Raoul Coutard w/Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant ++ Our Take: midcenturycinema.org/node/25 More: @mymackie.bsky.social: www.latimes.com/archives/la-... Luke Mosher for Perisphere via @trylon.org: www.perisphere.org/2023/08/11/f...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

Of interest, via @manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/m... “We’re always talking about the feminine condition and the role of women,” the filmmaker Agnès Varda once said. “But I want to talk about the woman’s body, about our bodies.”

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

BOTD Tony Randall!!! Vast career incl Rock Hunter, King of Comedy, Much more: @mercurie80.bsky.social: mercurie.blogspot.com/2014/11/tony... B'way: playbill.com/article/tony... But always Felix to us: midcenturycinema.org/2020/09/22/5... Key moment in legal history: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQpm...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

2/25/20: Hong Sang-soo's The Woman who Ran Peak HSS for us More: @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... @bealoayza.bsky.social: theplaylist.net/the-woman-wh... @htranbui.bsky.social / @slashfilm.bsky.social : www.slashfilm.com/577202/the-w...

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

2/25/77: Andrzej Wajda's Man of Marble, w/Krystyna Janda, Jerzy Radziwilowicz Very fine film; astonishing achievement More: @marbleicehook.bsky.social / @secondrun.bsky.social: secondrundvd.com/release_more... Adam Bingham/ @sensesofcinema.bsky.social: www.sensesofcinema.com/2008/cteq/ma...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

BOTD Mr. George. Harrison. V fond of Scorsese doc - @robertlloyd.bsky.social rev: www.latimes.com/entertainmen... From us, on Get Back: midcenturycinema.org/2021/12/04/n... More Jayson Greene/ @pitchfork.com pitchfork.com/features/ove... @hiattb.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/feature/the-...

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

2/25/09: Claude Chabrol's last, Bellamy More: @cinebeth.bsky.social: www.kpbs.org/news/arts-cu... Ebert: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/insp... @ellat.bsky.social: www.npr.org/2010/10/28/1... [Bonus footage: Our user's guide to every CC feature: midcenturycinema.org/2018/03/18/n...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

BOTD Jay Sandrich!! Director of some legendary TV, incl Get Smart (6 eps), Odd Couple (6, incl To Bowl or Not), Bob Newhart (10, incl Unfriendly Skies), Mary Tyler Moore Show, (119!!) & Soap (51) More: Interview: interviews.televisionacademy.com/interviews/j... Obit: www.nytimes.com/2021/09/26/a...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

BOTD Emmanuelle Riva!! MCC faves incl Hiroshima Mon Amour (Resnais) Léon Morin (Melville) Blue (Kieslowski) More: @kimwillsher.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2013/fe... @scottfeinberg.bsky.social: www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie... Emma Stefansky: www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

BOTD Maurice Garrel!! Father of Philippe/GF of Louis MCCT5 5)Soft Skin (Truffaut) 4)Merry Go R (Rivette) 3)Nada (Chabrol) 2)Emergency Kisses (P Garrel) 1)Kings & Queen (Desplechin) @colleenkelsey.bsky.social w/Louis, playing Maurice, in Philippe's Jealousy: www.interviewmagazine.com/film/louis-g...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

2/24/71: Milos Forman's Taking Off w/Buck Henry Look for Ike & Tina Turner, Carly Simon, "Bobo" Bates More: @ninametz.bsky.social: www.chicagotribune.com/2014/03/27/t... @stephensaito.bsky.social: moveablefest.com/buck-henry-t... S Lippman/ @talkhouse.bsky.social: www.talkhouse.com/the-70s-seen...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Claude Sautet!!! MCCT5 5)Nelly/Monsieur Arnaud 4)Max & the Junkmen 3) Things of Life 2)Classe Tous Risques 1)Heart in Winter From us: midcenturycinema.org/2024/04/29/n... More: Bertrand Tavernier: www.filmcomment.com/blog/the-eph... @agombeaud.bsky.social: www.lesechos.fr/weekend/cine...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Peter Fonda!! Across sweeping career, our fave remains The Hired Hand More: @kentucker.bsky.social: ew.com/article/1998... @noelmu.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2019/08/17/m... @justincchang.bsky.social: www.chicagotribune.com/2019/08/18/a...

submitted 3 days ago • 2 comments

2/23/50: Hitchcock's Stage Fright, w/Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, & the world's most controversial flashback From us, Hitch in the 50s: midcenturycinema.org/2022/02/06/n... More @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/goings-on-ab... C Wiegand: www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/m...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Claude Sautet!!! MCCT5 5)Nelly/Monsieur Arnaud 4)Max & the Junkmen 3) Things of Life 2)Classe Tous Risques 1)Heart in Winter From us: midcenturycinema.org/2024/04/29/n... More: Bertrand Tavernier: www.filmcomment.com/blog/the-eph... @agombeaud.bsky.social: www.lesechos.fr/weekend/cine...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

Sean Baker had a really incredible speech at the Independent Spirit Awards championing indie filmmakers youtu.be/yIxtMGRlx0k?...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

2/22/73: Payday - Underseen, invaluable #70s gem features Rip Torn's greatest performance Our appreciation of the movie - and Torn, "an actor of enormous talent...who never quite achieved a place in the pantheon of the greats that he might have merited": midcenturycinema.org/2023/02/15/5...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

HBD James Hong!! Impossible # of credits . . . we'll go with Chinatown, of course, and Seinfeld, and our personal favorite: www.youtube.com/watch?v=er0i... Nice feature via @jimvorel.bsky.social: www.pastemagazine.com/movies/james...

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

2/22/06: Claude Chabrol gem Comedy of Power, w/Isabelle Huppert From us, on late Chabrol: brightlightsfilm.com/late-great-c... More Jonathan Romney/ @screendaily.com.web.brid.gy: www.screendaily.com/the-comedy-o... Elisabeth Lequeret/ @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy: www.filmcomment.com/article/clau...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Jonathan Demme!! MCCT5: 5)Swimming to Cambodia 4)Rachel Getting Married 3)Stop Making Sense 2)Master Builder 1)Silence of the Lambs [+ Columbo; Neil docs] More: @timgrierson.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv... @glennkenny.bsky.social: www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

2/22/00: Wonder Boys D: Curtis Hanson w/Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand, Robert Downey Jr, Rip Torn More: Ryan Chapman/ @literaryhub.bsky.social: lithub.com/is-wonder-bo... A J-G/ @bwdr.bsky.social: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/11/18/2... Douglas w/Q&A @thecoolidge.bsky.social 👇

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

2/22/73: Payday - Underseen, invaluable #70s gem features Rip Torn's greatest performance Our appreciation of the movie - and Torn, "an actor of enormous talent...who never quite achieved a place in the pantheon of the greats that he might have merited": midcenturycinema.org/2023/02/15/5...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

BOTD Bob Rafelson!!! BBS changed the world (sadly, it changed back) From Us: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u... More: @aduralde.bsky.social: www.thewrap.com/bob-rafelson... @profhendershot.bsky.social: www.thenation.com/article/arch... Christian Zilko: www.indiewire.com/features/gen...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

BOTD Sam Peckinpah!! New Hollywood poet-laureate of the revisionist western; key 8 film run 1969-75 [We favor PG&BK] More: @mdconterio.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/whe... @redroomrantings.bsky.social: lwlies.com/articles/sam... @jessicakiang.bsky.social: www.indiewire.com/features/gen...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

2/21/96: Blood and Wine (US) BOTD Bob Rafelson's old-school suspenser w/Jack Nicholson, Michael Caine, Jennifer Lopez, Judy Davis & Stephen Dorff More: @david-rooney.bsky.social: variety.com/1996/film/re... Ebert: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/bloo...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

HBD Margarethe von Trotta!! MCCT5: 5)The Promise 4)Marianne & Juliane 3)2nd Awakening of Christa K 2)Hannah Arendt 1)Lost Honor of Katharina Blum More: w/Gerald Peary via @bostonreview.bsky.social: www.bostonreview.net/articles/an-... @screendaily.com.web.brid.gy: www.screendaily.com/news/europea...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Bob Rafelson!!! BBS changed the world (sadly, it changed back) From Us: midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u... More: @aduralde.bsky.social: www.thewrap.com/bob-rafelson... @profhendershot.bsky.social: www.thenation.com/article/arch... Christian Zilko: www.indiewire.com/features/gen...

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

BOTD Sam Peckinpah!! New Hollywood poet-laureate of the revisionist western; key 8 film run 1969-75 [We favor PG&BK] More: @mdconterio.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/features/whe... @redroomrantings.bsky.social: lwlies.com/articles/sam... @jessicakiang.bsky.social: www.indiewire.com/features/gen...

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

BOTD Robert Altman!!! Masterpieces incl McCabe & Mrs. M, Long Goodbye, Nashville, Short Cuts, Gosford Park From Us: midcenturycinema.org/2020/07/08/n... More: @witneyseibold.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1095090/why-... w/ @geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/r...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

2/20/90: Eric Rohmer's Tale of Springtime Slots in behind Autumn as out fave of his seasons More: @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/goings-on-ab... @aatifrashid.bsky.social: aatifrashid.medium.com/space-and-in... Michelle Orange: 4columns.org/orange-miche...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Sidney Poitier!! MCC faves incl Edge of the City, Paris Blues, Slender Thread, Lost Man, Sneakers More: @michaelschulman.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/cult... @kristenlopez88.bsky.social: www.indiewire.com/gallery/watc... John Livesey/ @lwlies.com: lwlies.com/articles/the...

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

BOTD Robert Altman!!! Masterpieces incl McCabe & Mrs. M, Long Goodbye, Nashville, Short Cuts, Gosford Park From Us: midcenturycinema.org/2020/07/08/n... More: @witneyseibold.bsky.social: www.slashfilm.com/1095090/why-... w/ @geoff-andrew.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/r...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD John Frankenheimer!! MCCT5: 5)Walk the Line 4)Gypsy Moths 3)7 Days in May 2)Seconds 1)Manchurian Candidate Drove Bobby to the Ambassador Hotel More: Jamelle Bouie: www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/o... Raphael Costa: www.tasteofcinema.com/2021/the-10-... Fine ed vol: www.amazon.com/Little-Solit... 👇

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

2/19: Chabrol surfaces w/two late career gems, Betty (1992); Flower of Evil (2003) More: @winterjessica.bsky.social on flower: www.villagevoice.com/broken-bloss... @janetmaslin.bsky.social on Betty: www.nytimes.com/1993/08/20/m... Our late Chabrol appreciation: brightlightsfilm.com/late-great-c...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Carole Eastman!! W: The Shooting (Hellman) Model Shop (Demy) Downfall Child (Schatzberg) 5 Easy Pieces (Rafelson) @specktor.bsky.social: "the one I felt the strongest kinship with" [More: www.ocregister.com/2021/07/24/w... Also: @chrisstanton27.bsky.social: lithub.com/its-time-to-...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Mr. Lee. Marvin. MCCT5: 5)Big Heat (Lang) 4)Killers (Siegel) 3)Prime Cut (Ritchie) 2)Big Red One (Fuller) 1)Point Blank (Boorman) [Our take: midcenturycinema.org/node/126 ] More: @manohladargis.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/m... @pulpcurry.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/lee-ma...

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

2/19/68: Bergman's Hour of the Wolf, w/Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann Renata Adler: "Unthinkable for anyone seriously interested in movies not to see it" More via E Warren/ @bwdr.bsky.social: www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2018/11/09/h... Ullmann intro @thecoolidge.bsky.social 👇

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD John Frankenheimer!! MCCT5: 5)Walk the Line 4)Gypsy Moths 3)7 Days in May 2)Seconds 1)Manchurian Candidate Drove Bobby to the Ambassador Hotel More: Jamelle Bouie: www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/o... Raphael Costa: www.tasteofcinema.com/2021/the-10-... Fine ed vol: www.amazon.com/Little-Solit... 👇

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

2/18/83: Scorsese's The King of Comedy, w/Robert De Niro, Jerry Lewis, Sandra Bernhard Way ahead of its time More @timgrierson.bsky.social: www.rollingstone.com/feature/how-... @scotttobias.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/film/2023/fe... @mattsinger.bsky.social: thedissolve.com/features/mov...

submitted 9 days ago • 3 comments

BOTD Jack Palance! MCCT5: 5)Batman (Burton) 4)Shane (Stevens) 3)Panic in the Streets (Kazan) 2)The Big Knife (Aldrich) 1)Contempt (Godard) More: @travsd.bsky.social: travsd.wordpress.com/2021/02/18/o... @matt-thrift.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/lists/jack-p...

submitted 8 days ago • 4 comments

2/18/82: Fassbinder's Veronika Voss Peak RWF for us, bagged the Golden Bear @berlinfilmfestival.bsky.social More: Adam Bingham/ @sensesofcinema.bsky.social: www.sensesofcinema.com/2011/cteq/ho... Canby: www.nytimes.com/1982/09/24/m... Ebert: www.rogerebert.com/reviews/grea...

submitted 8 days ago • 0 comments

HBD Cybill Shepherd!! Outstanding in 3 key #70s: Last Picture Show (Bogdanovich), Heartbreak Kid (May), Taxi Driver (Scorsese) More: @megwalters.bsky.social: www.thelist.com/1455977/what... @evawiseman.bsky.social: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

BOTD Milos Forman!! MCCT5 5)Cuckoo 4)Fireman's 3)Taking Off 2)Hair 1)Loves/Blonde More Cowie: www.criterion.com/current/post... @cinemawb.bsky.social: cinemawithoutborders.com/remembering-... @marbleicehook.bsky.social: www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so... @asted.bsky.social: variety.com/2018/film/ne...

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments