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The Usual Suspects

Somehow Akira Kurosawa managed to get the cast of Rashomon (1950) to pose as the cast of The Usual Suspects (1995).

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture opened forty years ago this weekend. James Fitzroy's five-and-a-half-minute Doors/Corridors edit contains everything you need to see of this film.

Mifune as Meiji

Toshiro Mifune portrayed the Meiji Emperor in the 1980 film 203 Kochi. Source.

Being Frank

There's a brand new fantastic documentary film out all about Frank Sidebottom. Source.

Bowie and Keaton

Madame Tussaud

Isabela Neamtu as Madame Tussaud. Source. Somebody build a horror film franchise around this woman.

Shooting the Keys

Enjoy this compilation of Chico Marx piano performances from ten Marx Brothers movies.

Film Shoot

L'Uomo Meccanico (1921)

Movie. Review.

Okochi Denjiro as Tange Sazen

Tange Sazen, the one-armed, one-eyed ronin, began as a minor character in a series of stories by Kaitarō Hasegawa in the 1920s and went on to become the main character of many films and TV shows, including The Million Ryo Pot (1935). Portrait by Natori Shunsen. Source.