Maaaan, I don't even want to confess to you that I'm just sitting here sifting bookmarks while paying passing attention to my first film of the night, a French film called Aimez Qui Vous Voulez, or in English "Happy Few" or "Four Lovers" (2010), directed by Antony Cordier, a very talky movie about love and relationships. I can't say if I like it but it's compelling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Few

After that I plan to watch Tootsie (1982), directed by Sydney Pollack, starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange, Teri Garr, Dabney Coleman, and Charles Durning. I think I've seen it 3-4 times over the last 40 years. I mean, who hasn't seen it? But I haven't for at least 15 years, maybe 20.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tootsie

Veteran director Yukihiko Tsutsumi’s film is the opening gambit by a new organization looking to upend the Japanese film industry, but it’s dead in the water. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/05/01/film/the-killer-goldfish/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #yukihikotsutsumi

#Walpurgisnacht shenanigans with Sharon Tate (and David Niven, Deborah Kerr, David Hemmings, and Donald Pleasence).

#NowWatching, Eye of the Devil (J. Lee Thompson, 1966)

Disney has been meticulously restoring "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" for its 50th anniversary which will receive a theatrical release before hitting home video. In addition to the image restoration, the soundtrack is getting a new Dolby Atmos remix.

Hackmanathon week, pt. 2: Gene's the patriarch of a massively dysfunctional New York family in THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2001, D. Wes Anderson) Here's our discussion. #YabtM #reviews #YouTube #movies #film #cinema #GeneHackman #WesAnderson #CineMastodon #FilmMastodon #monly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd_8EEcyIdM

The top video shows a scene from the film The Pianist, which recreates the segregation of Jews in the Nazi ghetto of Warsaw circa 1943, when they were forbidden to walk in the streets outside the ghetto.

The video below is a moment in the BBC documentary The Settlers, showing the segregation of Palestinians in the West Bank ghetto in 2025, forbidden by Zionists to walk in streets frequented by Israelis.

Mathieu Kassovitz’s La Haine, which premiered at the fest 30 years ago and whose anti-police themes of resistance remain relevant today.

https://www.wacoca.com/media/319131/ 「たべっ子どうぶつ」がまさかの映画化！懐かしのお菓子に秘められた誕生秘話とは – TOWER RECORDS ONLINE #「たべっ子どうぶつ」がまさかの映画化！懐かしのお菓子に秘められた誕生秘話とは #CD #DVD #film #movie #music #オンラインショッピング #タワーレコード #タワーレコードオンライン #タワレコ #映画 #音楽

Good brief video overview (albeit, from Instagram) about physical media, its recent resurgence, its importance, and how people are taking the power back from streaming services.

Today, April 30, 1967, flesh-eating ghouls begin attacking the living (Night of the Living Dead, 1968, dir. George A. Romero)

Today, April 30, on Walpurgis Night, Renfield travels to meet the mysterious Count Dracula in Transylvania (Dracula, 1931)

https://www.europesays.com/de/73599/ Leipzig und Halle: Die schönsten Konzerte im Mai 2025 #artour #Bühne #DE #Deutschland #ErlebnisMusik #Feature #Film #Germany #Halle #Hörspiele #Kino #KinoRoyal #Kinoroyal #Klassik #Konzert #Kultur #Kulturfernsehen #Lebensläufe #leipzig #Lesezeit #Lesung #Literatur #MDR #MDRFIGARO #MDRKultur #Musik #Oper #Pop #Radio #Rock #Sachsen #SingerSongwriter #Theater

‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ Gets 4K Remaster and New Logo for 50th Anniversary - Variety

https://variety.com/2025/film/news/rocky-horror-picture-show-4k-remaster-50th-anniversary-1236381904/

First time watching Full Metal Jacket. I've heard so much about it, and knowing it's by the late Stanley Kubrick makes it a must-watch for me. Was not disappointed. I like to take my time with these classics. #film #cinema

→ Hōshi
https://vimeo.com/114879061
https://www.fotografritz.de/houshi/

“The Houshi ryokan (a traditional japanese style #hotel) was built over a natural hot spring in #Awazu in the year 718. Until 2011, it held the record for being the oldest hotel in the world.”

“[I]n my #interview with the #daughter, she learned from me of the decision made by her #father for the first time. Captured in the final #film is the moment where she first hears about it and reflects on it honestly.”

https://www.wacoca.com/media/319011/ SixTONES・松村北斗主演で「新海×松村」のタッグ再び！実写映画化される新海誠の名作『秒速5センチメートル』とは – TOWER RECORDS ONLINE #CD #DVD #film #movie #music #SixTONES・松村北斗主演で「新海×松村」のタッグ再び！実写映画化される新海誠の名作『秒速5センチメートル』とは #オンラインショッピング #タワーレコード #タワーレコードオンライン #タワレコ #映画 #音楽

A #Favourite #Film
A TECHNICOLOR DREAM
#London #Art #Music #Movie #Poetry #Reading #AlbertHall #AlexandraPalace #NottingHill
#PinkFloyd #JoeBoyd #PeterJenner #BarryMiles #JohnHopkins

https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-lange-nacht-ueber-den-schallplattenproduzenten-joe-boyd-100.html

https://www.joeboyd.co.uk/john-hoppy-hopkins

https://barrymiles.co.uk/photo-library/indica-books-1965-1970/

If Bollywood is to be believed, then this song from a 1979 Bollywood “film” was composed by one of its “composers”. So why does it sound, like, totally identical to a song dating back to the US Civil War?

Original (1863): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtEqgG2EdTs
Copy (1979): https://youtu.be/filIbMw_Ncg?t=12 / https://youtu.be/filIbMw_Ncg?t=76 / https://youtu.be/filIbMw_Ncg?t=126 / https://youtu.be/filIbMw_Ncg?t=182 etc.

Find more copied music at https://mastodon.social/@Copiers/tagged/Music

In 30 minutes: bonus end-of-month post!