Happy Birthday Michael Caine! Seen here in one of my favourite movies of his: THE ROMANTIC ENGLISHWOMAN (1975). Caine reportedly made this as a conscious ‘art’ movie and the reason he didn’t make a film for purely artistic merits again. It doesn’t have a great reputation but I think it’s wonderful.
Sheryl Lee in TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992), a film by David Lynch.
Pam Grier in HIT MAN (1972), a film by George Armitage. It was based upon the novel ‘Jack Returns Home’ by Ted Lewis, which was also the basis for GET CARTER (also 1972). MGM optioned the book and figured they could squeeze another movie out of it for the ‘blaxploitation’ market.
Vladek Sheybal, Annette Robertson and Oliver Reed in THE DEBUSSY FILM (1965), a film by Ken Russell.
William Hurt in ALTERED STATES (1980), a film by Ken Russell.
Amanda Donohoe in THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (1988), a film by Ken Russell.
Tonight’s viewing will be JULIA & JULIA (1987) starring Kathleen Turner, Gabriel Byrne and Sting. The movie, about a woman trapped in two parallel worlds, was shot on an early high definition video format and transferred to 35mm film.
Portrait of Pam Grier from 1976.
Tina Turner and Angela Bassett during the production of TINA - WHAT’S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT (1993), a film by Brian Gibson.
Tonight I’m planning to watch the made-for-TV thriller SKETCH ARTIST (1992),m starring Jeff Fahey, Sean Young and Drew Barrymore. It was the directorial debut of Phedon Papamichael, better known as a cinematographer who regularly worked with the likes of Katt Shea, James Mangold and Alexander Payne.
Jane March in THE LOVER (1992), a film by Jean-Jacques Annaud.
Kim Basinger in 9½ WEEKS (1986), a film by Adrian Lyne.
Sherilyn Fenn in TWO MOON JUNCTION (1988), a film by Zalman King.
Kathleen Turner in BODY HEAT (1981), a film by Lawrence Kasdan.
Portrait of Joan Severance from 1982 (photographer Arthur Elgort).
Solveig Dommartin in UNTIL THE END OF THE WORLD (1991), a film by Wim Wenders.
Valérie Kaprisky in a publicity photograph for BREATHLESS (1983), a film by Jim McBride.
Ellen Barkin and Gabriel Byrne in a publicity photograph for SIESTA (1987), a film by Mary Lambert.
Julian Sands and Grace Jones in a candid photograph from the production of SIESTA (1987), a film by Mary Lambert.
Nastassja Kinski in CAT PEOPLE (1982), a film by Paul Schrader.
Happy Birthday Jane Fonda! Here she is in KLUTE (1971), a film by Alan J. Pakula.
PJ Harvey and Martin Donovan in a publicity photograph for THE BOOK OF LIFE (1998), a film by Hal Hartley.
Elina Löwensohn in AMATEUR (1994), a film by Hal Hartley.
My short films are screening as part of the 70th Cork International Film Festival tonight! Part of the Free Radicals programme at 9pm, The Arc. Hope to see some of you there.
Nicole Kidman in DOGVILLE (2003), a film by Lars von Trier. I vividly remember working at the Kino Cinema in Cork when we screened this. Due to its length we had an intermission and used the intermission card from THE LORD OF THE RINGS (with that distinctive font) borrowed from another theatre.
Pier Paolo Pasolini was murdered on 2nd November 1975. Here he is during the production of his last film: SALÒ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM (1975).
ANNOUNCEMENT: The new @cine-matographe.bsky.social release of James Foley's AT CLOSE RANGE (1986) features my video essay 'It's Blood, Don't Break It'. It's a fantastic film and I'm delighted to have contributed to this release. Thank you @jlalibs.com for asking me to be involved in this project.
For the night that is in it: Scout Taylor-Compton in HALLOWEEN II (2009), a film by Rob Zombie.
Barbara Hershey in BOXCAR BERTHA (1972), a film by Martin Scorsese.
