On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022):

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Free Will.

Released January 9, 2022.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast: Jessica Henwick, Will Yun Lee, Brian Cox, Wes Bentley, Josh Duhamel, Maury Sterling, Ray Chase, Jim Pirri, Shinshû Fuji, Takaya Hashi, Takehito Koyasu, Taiten Kusunoki, Tony Nakajima, Arisa Shida.

On this day in television history - Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2022):

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 8.

Episode entitled: The Davis Report.

Released January 2, 2022.

Developed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, Shinji Aramaki.

Written by Brandon Auman, Margaret Dunlap, Eugene Son, Alex de Campi.

Based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.

Opening theme: Feel You Now by Alessia Cara.

Music by Michael Hodges, Gerald Trottman.

Cast: Jessica Henwick, Samira Wiley, Greg Chun, Josh Duhamel, Stephen Root, Elias Toufexis, Jim Pirri, Charles Halford, Laura Post, Sunil Malhotra, Keith Ferguson, Zehra Fazal, Takako Honda, Taiten Kusunoki, Arisa Shida, Yûya Uchida, Hôchû Ôtsuka.

On this day in movie history - A Man Called Otto (2022):

A Man Called Otto

directed by Marc Forster,

written by David Magee,

based on the novel A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman,

was released in the United States on December 29, 2022.
Music by Thomas Newman.

Cast:

Tom Hanks, Truman Hanks, Mariana Treviño, Rachel Keller, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Cameron Britton, Juanita Jennings, Emonie Ellison, Peter Lawson Jones, Laval Schley, Mike Birbiglia, David Magee, John Higgins.

On this day in movie history - The Pale Blue Eye (2022):

The Pale Blue Eye

directed and written by Scott Cooper,

based on the novel by Louis Bayard,

was released in the United States on December 23, 2022.
Music by Howard Shore.

Cast:

Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Fred Hechinger, Gillian Anderson, Robert Duvall, Lucy Boynton, Toby Jones, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Timothy Spall, Charlie Tahan, Simon McBurney, Harry Lawtey, Hadley Robinson, John Fetterman, Gideon Glick, Brennan Keel Cook, Joey Brooks, Steven Maier, Jack Irv, Matt Helm, Gisele Fetterman, Kade Nicholson, Brennan Cook, Wendy Renee Cade, Mathias Goldstein.

On this day in music history - Disconnect, by Helen Jane Long (2022):

Disconnect

Album by Helen Jane Long,

released December 22, 2022.

Track list:

At Your Feet; Sakura (the cherry blossom); Turn It Around; Invisible; Disconnect; The Last Performance; Intersection; Explosions; Stillness; Get By; Outrun; You.

On this day in music history - Exhale: Crystal Sound Binaural Meditations, by Tryshe Dhevney (2022):

Exhale: Crystal Sound Binaural Meditations

Album by Tryshe Dhevney,
released December 1, 2022.

Track list:

Exhale; Suspension; Regenerate; Portal; Ebb and Flow; A Quiet Miracle.

On this day in movie history - Film Noir (2022):

Film Noir

3-part documentary miniseries.

Episode titles and release dates:

Film Noir Origins of Noir (1922–1940)
November 26, 2022.

Film Noir Classic Noir (1944–1958)
December 3, 2022.

Film Noir Styles of Noir (1944–1958 Continued)
December 10, 2022.

On this day in music history - Elevate, by Lee Aaron (2022):

Elevate

Album by Lee Aaron,

released November 25, 2022.

Track List:

Rock Bottom Revolution; Trouble Maker; The Devil U Know; Freak Show; Heaven’s Where We Are; Still Alive; Highway Romeo; Red Dress; Spitfire Woman; Elevate.

On this day in music history - Renée Fleming: Greatest Moments At The MET (2022):

Renée Fleming: Greatest Moments At The MET

Album by Renée Fleming,

released November 16, 2022.

Track list:

* Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro K.492 (Title, Not a Track); 1. Act III: “E Susanna Non Vien; 2. Act III:... Dove Sono I Bei Momenti”; 3. Act III: “Cosa Mi Narri!”; 4. Act III: “Sull’aria... Che Soave Zeffiretto”; * Verdi: Otello (Title, Not a Track); 5. Act IV: “Era Più Calmo?”; 6. Act IV: “Piangea Cantando” (Willow Song); 7. Act IV: “Ave Maria, Piena Di Grazia”; 8. Act III: “Das War Sehr Gut, Mandryka”; * Britten: Peter Grimes Op.33 (Title, Not a Track); 9. Act III: “Embroidery in Childhood Was a Luxury of Idleness”; * Charpentier: Louise; 10. Act III: “Depuis Le Jour”; 11. Act IV: “Alerte! Alerte! Ou Vous Êtes Perdus!”; 12. Act I: “Msíku Na Nebi Hlubokém” (Song to the Moon); 13. Act III: “Obéissons Quand Leur Voix Appelle”; 14. Act III: “Toi! Vous!”; 15. Act III: “N’est-Ce Plus Ma Main Que Cette Main Presse”; 22 * Floyd: Susannah (Title, Not a Track); 1. Act I: “Ain’t It a Pretty Night!”; 2. Act II: “That’s Mighty Pretty Singin’, Susannah”; Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier Op.59; 3. Act III: “Marie Theres’!” 5.33; * Mozart: Don Giovanni K.527 (Title, Not a Track); 4. Act II: “Crudele? Ah No, Mio Bene!; 5. Act II:... Non Mi Dir, Bell’idol Mio”; 6. Act II: “Col Sorriso D’innocenza”; * Verdi: La Traviata (Title, Not a Track); 7. Act II: “Ah! Dite Alla Giovine”; 8. Act II: “Imponete - Non Amarlo Ditegli”; 9. Act III: “Mio Caro Bene”; * Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; 10. Act III: “O! Kak Mnye Tyazhelo!”; 11. Act III: “Onegin! Ya Togda Molozhe”; * Massenet: Thaïs; 12 Act II: “Ah Je Suis Seule; 13 Act II:... Dis-Moi Que Je Suis Belle”; * Rossini: Armida; 14. Act III: “Dove Son Io?... Fuggi!”; 15. Act III: “È Ver... Gode Quest’anima”; 16. Act II: “Hello, Here’s a Soldier Bold”; * Korngold: Die Tote Stadt Op.12 (Title, Not a Track); 17. Act I: “GLÜCK, Das Mir Verblieb” (Marietta’s Lied).

On this day in music history - Feast of Losses, by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen (2022):

Feast of Losses

Album by Jami Sieber and Kim Rosen,

released October 31, 2022.

Track list:

Island; The Layers; What the Living Do; The Thing Is; There Is a Girl Inside; Thanks; The New Song; The Light That Came to Lucille Clifton; Adrift; A Quiet Joy; When Death Comes.

On this day in movie history - Monolith (2022):

Monolith

directed by Matt Vesely,

written by Lucy Campbell,

was released at the Adelaide Film Festival in Australia on October 27, 2022.
Music by Benjamin Speed.

Cast:

Lily Sullivan, Ling Cooper Tang, Ansuya Nathan, Erik Thomson, Terence Crawford, Matt Crook, Kate Box, Rashidi Edward, Brigid Zengeni, Belle Kalendra-Harding, Chase Coleman, Damon Herriman, Rebecca Summerton, Janet Tan.

On this day in movie history - Bobcat Moretti (2022):

Bobcat Moretti

directed by Rob Margolies,

written by Rob Margolies, Tim Realbuto,

released at the Orlando Film Festival in the United States on October 27, 2022.

Music by Ilan Rubin.

Cast:

Tim Realbuto, Vivica A. Fox, Taryn Manning, Coolio, Matt Peters, Sally Kirkland, Louis Mustillo, Jay Hieron, Matt McCoy, Mindy Sterling, Sheria Irving, Carl McDowell, Erik Potempa, Erin Leddy, Jaxon Goldenberg, Mihran Aghvinian, Michael Robert Anderson, Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker, Michael Bentt, Dayna Brand, Tristan Campbell, Carolina W Cobb, Dane E. Connor, Cassidy Davis, Shana DeAndrea, Marco Deckman, Dawnmarie Deshaies, Latisha Di Venuto, Israel Isaac Duffus, Eric Paul Erickson, Zane Haney, Everett Kagan, Bastian Margolies, Ellis Margolies, Paul Martin, Lindsay Mushett, Jayden Rey, Cliff Samara, Cassandra Seidenfeld, Janel Tanna, Kristen Vaganos, Raisu Williams.

On this day in music history - Synesthesia, by Sherry Finzer (2022):

Synesthesia

Album by Sherry Finzer,

released October 21, 2022.

Track list:

Beautiful Fields of Emerald Lights; Obsidian Shadows; Turquoise Shimmers Amidst Fairy Dust; Copper and Amber; Deep Within the Magenta Mist; Along the Sapphire Ridgeline; Desert Sand Passages; The Radiance of Gold; Crimson Evening Solitude; Rocky Shades of Gray; Lovely Saffron Rays.

On this day in music history - City Blue, by 2002 (2022):

City Blue

Track by 2002,
released October 21, 2022.

On this day in movie history - Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022):

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

aka Sergio Leone - L'italiano che inventò l'America,

documentary directed by Francesco Zippel,

was released in Italy on October 20, 2022.

Originally shown at the Venice Film Festival.

Awarded the 2023 Nastro d'Argento for Best Documentary.

Cast:

Sergio Leone, Dario Argento, Darren Aronofsky, Jacques Audiard, Damien Chazelle, Jennifer Connelly, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Frayling, Arnon Milchan, Frank Miller, Giuliano Montaldo, Ennio Morricone, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Giuseppe Tornatore, Hark Tsui, Carlo Verdone, Eli Wallach.

On this day in movie history - Exhibition on Screen: Hopper - An American Love Story (2022):

Exhibition on Screen: Hopper - An American Love Story

documentary directed by Phil Grabsky,

was released in the United States on October 18, 2022.

On this day in movie history - 5 - 25 - 77 (2022):

5 - 25 - 77

directed and written by Patrick Read Johnson,

was released in the United States on October 11, 2022.
Music by David E. Russo.

Cast:

John Francis Daley, Austin Pendleton, Colleen Camp, Neil Flynn, Steve Coulter, Emmi Chen, Katie Jeep, Justin Mentell, Gwen Kmiec, Mark Lorenz, Christopher McLinden, Caitlin Barlow, Ema Tuennerman, Eddie Kunz, Eric Miles, Tim Beringer, Yasmin Golan, William Holmes, Michael Pawlak, Kevin J. Stephens, Courtney Bean, Darlene Benigno, Zach Criswell, Tony Farella, Sean Gillette, J. Spencer Greene, Kevin Scott Greer, Nicholas Joseph Harden, Michelle Higgins, Elizabeth Hipwell, Scott Holmes, Rick Ingalsbe, Theophilus Jamal, Coady Johnson, Merrick Johnson, Patrick Read Johnson, Gunner Jones, Jordan Keller, Caitlin Kennedy, Al Leinonen, Adam Leiphart, Jocelyn Levin, Mike Markoff, Paul Mifflin, Alyssa N. Miles, Evan Muday, Diane Perry, Sam Raysby, Adam Shalzi, David Shin, Daniel Robert Smith, Dan Tomei, Matt Ukena, Michael K. Washko, Brooke Wilhelm, James Zahn, Allison Belmont, Rich Denikas, Nathan Geist, Derek F. Mahr, Jon Marshall, Michael P. Noens, Ron Valdez, Darryl Villacorta, Jaclyn Watt, Jocelyn Wesler.