On this day in television history - Life After Life (2022 TV mini-series & novels):

Life After Life

directed by John Crowley,

written by Bathsheba/Bash Doran, Jessi Drewett,

based on the novel by Kate Atkinson,

released on the internet on April 19, 2022.

Music by Volker Bertelmann.

Cast: Isla Johnston, Thomasin McKenzie, Eliza Riley, Lesley Manville, Sian Clifford, Sean Delaney, Maria Laird, James McArdle, Nancy Rumball, Nelly Rumball, Harry Michell, Jessica Hynes, Joshua Hill, Patsy Ferran, Jack Forsyth-Noble, Sadie Byron, Oscar Eskinazi, John Hodgkinson, Ron Cook, Jessica Brown Findlay, Laurie Kynaston, James George Williams, Gus Turner, Anders Hayward, Matthew Pidgeon, Alfie Harrison, Joe Black, Matilda Stafford, Kelsey Balla, Pamela Stafford, Zachary Nachbar-Seckel, Ralph Davis, Harry Cadby, River Caddle, Zara Gormley, Mhairi Gayer, Louis Hofmann, Matthew Cottle, James Chadburn, Andy Membury, Kai Membury, Helena Albright, Aron von Andrian, Archie O'Callaghan, Arthur McGirr, Zee Asha, Matthew Sim, Syreeta Kumar, Ian Saynor, Odimegwu Okoye, Hope Delaney, Dominic Hodson, Paul Lancaster, Anna Lavrenteva, Callum Coates, Aiden Lewis-Quilter, Liam Lewis-Quilter, Freddy Sawyer, Lacey Dempsey-Ball, Sarah Daniela Seggari, Muki Zubis, Leo Rait, Xavier Edmead, Suzanne Bertish, Tachia Newall, Wyatt Wilfort, Finley Wilfort, Ray MacAllan, Declan Miele-Howell, Saura Lightfoot-Leon, Emma Beattie, Daniel Boys, Zac Pile, Rose Riley, Kieran Brunt, Cameron Ralph, Audrey Hart, Clara Graham, Matilda Humphrey, Gilian Cally, Jude Humphrey, Evie Templeton, Edward Green, Martin Oelbermann, Lily Claudia Eustace, Stuart Cooke, Hannah Colby, Andreas Bedorf.

Recommended reading:

Life After Life

By Kate Atkinson.

Published by Back Bay Books.

Published 2013.

ISBN-10: 0316176494

ISBN-13: 978-0316176491

Description:

What if you could live again and again, until you got it right?

On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war.

Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can – will she?

Named a New York Times Best Book of the Century, Life After Life is darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original: this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.

A God in Ruins

By Kate Atkinson.

Published by Back Bay Books.

Published 2015.

ISBN-10: 0316176508

ISBN-13: 978-0316176507

Description:

His stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "one of the best novels I've read this century" (Gillian Flynn), follows Ursula's brother Teddy as he navigates an unknown future after a perilous war.

"He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future."

Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again. A God in Ruins tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy – would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather – as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world.

After all that Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have. An ingenious and moving exploration of one ordinary man's path through extraordinary times, A God in Ruins proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.

On this day in Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: Picard

Season 2. Episode 6.

Episode entitled: Two of One.

Released April 7, 2022.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Cindy Appel, Jane Maggs, Matt Okumura, Chris Derrick, Juliana James, Kiley Rossetter.

Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Orla Brady, Isa Briones, Brent Spiner, John de Lancie, Penelope Mitchell, Sol Rodriguez, Alexandre Chen, Ren Hanami, Michelle Haro, Shaw Jones, Richard Leacock, Zach Sowers, Kareem Stroud, Guy Fernandez Jr., Justin Nickels, Morgan Peters, Patrick Price, Jenya Shatilova, Dylan Von Halle, Thadeus Welch, Madeline Wise.

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

X

directed and written by Ti West,

was released at the South by Southwest Film Festival in the United States on March 13, 2022.

Music by Tyler Bates and Chelsea Wolfe.

Cast:

Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow, Kid Cudi, Martin Henderson, Owen Campbell, Stephen Ure, James Gaylyn, Simon Prast, Geoff Dolan, Matthew J. Saville, Bryony Skillington, Suyash Pachauri.

Recommended reading - TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema (2022):

TCM Underground

50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema

By Millie De Chirico & Quatoyiah Murry.

Foreword by Patton Oswalt.

Turner Classic Movies (TCM).

Published by Running Press Adult.

Published 2022.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0762480009

ISBN-13: 978-0762480005

Description:

With knowledge, humor and an appropriately twisted perspective, [the authors] give readers a fuller realization of what late-night cinema offers. With a foreword by Patton Oswalt, this celebration of strangeness is well worth exploring. – Pop Culture Classics.

Based on the Turner Classic Movies series, TCM Underground is the movie-lover's guide to 50 of the most campy, kitschy, shocking, and weirdly wonderful cult films you need to see.

In the pages of this book, you'll explore this unique order of films – primarily from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s – with insightful reviews, behind-the-scenes stories, subgenre sidebars, and full-color and black-and-white photography throughout. Go along for the ride with new takes on crime films, including The Honeymoon Killers and The Harder They Come. Witness one-of-a-kind horror in Bill Gunn's landmark vampire film Ganja and Hess and Nobuhiko Obayashi’s infamous and indescribable Hausu. Absorb the boundary-pushing documentary-style trilogy The Decline of Western Civilization, which throws you into indelible moments in the punk and metal music scenes. And marvel at pure '80s oddities like Mac and Me and The Garbage Pail Kids.

From Possession to Polyester and Beyond the Valley of the Dolls to Xanadu, no two films are alike in this compendium. Just sit back and prepare to be surprised, amused, and entertained by this celebration of the stars, filmmakers, and stories behind fifty of the most beguiling and unforgettable movies ever to hit the screen.

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

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Time to Die.

Released February 6, 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, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Barkhad Abdi, Zehra Fazal, Maury Sterling, Chris Jai Alex, Takehito Koyasu, Miho Sakurazaka, Akihiro Sakata, Shinshû Fuji, Takako Honda, Takayuki Kinba, Tony Nakajima, Arisa Shida.

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

Blade Runner: Black Lotus

Season 1. Episode 12.

Episode entitled: Artificial Souls.

Released January 30, 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, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Josh Duhamel, Alessia Cara, Chris Jai Alex, Elias Toufexis, Zehra Fazal, Shinshû Fuji, Takako Honda, 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 11.

Episode entitled: All The Best Memories.

Released January 23, 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, Wes Bentley, Samira Wiley, Josh Duhamel, Ely Henry, Zehra Fazal, Elias Toufexis, Chris Jai Alex, Shinshû Fuji, Takako Honda, 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 10.

Episode entitled: Clair de Lune.

Released January 16, 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, Alessia Cara, Wes Bentley, Josh Duhamel, Barkhad Abdi, Gregg Henry, Peyton List, Zehra Fazal, Chris Jai Alex, Shinshû Fuji, Takayuki Kinba, Takehito Koyasu, Taiten Kusunoki, Tony Nakajima, Akio Nojima, Yoshiko Sakakibara, Arisa Shida, Masane Tsukayama.

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.