Showing posts with label 2022. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2022. Show all posts

Monday, May 5, 2025

On this day in television history - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022):


Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet,
was released in the United States on May 5, 2022.
Theme music by Jeff Russo.
Composed by Nami Melumad.


Main cast:

Anson Mount, Babs Olusanmokun, Bruce Horak, Celia Rose Gooding, Christina Chong, Ethan Peck, Jess Bush, Melissa Navia, Rebecca Romijn.

Sunday, April 27, 2025

On this day in movie history - The Survivor (2021):


The Survivor

directed by Barry Levinson,
written by Justine Juel Gillmer,
was released in the United States on April 27, 2022.
Based on the book Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano, by Alan Scott Haft.
Also, the graphic novel The Boxer: The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft, by Reinhard Kleist.
Music by Hans Zimmer.


Cast:

Ben Foster, Billy Magnussen, Vicky Krieps, Peter Sarsgaard, Saro Emirze, Danny DeVito, John Leguizamo, Dar Zuzovsky, Laurent Papot, Paul Bates, Svetlana Kundish, Sonya Cullingford, Michael Epp, Erik Contzius, Kingston Vernes, Sophie Knapp, Zachary Golinger, Charles Brice, Scott Alexander Young, John Guerrasio, Pablo Raybould, Amalina Ace, Bálint Magyar, Márk Szekulesz, Aaron Serotsky, Miklós Kapácsy, Andrew Hefler, Kristóf Widder, Patrick McCullough, Peter Linka, Hans Peterson, Katia Bokor, Stephen Saracco, Björn Freiberg, Nikos Brisco, Alan Jouban, Adam Zambryzcki, András Kovács, Gábor Czap, Anthony Molinari, Zsolt Erdei, Zach Anderson, Árpád Antolik, Attila Arpa, Marc Alan Austen, Jeff Burhans, Sandy Burhans, Christian Carrigan, Jim Cleary, Karim Ghajji, Emerson Henley, Roderick Hill, Ken Holmes, Zámbó István, Colton Langan, Perla Middleton, Robert Myers, Cailyn Peddle, Peter Schueller, Marc Schöttner, Ferenc Iván Szabó, Balázs Veres, Conor William Wright, Lauren Yaffe.

Thursday, March 13, 2025

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.

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

On this day in music history - Centered, by Sherry Finzer & Karasvana (2022):


Centered

Album by Sherry Finzer & Karasvana,
released March 4, 2022.

Track list:

Music of the Spheres; Sacred Spiral; Encircling the Illusion.

Saturday, February 8, 2025

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.

Saturday, February 1, 2025

On this day in music history - Epic Women - The Shero's Journey (2022):


Epic Women - The Shero's Journey

released February 1, 2022.

Artists featured on this album:

Aeralie Brighton, Alexa Ray, Axis, Celica Soldream, Emanate Music (Donna Gibbons), Felicia Farerre, Iris Wallner, Jennifer Thomas, Julie Elven, Lydia Davies, Sophy Purnell, The Rogue Pianist (Kimberly StarKey), Zefora Alderman.

Track list:

Miracle of Life; The Adventurer; Facing the Void; Oakenheart; Crossing the Threshold; Vajra Hero; Approach to the Inmost Cave; The Ordeal; The Light Within; Shooting Stars; Emergence; Bridge Between Suns.

Tuesday, January 21, 2025

On this day in music history - Underwater, by Ludovico Einaudi (2022):


Underwater

Album by Ludovico Einaudi,
released January 21, 2022.

Track list:

Luminous; Rolling Like a Ball; Indian Yellow; Flora; Natural Light; Almost June; Swordfish; Wind Song; Atoms; Temple White; Nobody Knows; Underwater.

Tuesday, January 7, 2025

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


Connections

Album by Sherry Finzer,
released January 7, 2022.

Track list:

Peace at Home; Through the Veil; Red Hawk Hill; A New Day; Connections; Bella's Moon; Highland Waterfall; Wind Spirit; Ever Same; Greatest Blessings; The Crossing Place; Journey With Spirit.

Sunday, December 29, 2024

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.

Monday, December 23, 2024

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.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

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.

Sunday, October 27, 2024

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.

Sunday, October 20, 2024

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.