Showing posts with label documentary. Show all posts
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Monday, October 26, 2026

On this day in movie history - Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023):


Albert Brooks: Defending My Life

documentary directed by Rob Reiner,
was released at the AFI Fest in the United States on October 26, 2023.
Music by Marc Shaiman.


Cast:

Albert Brooks, Judd Apatow, James L. Brooks, Larry David, Nikki Glaser, Alana Haim, Jonah Hill, Conan O'Brien, Rob Reiner, Chris Rock, Sarah Silverman, Steven Spielberg, Ben Stiller, Sharon Stone, Wanda Sykes, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Saturday, October 24, 2026

On this day in movie history - John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick (1988):


John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick

documentary directed by Frank Martin,
written by Frank Martin and Charles Degelman,
was released at the Chicago International Film Festival in the United States on October 24, 1988.
Festival held from October 24, 1988 – November 6, 1988.
Music by Steve Goldstein.

Cast:

John Huston, Robert Mitchum, Paul Newman, Lauren Bacall, Evelyn Keyes, Lesley Black, Arthur Miller, Marietta Tree, Michael Fitzgerald, Tom Shaw, Walter Huston, Anjelica Huston, Michael Caine, Oswald “Ossie” Morris, Danny Huston, Zoe Sallis, Jennifer Jones, Humphrey Bogart, Lady Hemphill, Lord Hemphill, Darryl F. Zanuck, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Richard Burton, Ava Gardner, Elizabeth Taylor, Sue Lyon, Deborah Kerr, Assi Dayan, Marlon Brando, Robert Forster, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Burgess Meredith.

Friday, October 23, 2026

On this day in movie history - View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining (2007):


View from the Overlook: Crafting The Shining

documentary directed by Gary Leva,
was released in the United States on October 23, 2007.

Cast:

John Baxter, Paul Duncan, Diane Johnson, Jan Harlan, Roy Walker, Jack Nicholson, David Hughes, Garrett Brown, Ernest R. Dickerson, Caleb Deschanel, Milena Canonero, Sydney Pollack, Barbara Daly, John Calley, Steven Spielberg, Charles Champlin, William Friedkin, Hugh Hudson, David Baxt, Lisa Burns, Louise Burns, Scatman Crothers, Barry Dennen, Shelley Duvall, Norman Gay, Stanley Kubrick, Danny Lloyd, Barry Nelson, Manning Redwood, Philip Stone.

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

On this day in movie history - Film: The Living Record of Our Memory (2021):


Film: The Living Record of Our Memory

a documentary directed and written by Inés Toharia Terán,
was released at the São Paulo International Film Festival in Brazil on October 21, 2021.
Narrated by Joseph Bohbot.
Music by Robert Marcel Lepage.

Cast:

Ann Adachi-Tasch, Laure Adler, Benjamin Chowkwan Ado, Janice Allen, Tina Anckarman, Peter Bagrov, Peter Becker, Steve Bloom, Margaret Bodde, Joseph Bohbot, Frédéric Bonnaud, Serge Bromberg, Kevin Brownlow, Jared Case, Luciano Castillo, Cecilia Cenciarelli, Te-Ling Chen, Bede Cheng, Paolo Cherchi Usai, Costa-Gavras, Grover Crisp, Rachel del Gaudio, Paula Felix Didier, Bryony Dixon, Dennis Doros, Shivendra Singh Dungarpur, Ray Edmondson, Lotte Eisner, Awad Eldaw, Dino Everett, Simon Fisher-Turner, Giovanna Fossati, David Francis, Mercedes de la Fuente, Lars Gaustad, Julia Gouin, Todd Gustavson, Sam Gustman, Patricio Guzmán, Mariano Gómez, Amy A. Heller, Jan-Christopher Horak, Anne Hubbell, Rob Hummel, Tessa Idlewine, Andrea Kalas, Ahmad Kiarostami, Anthony L'Abbate, Emmanuel Lefrant, Emily Leproust, Josef Lindner, Ken Loach, Patrick Loughney, Frédéric Maire, Ben Mankiewicz, Laurent Mannoni, Juan Mariné, Mike Mashon, Bob Mastronardi, Brian Meacham, Jonas Mekas, Bill Morrison, Jan Müller, Lourdes Odriozola, Hisashi Okajima, Maung Okkar, Bono Olgado, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Michael Pogorzelski, John Polito, Chema Prado, Rick Prelinger, Daniel Pérez, Javier Rellán, Nicolas Rey, Esteve Riambau, Ramón Rubio, Celine Ruivo, Aboubakar Sanogo, Martin Scorsese, Ridley Scott, Deborah Stoiber, Jeffrey Stoiber, Rob Stone, Vittorio Storaro, Ed Stratmann, Dan Streible, Linda Tadic, Mark Toscano, Katie Trainor, Fernando Trueba, Iván Trujillo, Benjamin Tucker, Chalida Uabumrungjit, Patricia Ubeda, Ernst van Velzen, Wim Wenders, Geo. Willeman, Adrian Wood, Caroline Yeager, Ishumael Zinyengere.

On this day in movie history - Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film (2008):


Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film

documentary directed and written by Constantine Nasr,
was released in the United States on October 21, 2008.
Narrated by Alec Baldwin.

Cast:

Alec Baldwin, Rudy Behlmer, Robert Benton, Sheri Chinen Biesen, Joan Blondell, Humphrey Bogart, John Bright, Daniel Bubbeo, James Cagney, Drew Casper, Bernard Dick, Christopher Frayling, Alan Gansberg, Patricia King Hanson, Molly Haskell, Howard Hawks, Foster Hirsch, Richard B. Jewell, Eric Lax, Mervyn LeRoy, Joan Leslie, Tony Maietta, Leonard Maltin, Gregory W. Mank, Mardik Martin, Virginia Mayo, Colin McArthur, John McCarty, Glenn Mitchell, Mike Newell, Kim Newman, Nicholas Pileggi, Dana Polan, George Raft, Richard Schickel, Martin Scorsese, Alain Silver, Robert Sklar, Anthony Slide, Peter Travers, James Ursini, Jeffrey Vance, Mark Vieira, Raoul Walsh, William A. Wellman, Terence Winter.

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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.

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Monday, October 12, 2026

On this day in movie history - For No Good Reason (2012):


For No Good Reason

a documentary directed by Charlie Paul,
produced by Lucy Paul,
was released at the London Film Festival in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2012.
Music by Ed Harcourt, Sacha Skarbek, Slash, Jason Mraz and Thom Crawford.


Cast:

Ralph Steadman, Johnny Depp, Richard E. Grant, Terry Gilliam, Jann Wenner, Hunter S. Thompson, Hal Willner, Patrick Godfrey.

Saturday, October 10, 2026

On this day in movie history - Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019):


Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

a documentary directed and written by April Wright,
was released in the United States on October 10, 2019.
Music by Chris Wormer.

Cast:

Richard L. Fosbrink, Bob Boin, Jerald Gray, Matt Lambros, Leonard Maltin, Ross Melnick, Craig Morrison, Escott O. Norton, Rosemary Novellino-Mearns, David Strohmaier, Barbara Twist, Charles Chaplin, Jack Cushing, Douglas Fairbanks, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, D.W. Griffith, Joseph Henabery, Al Jolson, Bruce Lee, Vivien Leigh, Mike Leonard, Mary Pickford, Theodore Roosevelt, S.L. Rothafel, Mack Sennett, Barbara Stanwyck.

Monday, October 5, 2026

On this day in movie history - Spielberg (2017):


Spielberg

a documentary on director Steven Spielberg,
directed by Susan Lacy,
was released at the New York Film Festival in the United States on October 5, 2017.

Cast:

Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Richard Dreyfuss, Bill Butler, John Williams, David Edelstein, Michael Phillips, Nancy Spielberg, Anne Spielberg, Janet Maslin, Sue Spielberg, Leah Adler, Arnold Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, Sid Sheinberg, James Brolin, David Geffen, Roger Ernest, Steven Bochco, George Lucas, Francis Ford Coppola, Vilmos Zsigmond, Brian De Palma, Tony Kushner, Bob Balaban, Tom Hanks, Drew Barrymore, Peter Coyote, Melissa Mathison, Leonardo DiCaprio, A.O. Scott, Kathleen Kennedy, Harrison Ford, Tom Stoppard, Walter F. Parkes, Oprah Winfrey, J. Hoberman, Frank Marshall, Christian Bale, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Janusz Kaminski, Michael Kahn, Annette Insdorf, Dennis Muren, David Koepp, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Rick Carter, Robert Zemeckis, Ron Meyer, Laurie MacDonald, Cate Blanchett, Holly Hunter, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Dustin Hoffman, Lawrence Kasdan, Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, Doris Kearns Goodwin, Todd McCarthy, Tom Cruise, Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Adam Somner, Joanna Johnston, Alan Alda, Karen Allen, William Atherton, Richard Attenborough, Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, Ed Bradley, Tom Brokaw, Jessica Capshaw, Kate Capshaw, Dana Carvey, Bill Clinton, Sean Connery, Joan Crawford, Hugh Downs, Denholm Elliott, Peter Falk, Paul Freeman, Teri Garr, Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Cary Guffey, Goldie Hawn, Alfred Hitchcock, Norman Howell, Amy Irving, Ben Johnson, Wayne Knight, Shia LaBeouf, Marcia Lucas, K.C. Martel, Mike Myers, George Negus, Al Pacino, Fievel Posner, Dan Rather, John Rhys-Davies, Terry Richards, Oliver Robins, Mark Rylance, Roy Scheider, Gene Shalit, Robert Shaw, Dinah Shore, Tom Snyder, Rebecca Spielberg, Sasha Spielberg, Theo Spielberg, David Strathairn, Henry Thomas, François Truffaut, Dennis Weaver, Robert Young, Margaret Avery, Ruby Barnhill, Marlon Brando, Edward Burns, John Candy, David Costabile, Melinda Dillon, Dakota Fanning, Morgan Freeman, Adam Goldberg, Alec Guinness, Mark Hamill, Hal Holbrook, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, Byron Jennings, Tommy Lee Jones, Charlie Korsmo, Ronald Lacey, Maurice LaMarche, Lee Majors, Joseph Mazzello, Samantha Morton, Sam Neill, Frances O'Connor, Kevin J. O'Connor, Peter O'Toole, Haley Joel Osment, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Ariana Richards, Miranda Richardson, Pat Roach, Geoffrey Rush, Amy Ryan, Omar Sharif, Martin Short, Tom Sizemore, Robert Stack, Christopher Walken, Dee Wallace, Robin Williams.

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

On this day in movie history - The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh (2014):


The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh

documentary directed by Marilyn Ann Moss,
written by Joel Bender and Marilyn Ann Moss,
was released at the Zurich Film Festival in Switzerland on September 30, 2014.
Music by Imre Czomba.

Cast:

Peter Bogdanovich, Johnny Crear, Doris Day, Illeana Douglas, Richard Erdman, Sidney J. Furie, John Gallagher, John A. Gallagher, Tab Hunter, C. Courtney Joyner, Norman Klein, Jack Larson, Paul Lynch, Leonard Maltin, Lee Marvin, Alan K. Rode, Jane Russell, Anthony Slide.

Monday, September 28, 2026

On this day in music history:

Feel Like Going Home / documentary (2003)


Feel Like Going Home
Documentary directed by Martin Scorsese.
Written by Peter Guralnick.
Part 1 of the documentary series The Blues.
Produced by Martin Scorsese.
Released in the United States on September 28, 2003.
Additional music by Davis Coen and John McCullough.
Cast: Sam Carr, Toumani Diabaté, Corey Harris, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Salif Keïta, Willie King, Habib Koité, Leadbelly, Taj Mahal, Keb’ Mo’, Bernice Turner Pratcher, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Shines, Sharde Thomas, Ali Farka Touré, Otha Turner, Dick Waterman, Muddy Waters.

Friday, September 25, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Brothers Warner (2007):


The Brothers Warner

documentary directed and written by Cass Warner,
was released in the United States on September 25, 2008.
Narrated by Cass Warner.
Music by David Campbell.

Cast:

Dennis Hopper, Cass Warner, Bette-Ann Warner, Harry M. Warner, Tab Hunter, Norman Lear, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Leo Braudy, Nancy Snow, Steven J. Ross, Samuel Goldwyn Jr., Benjamin Warner, Betty Warner Sheinbaum, Michael Birdwell, John Steel, Albert Warner, Angie Dickinson, George Segal, Haskell Wexler, Debbie Reynolds, Jack Warner Jr., Lina Basquette, Stephen Farber, Johanna Blakey, Sam Warner, Lita Heller, Jack L. Warner, Roy Edward Disney, Lewis Warner, Sherry Lansing, Frank Pierson, Eddie Bockser, Lois McGrew, Robert Greenwald, Jim Meskimen, Heinrich Himmler, Frank Sinatra.

On this day in movie history - George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984):



George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

documentary directed and written by George Stevens Jr.,
was released at the Deauville Film Festival in France on September 25, 1984.
Narrated by George Stevens Jr.
Music by Carl Davis.

Cast:

Fred Astaire, Warren Beatty, Pandro S. Berman, Frank Capra, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Katharine Hepburn, John Huston, Rouben Mamoulian, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Joel McCrea, Ivan Moffat, Alan J. Pakula, Hermes Pan, Millie Perkins, Hal Roach, Ginger Rogers, Irwin Shaw, Jack Sher, Yvonne Howell, Antonio Vellani, Max von Sydow, Fred Zinnemann, George Stevens Jr., Jean Arthur, Montgomery Clift, James Dean, Cary Grant, Rock Hudson, Sam Jaffe, Alan Ladd, Fred MacMurray, Jack Palance, George Stevens, Elizabeth Taylor, Spencer Tracy, Shelley Winters, Charles Coburn, Brandon De Wilde, Joan Fontaine, Oliver Hardy, Van Heflin, Stan Laurel, Hattie McDaniel, Victor McLaglen.

Friday, September 11, 2026

On this day in movie history - My Voyage to Italy (1999):


My Voyage to Italy

documentary directed by Martin Scorsese,
written by Kent Jones, Raffaele Donato, Suso Cecchi d'Amico and Martin Scorsese,
was released in Italy on September 11, 1999.
Hosted by Martin Scorsese.

Movies discussed:

1860 (1934); 8½ (1963); Bellissima (1951); Bicycle Thieves (1948); Cabiria (1914); Days of Glory (1945); Divorce, Italian Style (1961); Europa '51 (1952); Fabiola (1949); Fantasia sottomarina (1940); Germany Year Zero (1947); Gli uomini, che mascalzoni! (1932); I vitelloni (1953); Il signor Max (1937); Journey to Italy (1954); La Dolce Vita (1960); La Notte (1961); La Prise de pouvoir par Louis XIV (1966); La Strada (1955); La terra trema (1948); L'avventura (1960); L'eclisse (1962); Nights of Cabiria (1957); Ossessione (1943); Paisà (1946); Rome, Open City (1945); Senso (1954); Shoeshine (1946); Stromboli (1950); The Flowers of St. Francis (1950); The Garden of the Finzi-Continis (1970); The Gold of Naples (1954); The Iron Crown (1941); The Lower Depths (1936); The Miracle, segment of L'Amore (1948); The Roof (1956); Two Women (1961); Umberto D (1952).

Thursday, September 10, 2026

On this day in movie history - Ennio (2021):


Ennio

documentary directed and written by Giuseppe Tornatore,
released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 10, 2021.
Music by Ennio Morricone.

Cast:

Ennio Morricone, Gino Paoli, Quincy Jones, Miranda Martino, Alessandro De Rosa, Gianni Morandi, Nicola Piovani, Pat Metheny, Giuliano Montaldo, Bruce Springsteen, Bernardo Bertolucci, Silvano Agosti, Roland Joffé, Dario Argento, Clint Eastwood, Lina Wertmüller, Caterina Caselli, Walter Branchi, Alessandro Alessandroni, Bruno Battisti D'Amario, Edoardo Vianello, Sergio Miceli, Goffredo Petrassi, Daniele Furlati, Boris Porena, Enrico Pieranunzi, Igor Stravinsky, Carlo Savina, Ettore Zappegno, Eva Fischer, John Cage, Giuseppe Tornatore, Gianni Meccia, Franco Migliacci, Edda Dell'Orso, Bruno Zambrini, Tonino Poce, Paul Anka, Chet Baker, Luciano Salce, Sergio Leone, Carlo Verdone, Roberto Faenza, Sergio Bassetti, Marco Bellocchio, Raffaella Leone, John Huston, Dino De Laurentiis, Gillo Pontecorvo, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Enzo Ocone, Barry Levinson, Quentin Tarantino, Sergio Sollima, Mina, Marina Cicogna, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Dino Asciolla, Antonello Neri, Franco Piersanti, Elio Petri, Paul Simonon, Alberto Lattuada, Liliana Cavani, Dulce Pontes, Hans Zimmer, Stanley Kubrick, Enzo G. Castellari, Furio Colombo, Joan Baez, John Williams, Antonio Pappano, Wong Kar-Wai, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Marco Tullio Giordana, Valerio Zurlini, Terrence Malick, Mychael Danna, Andrea Leone, Claudio Mancini, Robert De Niro, David Puttnam, Herbie Hancock, Gilda Buttà, Oliver Stone, Maria Travia, Fabio Venturi, Marco Biscarini, Phil Joanou, Mike Patton, Zucchero, James Hetfield, 2Cellos, Patti Austin, Chris Botti, Tituss Burgess, Walter Chiari, Coolio, Leonardo DiCaprio, Down Low, Emma Marrone, Mireille Mathieu, Metallica, Bette Midler, Muse, Eddie Redmayne, Tim Roth, Béatrice Schönberg, Ridley Scott, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Patrick Swayze, Totò, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jonathan Tunick.

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

On this day in movie history - The Thing: Terror Takes Shape (1998):


The Thing: Terror Takes Shape

documentary directed and written by Michael Matessino,
released in the United States on September 8, 1998.
Music by David Arnold.
Cast: John Carpenter, David Foster, Bill Lancaster, John J. Lloyd, Dean Cundey, Rob Bottin, Kurt Russell, Richard Masur, Charles Hallahan, Peter Kuran, Susan Turner, Albert Whitlock, Todd C. Ramsay, Stan Winston, Joel Polis.

Sunday, September 6, 2026

On this day in music history:

Macalla by Clannad (1985)
The Blues / documentary (2003)
Una Mattina by Ludovico Einaudi (2004)
Tranquil Times by Darlene Koldenhoven (2013)


Macalla
Album by Clannad,
released September 6, 1985.
Track list: Caislean Oir; The Wild Cry; Closer To Your Heart; In A Lifetime; Almost Seems (Too Late To Turn); Indoor; Buachaill On Eirne; Blackstairs; Journey’s End; Northern Skyline.


The Blues
7-part documentary series.
Released at the Venice Film Festival in Italy on September 6, 2003.
Aired on PBS television in the United States from September 28, 2003 – October 4, 2003.
Directed by: Charles Burnett, Clint Eastwood, Marc Levin, Martin Scorsese, Mike Figgis, Richard Pearce and Wim Wenders.
Written by: Charles Burnett, Peter Guralnick, Robert Gordon and Wim Wenders.
Series episode titles:
Feel Like Going Home
The Soul of a Man
The Road to Memphis
Warming by the Devil’s Fire
Godfathers and Sons
Red, White and Blues
Piano Blues
Cast: Ike Turner, B.B. King, Pinetop Perkins, Dick Waterman, Chris Thomas King, Tommy Redmond Hicks, Nathaniel Lee Jr., Keith B. Brown, Carl Lumbly, James Hughes, David F. Hughes, Ivy Cassel, Shayne Tingle, Frances Horton White, Susan McWilliams, Joy Brashears, Tommie Tc Carter, Goodman. Wille, Colleen White, Vasti Jackson, Nathaniel Lee Sr., Ted Davis, Ilona W. Wilkes, Jay R. Unger, Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Common, Laurence Fishburne, Tom Jones, T Bone Burnett, Lulu, Nick Cave, Mick Fleetwood, Elvis Costello, Ray Charles, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Beck, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Jeff Beck, Eric Burdon, Keb’ Mo’, Dr. John, Steve Winwood, Eagle Eye Cherry, Chuck D, Dave Brubeck, Taj Mahal, Cassandra Wilson, Lucinda Williams, Los Lobos, KoKo Taylor, Lonnie Donegan, Bobby Rush, Rufus Thomas, Humphrey Lyttelton, John Mayall, Peter Green, Albert Lee, Vernon Reid, Sam Phillips, Jack Elliott, Georgie Fame, Ali Farka Touré, Chris Barber, Marc Ribot, Little Milton, Hubert Sumlin, George Melly, Magic Slim, Chris Farlowe, Ian Jennings, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Rahzel, Bert Jansch, Sam Carr, Joe Mulherin, Jon Cleary, Salif Keïta, Shemekia Copeland, Rosco Gordon, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Johnny Juice Rosado, Garland Jeffreys, Marshall Chess, Jay McShann, Cato Walker III, Pete Jolly, Corey Harris, Jim Dickinson, Otha Turner, Calvin Newborn, Henry Gray, Don Kern, Bernice Turner Pratcher, Pete King, Richard Shurman, Davy Graham, Habib Koité, Marcia Ball, Christine Tobin, Dr. Louis Cannonball Cantor, David Barnes, Bob Koester, Phil Chess, Seaberg Ronnog, Jesse Price, Willie King, Sam Lay, Steve Seaberg, Mark Mondesir, Ahmir, Morris Jennings, Toumani Diabaté, Jamar Chess, Phil Upchurch, James Blood Ulmer, Chris Spindel, Pete Johnson, Christine Spindel, Sharde Thomas, Mya, Rob Stone.


Una Mattina
Album by Ludovico Einaudi,
released September 6, 2004.
Track list: Una Mattina; Ora; Resta Con Me; Leo; A Fuoco; Dolce Droga; Dietro Casa; Come Un Fiore; Dna; Nuvole Nere; Questa Volta; Nuvole Bianche; Ancora.


Tranquil Times
Album by Darlene Koldenhoven,
released September 6, 2013.
Track list: Lucid See; Eternal Love; Greensleeves; Hypogeum; Surrender; Drifting With Bach; A Walk in Paradise; Atmosphere.

Friday, September 4, 2026

On this day in movie history - John Candy: I Like Me (2025):


John Candy: I Like Me

documentary directed by Colin Hanks,
released at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 4, 2025.
Music by Tyler Strickland.
Cast: John Candy, Bill Murray, Chris Candy, Jennifer Candy-Sullivan, Steve Aker, Rose Candy, Pat Kelly, Terry Enright, Ennio Gregoris, Tom Davidson, Rita Davidson, Catherine McCartney, Dan Aykroyd, Dave Thomas, Martin Short, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Robin Duke, Andrew Alexander, Catherine O'Hara, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Conan O'Brien, Mel Brooks, Chris Columbus, Macaulay Culkin, Kelvin Pruenster, Don Lake, John Belushi, Valri Bromfield, Evangeline Candy, Jim Candy, Sidney Candy, Dick Cavett, John Chancellor, Chevy Chase, Roger Ebert, Joe Flaherty, Wayne Gretzky, John Hughes, David Letterman, Peter Mansbridge, Bruce McNall, Marilyn Suzanne Miller, Jack Nicholson, Sydney Pollack, Harold Ramis, Steven Spielberg, Mary Margaret O'Hara

On this day in movie history - Hotel Monterey (1972):


Hotel Monterey

silent documentary directed and written by Chantal Akerman,
released at the Venice Biennale in Italy on September 4, 1975.
Filmed in 1972.