Introvert humor:

Judy Blume, on writing:

The best books come from someplace inside.

You don't write because you want to, but because you have to.

- Judy Blume.

On this day in movie history - Lee Unkrich Presents The Shining (2023)

Lee Unkrich Presents The Shining

A presentation by Lee Unkrich, of his book Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
The venue was the David Geffen Theater, The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, in the United States, on March 17, 2023.
Part of the Spotlights series.
Lee Unkrich is the Director, Animator and Editor of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
Presentation introduced by Bernardo Rondeau, Senior Director, Film Programs.
After the presentation, a screening of The Shining (1980) was shown to the audience.

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining.
Written by Lee Unkrich and J. W. Rinzler.
Published by Taschen.

On this day in movie history - John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019):

John Ford: The Man Who Invented America

documentary directed by Jean-Christophe Klotz,

written by François Bringer and Jean-Christophe Klotz,

was released in Germany on March 17, 2019.

Narrated by Paul Bandey.

Music by Jean-Christophe Klotz.

Cast:

Paul Bandey, John Ford, Joseph McBride, Cécile Gornet, Michel Cieutat, Jennifer Ortiz, Fermin Ortiz, Nancy Schoenberger, Darryl F. Zanuck, Dan Ford, Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Angelo Baca, Chale Nafus, Cecil B. DeMille, James Stewart.

On this day in television history - Justified (2015):

Justified

Season 6. Episode 9.

Episode entitled: Burned.

Released March 17, 2015.

Directed by Don Kurt.

Written by Graham Yost, Dave Andron, Leonard Chang, Jenny DeArmitt, Keith Schreier.

Based on the short story Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Jere Burns, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Walton Goggins, Mary Steenburgen, Justin Welborn, Kaitlyn Dever, Ryan Dorsey, Jeff Fahey, Rick Gomez, Scott Grimes, Jonathan Tucker, Sam Elliott, Jonathan Kowalsky, Jamie Love, Russell Bertolino.

On this day in movie history - Straight Time (1978):

Straight Time

directed by Ulu Grosbard and Dustin Hoffman,

written by Alvin Sargent, Edward Bunker and Jeffrey Boam,

based on the novel No Beast So Fierce by Edward Bunker,

was released in the United States on March 17, 1978.
Music by David Shire.

Cast:

Dustin Hoffman, Theresa Russell, Gary Busey, Harry Dean Stanton, M. Emmet Walsh, Rita Taggart, Kathy Bates, Sandy Baron, Jake Busey, Tina Menard, Stephanie Ericsson, Dave Kelly, Don Sommese, Kit Jee Wong, Peter Kwong, Jane Howard, Ronald L. Mellinger, Michael Blakley, John Colton, Edward Bunker, Corey Rand, John Gilgreen, Mary Craven, Peter Jurasik, Enid Hendershot, James Ray, Stuart I. Berton, Barry Cahill, Susan Sherman, Francesca Drown, Emily Le Rue, Ernest Taylor III, Fran Ryan, Bob Jarvis, Mark F. Hill, Mags Kavanaugh, Daniel Nunez, John McKinley Robertson, Mary Margaret Robinson, Deborah Sahagun.

Born on this day – Dana Reeve:

Dana Reeve

Singer

Actress

March 17, 1961 – March 6, 2006

Credits:

13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007); ABC News Breakfast (2024); Above Suspicion (1995); Autopsy: The Last Hours of (2019); Christopher Reeve: A Celebration of Hope (1998); Corazón de... (2005 / 2006); Entertainment Tonight (2006–2024); Everyone's Hero (2006); Feds (1997); Freedom: A History of US (2003); Hope in Motion (2007); Howard Stern (2002); In the Gloaming (1997); Larry King Live (2002); Law & Order (1990–1997); Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001); Lifestories: Families in Crisis (1996); Oz (2000); Smallville (2006–2007); Steel Magnolias (1990); Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story (2024); Superman Reborn (2025); Superman Returns (2006); The 56th Annual Golden Globe Awards (1999); The Brooke Ellison Story (2004); The GQ Men of the Year Awards (1997); The Most Fascinating Women of 1996 (1996); The New Medicine (2006); The Oprah Winfrey Show (2005); Vietnam Long Time Coming (1998); Working in the Theatre (1998); You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006).