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.

Rachel Carson, on writing:

Writing is largely a matter of application and hard work,

or writing endlessly until you are satisfied that you have said what you want to say as clearly and simply as possible.

For me, that usually means many, many revisions.

- Rachel Carson.

On this day in movie history - Victoria (2015):

Victoria

directed by Sebastian Schipper,

written by Sebastian Schipper, Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Eike Frederik Schulz,

was released at the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany on February 7, 2015.
Music by Nils Frahm.

Cast:

Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit, Max Mauff, André Hennicke, Eike Frederik Schulz, Hans-Ulrich Laux, Lena Klenke, Philipp Kubitza, Martin Goeres, Andreas Schmitka, Jan Breustedt, David Micas, Timo Honsa, Bernd Weikert, Adolfo Assor, Ansgar Ballendat, Ambar de la Horra, Luca De Massis, Anne Düe, Daniel Fripan, Frederik Klaus, Nadja Laura Mijthab, Dennis Oestreich.

On this day in television history - Justified (2012):

Justified

Season 3. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: The Devil You Know.

Released February 7, 2012.

Directed by Dean Parisot.

Written by Graham Yost, Taylor Elmore, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Ingrid Escajeda, Ryan Farley and Jon Worley.

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

Music by Steve Porcaro.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Nick Searcy, Joelle Carter, Jacob Pitts, Erica Tazel, Natalie Zea, Walton Goggins, Mykelti Williamson, Jeremy Davies, Adam Bartley, Ed Corbin, Clayne Crawford, Kaitlyn Dever, Demetrius Grosse, Damon Herriman, David Meunier, Kevin Rankin, Todd Stashwick, Neal McDonough, Brendan McCarthy. T.O.N.E-z, Ethan Wilde, Michael Raif Brizzolara, Sarah B. Downey, William Mulligan.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (2001)

Star Trek: Discovery (2019)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 7. Episode 13.

Episode entitled: Prophecy.

Released February 7, 2001.

Directed by Terry Windell.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Michael/Mike Sussman, Phyllis Strong, Larry Nemecek, Janet Nemecek/J. Kelley Burke, Raf Green, Kenneth Biller, Michael Taylor, Robert Doherty.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by David Bell.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Sherman Howard, Paul Eckstein, Wren T. Brown, Peggy Jo Jacobs, Majel Barrett, Paul R. Ambrose, Michael Bailous, Patrick Barnitt, Michael Braveheart, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Peter Scott Harmyk, Grace Harrell, Alicia Lewis, Dennis Madalone, Brita Nowak, Louis Ortiz, James Pearson, Stephen Pisani, Keith Rayve, Pablo Soriano, Gregory Sweeney.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: An Obol for Charon.

Released February 7, 2019.

Directed by Lee Rose.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Alan McElroy, Andrew Colville, Jordon Nardino, Gretchen J. Berg, Aaron Harberts, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Anson Mount, Tig Notaro, Rebecca Romijn, Rachael Ancheril, Bahia Watson, Hannah Cheesman, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Julianne Grossman, Raven Dauda, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Avaah Blackwell, Hélène Cardona, Shelley Owens.

On this day in movie history - The Train Robbers (1973):

The Train Robbers

directed and written by Burt Kennedy,

was released in the United States on February 7, 1973.
Music by Dominic Frontiere.

Cast:

John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Gatlin, Ricardo Montalban, Dennis Falt, Ralph Volkie.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):

M Squad

Season 1. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Dolly’s Bar.
Released February 7, 1958.
Directed by John Brahm.
Written by Lewis Reed.
Music by Stanley Wilson.

Cast:

Lee Marvin, Janice Rule, Claire Carleton, Fredd Wayne, Paul Newlan, Russell Thorson, Joe Flynn, Michael Bachus.