Sunday, February 22, 2026

Born on this day – Luis Buñuel:


Luis Buñuel


Writer

Director

Actor

Producer

February 22, 1900 – July 29, 1983


Credits:

A Woman Without Love (1952); An Andalusian Dog (1929); Arena (1983); Belle de Jour (1967); Carmen (1926); Centinela, alerta! (1937); Daughter of Deceit (1951); Death in the Garden (1956); Diary of a Chambermaid (1964); Don Quintín el amargao (1935); Dry martini (2008); El (1953); En este pueblo no hay ladrones (1965); España 1936 (1937); Fever Mounts at El Pao (1959); Gran Casino (1947); Igra o pamcenju i umiranju (1984); Illusion Travels by Streetcar (1954); Johnny Got His Gun (1971); La chute d'un corps (1973); La hija de Juan Simón (1935); La novia de medianoche (1997); Las Hurdes (1933); Le moine (1972); Llanto por un bandido (1964); Mauprat (1926); Mexican Bus Ride (1952); Nazarin (1959); Quién me quiere a mí? (1936); Robinson Crusoe (1954); Si usted no puede, yo sí (1951); Simon of the Desert (1965); Susana (1951); That Obscure Object of Desire (1977); The Brute (1953); The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz (1955); The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972); The Exterminating Angel (1962); The Fall of the House of Usher (1928); The Golden Age (1930); The Great Madcap (1949); The History of the Vatican (1940); The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (2017); The Milky Way (1969); The Phantom of Liberty (1974); The Proud and the Beautiful (1953); The River and Death (1954); The Young and the Damned (1950); The Young One (1960); This is Called Dawn (1956); Tristana (1970); Una historia decente (1971); Viridiana (1961); Wuthering Heights (1954).

Born on this day – Beatriz Michelena:


Beatriz Michelena


Actress

Writer

Producer

February 22, 1890 – October 10, 1942

Credits:

A Phyllis of the Sierras (1915); Golden Gate Weekly, No. 55 (1913); Heart of Juanita (1919); Just Squaw (1919); Mignon (1915); Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1914); Salomy Jane (1914); Salvation Nell (1915); The Flame of Hellgate (1920); The Lily of Poverty Flat (1915); The Price Woman Pays (1919); The Rose of the Misty Pool (1915); The Unwritten Law (1916); The Woman Who Dared (1916).

Born on this day – Gertrude Simmons Bonnin:


Gertrude Simmons Bonnin


aka Zitkala-Ša

Writer

Librettist

Musician: violin & flute

Teacher

Editor

Translator

Native American activist

February 22, 1876 – January 26, 1938

Credits:

American Indian Stories (1921); Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians (1923);
Old Indian Legends (1901); The Sun Dance Opera (1913).

Albert Einstein, on imagination:


I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
For knowledge is limited,
whereas imagination embraces the entire world,
stimulating progress,
giving birth to evolution.

- Albert Einstein.

Saturday, February 21, 2026

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


Justified

Season 3. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: When the Guns Come Out.
Released February 21, 2012.
Directed by Don Kurt.
Written by Graham Yost, Nichelle Tramble Spellman, Dave Andron, 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, Raymond J. Barry, Jere Burns, William Mapother, David Meunier, Stephen Root, Demetrius Grosse, Abby Miller, Peter Murnik, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough, Randolph Adams, Tate Ammons, Justin Baker, Valerie Brandy, Frank Gallegos, Willow Geer, Connie Jackson, Brendan McCarthy, Bridgett Newton, Casey Sander, John-Clay Scott, Alfred Rubin Thompson, Carole Hedrick.

On this day in movie history - In Order of Disappearance (2014):


In Order of Disappearance

aka Kraftidioten,
directed by Hans Petter Moland,
written by Kim Fupz Aakeson,
based on a story by Finn Gjerdrum,
was released in Norway on February 21, 2014.
Music by Brian Batz, Kaspar Kaae and Kåre Vestrheim.


Cast:

Stellan Skarsgård, Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Bruno Ganz, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Anders Baasmo Christiansen, Hildegunn Riise, Peter Andersson, Kristofer Hivju, Jan Gunnar Røise, Kåre Conradi, Jakob Oftebro, Gard B. Eidsvold, Tobias Santelmann, Jon Øigarden, Jack Sødahl Moland, Sergej Trifunović, Miodrag Krstović, Leo Ajkic, Goran Navojec, Damir Babovic, David Sakurai, Aron Eskeland, Stig Henrik Hoff, Adil Halitaj.

On this day in movie history - Nikita (1990):


Nikita

French title: La Femme Nikita,
directed and written by Luc Besson,
was released in France on February 21, 1990.
Music by Éric Serra.


Cast:

Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana, Alain Lathière, Laura Chéron, Jacques Boudet, Helene Aligier, Pierre-Alain de Garrigues, Patrick Pérez, Bruno Randon, Roland Blanche, Joseph Teruel, Jacques Disses, Stéphane Fey, Philippe Dehesdin, Michel Brunot, Rodolph Freytt, Pavel Slabý, Tchéky Karyo, Jean-Luc Caron, Renos Mandis, Jean-Marc Merchet, Jeanne Moreau, Philippe Leroy, Patrick Serrière, Iska Khan, Heike Fisher, Patrick Buiquangda, Eddie Gaydu, Jose Steinmann, Philippe Hernando, Gerard Touratier, Jean Bedin, Edith Perret, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Jean-Pierre Pauty, Michel Campa, Murray Gronwall, Pierrick Charpentier, Rafael Sultan, Hubert Gillet, Fausto Costantino, Roberto Talanno, Pétronille Moss, Eric Prat, Mia Frye, Olivier Hémon, Philippe du Janerand, Christian Gazio, Jérôme Chalou, Jean Reno, Jean-Claude Bolle-Reddat, Jean Bouise, Patrick Chauveau, Maurice Antoni, Mathieu Archer, Alexis Dupuy, Michèle Amiel, Guy Van Riet, Xavier Bonastre.