Tom Yossarian Joad
Tom Yossarian Joad's JournalRoger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/Legendary B-movie king Roger Corman, who directed and produced hundreds of low-budget films and discovered such future industry stars as Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, has died. He was 98.
Corman died May 9 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., surrounded by family members, the family confirmed to Variety.
“His films were revolutionary and iconoclastic, and captured the spirit of an age. When asked how he would like to be remembered, he said, ‘I was a filmmaker, just that,'” the family said in a statement.
Corman’s empire, which existed in several incarnations, including New World Pictures, and Concorde/New Horizons, was as active as any major studio and, he boasted, always profitable. He specialized in fast-paced, low-budget genre movies — horror, action, science fiction, even some family fare — and his company became a work-in-training ground for a wide variety of major talents, from actors like Nicholson (“Little Shop of Horrors”) and De Niro (“Boxcar Bertha”) to directors like Francis Ford Coppola (“Dementia 13”) and Scorsese (“Boxcar Bertha”). /snip
Vesper. Wow, how did I miss this one?
A strangely gentle post apocalyptic film with both brilliant acting and direction. Streaming on Disney/Hulu and AMC plus.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt20225374/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_4_act
Just a heads up:
While surfing last night I got taken to the "Plex" app to screen an old movie when I noticed they were broadcasting some rather slick anti-choice adverts.
I immediately left the service and uninstalled it with the hopes that if others behave thusly they might get a clue.
Listening to the SC's reasonings surrounding a sitting president's powers I'm sure they'd be happy with Joe replacing
their sorry asses.
Stolen from fb
Laughed so hard I almost dropped my Samsung S69 Ultra pro Premium Top, unbreakable obsidian and cryptonite. With 4G, 5G and 7G signal, 1268 Terabytes of space, 5000X optical zoom (see saturn in 4k) 256 Gb RAM, 6959 Megapixels, wireless charging by telepathy, ship Snapdragon 999999+ (runs two alternate realities) 23,000 battery Amps (connects it to the house and powers it for two 3D screen option and cinema-size holograms, projector included and BOSE sound equivalent to 5 concerts at a time. Something simple.
The Sympathizer. Downey? Izzat you?
Weekly drops. The first one played well for me.
'The Sympathizer' challenges U.S. 'savior complex' in Vietnam War, stars Hoa Xuande and Sandra Oh say
The stars of the HBO series say that the show reframes the narrative to center the plight of Vietnamese people who lived through it, rather than on the sacrifices of American soldiers.
The fall of Saigon has been a commonly depicted subject across Western media, but the portrayal in the new HBO drama series “The Sympathizer” — in which panicked families attempt to flee Vietnam under heavy fire — barely features any American GI. And that’s no coincidence, cast members say.
Hoa Xuande, who plays the main character only known to viewers as “the Captain,” and Sandra Oh, who plays his love interest, the sharp Sofia Mori, said that the show is meant to challenge dominant perceptions of the war. It reframes the narrative to center the plight of Vietnamese people who lived through it, rather than on the sacrifices of American soldiers.
“Depictions of the evacuation, especially through the American media … is the GI soldiers pulling ‘helpless’ Vietnamese people to the helicopters,” Xuande said. “It’s that savior complex that Americans have … that they’re at the forefront of this story helping, Vietnamese people who couldn’t apparently help themselves.”
/snip
more at https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/sympathizer-sandra-oh-hoa-xuande-rcna147587
My admission: (match it if you dare)
Filled our large bong with Annie Green Springs and then drank it after several bowls.
(Yeach)
Back in the 70's so I'm guessing the statute of limitations has passed by a bit. 
Anthracite on Netflix
I found it to be a surprisingly good black mystery from France. Six episodes of 45 minutes.
Lots of twists and turns,
If you have never seen this then you have truly missed THE classic thriller from 1967.
You can catch it for free on TUBI.
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