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Roger Corman said that his 1958 film, She Gods of Shark Reef, was one of the most enjoyable experiences he had as a film director. It’s not hard to see why: it was filmed in Hawaii, on the island of Kauai, filled with many beautiful women—the eponymous “she gods.”

German industrial metal masters Rammstein worked hard through the months of 2018 to produce their seventh studio album, their first in 10 years. Upon release in May 2019, Untitled Rammstein Album was praised by critics and fans alike. The cover—a simple unlit match on a white background—heralded the pending re-ignition of the immensely popular band after a decade of touring, but no new product.

A few months after the divorce was official, Jules watched pornography for the first time. September, 1986. He was a 46-year-old man, living with his 14-year-old daughter, sneaking around late at night, or whenever he might find himself home alone, discovering sex on VHS tapes.

From their desert shack to the dusty coastal town of San Mateo was a journey of 100 miles down Highway 1, Susan at the Ford station wagon's wheel, during which Timmy Marcade indulged in a kaleidoscope of thought, thoughts as concentrated as a can of frozen Donald Duck orange juice, yet stretched out beyond the Pacific's horizon. Then they boarded the small schooner and set sail.

Hollywood’s in freefall. This isn’t 1963 or 1981 or 2012. The movie theaters will close if this continues. Executives at all levels are leaving money in the street, but don’t care, because they’re not interested in making successful movies, just good quarterly earnings reports. Not good, great, fantastic, and God knows Warners Brothers/Discovery hasn’t had one of those in a while. So with the stiffing of Challengers, The Fall Guy, and Furiosa, forecasts are worse than ever. And there’s no Alan Ladd Jr. Читать дальше...

The first thing a viewer notices about the eight-episode series on Netflix, Ripley, based on Patricia Highsmith's novel, The Talented Mr. Ripley, is its stunning black-and-white photography. Cinematographer and frequent Paul Thomas Anderson collaborator, Robert Elswit, produces a visual feast with all the raw material Italy has to offer—ancient seaside villas, religious iconography, sidewalk cafes and Venetian canals.

So, are you more of a Trump libertarian or an RFK libertarian? In my youth, I never thought I’d be asking either half of that question.

As far as highest numbered streets go, New York City is a contender, but can’t match western and southern towns such as Denver, Tulsa or Miami, whose numbered systems range widely outside the city boundaries proper and can get into the 300s and 400s. In NYC, Manhattan and Bronx share an east-west street and house numbering scheme, as until 1914, both were a part of New York County. With some exceptions, the Bronx’s numbered streets are located west of the Bronx River.