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March 18

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Phantoms Of The Dead  Season 1, Episode 5

Stories of villagers being lured by phantoms of lost loved ones have Frieren and Fern dealing with a very real threat in the mountains, one that attacks through subterfuge. And when Frieren spies an interesting grimoire in a dragon's nest, her desire results in her seeking out a new ally... [more inside]
posted by NoxAeternum at 5:31 PM - 0 comments

FEUD: The Secret Inner Lives of Swans  Season 2, Episode 5

In November 1975, the day after the Esquire article is published, Truman receives an inspiring visit from a fellow writer. [more inside]
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 2:43 PM - 0 comments

Movie: Ishtar

Two terrible lounge singers get booked to play a gig in a Moroccan hotel but somehow become pawns in an international power play between the CIA, the Emir of Ishtar, and the rebels trying to overthrow his regime. [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 12:56 PM - 8 comments

Movie: The Andromeda Strain

[TRAILER] Virtually all of the residents of Piedmont, New Mexico, are found dead after the return to Earth of a space satellite. A group of eminent scientists led by Dr. Jeremy Stone scramble to a secure laboratory and try to first isolate the life form while determining why two people from Piedmont - an old alcoholic and a six-month-old baby - survived. The scientists methodically study the alien life form unaware that it has already mutated and presents a far greater danger in the lab, which is equipped with a nuclear self-destruct device designed to prevent the escape of dangerous biological agents. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:36 AM - 8 comments

The Gentlemen: Refined Aggression  Season 1, Episode 1

When the Duke of Halstead dies, his second son inherits everything, including the title, house and grounds — plus a whole heap of trouble. Co-written and directed by Guy Ritchie. [more inside]
posted by 1970s Antihero at 5:15 AM - 4 comments

March 17

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The Land Where Souls Dwell  Season 1, Episode 4

Frieren and Fern take a job cleaning up the shore, taking as payment a grimoire containing the notes of the great mage Flamme - a grimoire that the elf mage is certain is a forgery. But not all of Flamme's notes are fake, and Frieren's dear friend and ally Eisen has a lead on a real tome of the great msge's work... [more inside]
posted by NoxAeternum at 7:59 PM - 2 comments

AEW Collision: March 16, 2024 (& Rampage March 15)  Season 1, Episode 39

Tonight on Collision: Bryan Danielson finds a Japanese legend he hasn't wrestled yet, Kyle O’Reilly returns to in-ring action, the entire Infantry gets television time, and apparently Mick Foley coached Adam Copeland on grievous bodily harm. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 7:20 PM - 0 comments

Special Event: Special Event: March Madness! NCAA basketball tournaments 2024

March, March, it's March again, how does this keep happening. LSU is the defending Women's D1 Winner, and UConn is the defending men's champion (and UConn has quite possibly the cutest mascot in basketball in Jonathan the Husky). [more inside]
posted by joycehealy at 6:30 PM - 3 comments

Sort Of: Sort Of - Season 3 (Final Season)  Season 3 (Full Season)

Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo's funny, charming and very queer story of Sabi, a gender non-conforming Pakistani-Canadian figuring out their life in Toronto, finishes up with eight 20-minute episodes in the final season. Note: the decision to end the series came from the creators. Changes come for Sabi, Aqsa, Wolf, 7ven and the rest of the crew. On HBO in the US. [more inside]
posted by mediareport at 5:45 PM - 1 comment

Movie: Cinema Paradiso

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist. [more inside]
posted by pwnguin at 5:19 PM - 1 comment

Podcast: 99% Invisible: The Power Broker #03: David Sims

"This is the third official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. Blank Check podcast co-host and The Atlantic movie critic David Sims is our book club guest.On today's show, Elliott Kalan, Roman Mars, and David Sims will cover the first section of Part 4 of the book (Chapters 11 through the end of Chapter 15), discussing the major story beats and themes."
posted by The corpse in the library at 1:57 PM - 1 comment

Movie: Julius Caesar

Film version of the Royal Shakespeare Company's 2012 production of Shakespeare's fast-moving thriller. A vivid story about a struggle for democracy, Julius Caesar is also a love story between two men united by an explosive act of political violence. The setting is a modern African state in which the tyrant Caesar is about to seize power. Cassius persuades Brutus to join the conspirators plotting an assassination. Featuring a distinguished cast of black actors, filmed on location and in Stratford-Upon-Avon. [more inside]
posted by fiercekitten at 12:39 PM - 5 comments

Movie: The Boondock Saints

Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God. [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 12:21 PM - 11 comments

Movie: Richard III

A murderous lust for the British throne sees Richard III descend into madness. Though the setting is transposed to the 1930s, England is torn by civil war, split between the rivaling houses of York and Lancaster. Richard aspires to a fascist dictatorship, but must first remove the obstacles to his ascension, among them his brother, his nephews and his brother's wife. When the Duke of Buckingham deserts him, Richard's plans are compromised. [more inside]
posted by fiercekitten at 12:17 PM - 11 comments

Movie: Much Ado About Nothing

In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding. Was the January Pick for my Shakespeare Movie Club. [more inside]
posted by fiercekitten at 12:00 PM - 13 comments

Movie: Le Silence de la mer

[TRAILER] A cultured, naively idealistic German officer is billeted in the home of a middle-aged man and his grown niece; their response to his presence—their only form of resistance—is complete silence. AKA The Silence of the Sea. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:46 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Dream Scenario

A hapless family man finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. [more inside]
posted by skoosh at 6:55 AM - 2 comments

Movie: One Life

British stockbroker Nicholas 'Nickie' Winton visits Czechoslovakia in the 1930s and forms plans to assist in the rescue of Jewish children before the onset of World War II, in an operation that came to be known as the Kindertransport.
posted by sammyo at 3:28 AM - 4 comments

March 16

Resident Alien: 141 Seconds   Season 3, Episode 3

Harry tags along on Ben, Kate and Max's family trip, hoping the mayor will lead him to answers. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 7:30 PM - 3 comments

Resident Alien: The Upper Hand  Season 3, Episode 2

D'arcy inserts herself into Harry's mission, while Kate grows more uncomfortable in her own home. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 7:18 PM - 0 comments

Movie: Classe Tous Risques

A ruthless criminal (Lino Ventura) flees pursuit with his family in tow, resulting in more and more casualties. [more inside]
posted by praemunire at 6:46 PM - 0 comments

Movie: Love Lies Bleeding

Reclusive gym manager Lou falls hard for Jackie, an ambitious bodybuilder headed through town to Las Vegas in pursuit of her dream. But their love ignites violence, pulling them deep into the web of Lou's criminal family.
posted by paper chromatographologist at 3:39 PM - 3 comments

Extraordinary: Extraordinary Season 2  Season 2 (Full Season)

Extraordinary, the delightful British superhero share-house sit-com is back with Season Two. [more inside]
posted by Coaticass at 3:12 PM - 2 comments

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: Killing Magic  Show Only   Season 1, Episode 3

While retracing the path she took on her adventure with her former traveling companions, Frieren confronts an old enemy. [more inside]
posted by valrus at 3:10 PM - 1 comment

Special Event: The Last Drive-In Live: A Tribute to Roger Corman

Joe Bob Briggs and Darcey the Mail Girl pay tribute to one of the most influential, but often overlooked filmmakers: Roger Corman. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 11:58 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Crimson Bat, the Blind Swordswoman (1969)

A young blind girl is abandoned by her mother. When her guardian is killed, she learns to wield a sword from a traveling Ronin. She travels to seek her mother and her revenge. [more inside]
posted by jabah at 8:09 AM - 2 comments

March 15

Abbott Elementary: Librarian  Season 3, Episode 7

"Our new librarian is very....organized." [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon at 1:52 PM - 4 comments

FEUD: It's Impossible  Season 2, Episode 4

Babe makes peace with a harsh reality. Truman makes an effort to get sober. [more inside]
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 1:04 PM - 0 comments

March 14

Masters of the Air: Part Nine  Season 1, Episode 9

Series finale. The POWs are marched across Germany—and Rosie makes a gruesome discovery—as the war comes to its conclusion. [more inside]
posted by cardboard at 9:08 PM - 3 comments

Special Event: The Mads Are Back: The Phantom at 10,000 Leagues

A radioactive monster wreaks havoc; for some reason the heroic scientist has to develop a relationship while saving lives from it; also, the monster's maker has to perish in his attempt to stop his creation. All these things the way they have to be in 50's monster movie world. (Riff from 2024, earlier this week)
posted by JHarris at 4:17 PM - 3 comments

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: State Medical Boards  Season 11, Episode 4

This week.... Kamala Harris appeared to call for a cease fire in Gaza... but then qualified it by adding "for the next six weeks." Trump endorses North Carolina Republican candidate for Governor Mark Robinson by calling him, inexplicably, "Martin Luther King on steroids." And Now: C-SPAN Callers Show Once Again Why They're America At Its Best. Main story: state medical boards, the organizations whose job it is to issue, suspend and revoke licenses to practice medicine in each state. These boards tend to be underfunded, but also are often composed entirely of doctors, who can be biased in their judgements on behalf of their colleagues, a phenomenon called "the white coat code of silence." On Youtube (23 minutes). And Now: People On TV Love To Talk About Their Big Fuckin' Heads. [more inside]
posted by JHarris at 11:20 AM - 5 comments

March 13

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: It Didn't Have to Be Magic...  Show Only   Season 1, Episode 2

Frieren instructs Fern in the use of magic while deciphering a grimoire for Heiter. [more inside]
posted by valrus at 8:48 PM - 4 comments

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: March 13, 2024: Big Bu$iness  Season 5, Episode 24

Just as when CM Punk made his debut in Chicago, Tony Khan has done everything possible to hint that Mercedes Moné is making her AEW debut tonight in "Boss-ton" without actually saying it. He's even booked a whole card full of great matches to distract us! [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 4:55 PM - 4 comments

Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Extraction  Season 3, Episode 7

As enemies close in, the Batch must evacuate a stronghold.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 4:11 PM - 9 comments

Star Wars: The Bad Batch: Infiltration  Season 3, Episode 6

The Batch reunites with an ally in need.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 4:09 PM - 2 comments

The Regime: The Foundling  Season 1, Episode 2

Nicholas teams up with Laskin, Schiff, and Singer to undermine Corporal Zubak's influence on Elena. Simultaneously, Elena negotiates a cobalt deal with Senator Holt while Agnes evades Laskin's questions about her son's mysterious recovery.
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 3:09 PM - 0 comments

March 12

Frieren: Beyond Journey's End: The Journey's End  Show Only   Season 1, Episode 1

The world celebrates the Demon King's defeat at the hands of the Hero and his companions. Now that their great adventure is over, what will Frieren the mage do next? [more inside]
posted by valrus at 4:30 PM - 10 comments

Movie: Kinetta

[TRAILER] During off-season at a Greek seaside resort, three strangers—a police officer out of uniform with a thing for German luxury cars and Russian women, an eccentric photographer, and a hotel chambermaid—join forces for a rather strange reason: to recreate homicides. Meticulously and with an almost ritualistic approach, the unlikely trio reenact crime scenes of brutal murders, to the point where the boundaries of their own private lives slowly begin to blur. The first feature film by Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 1:44 PM - 3 comments

Shogun: The Eightfold Fence  Show Only   Season 1, Episode 4

Blackthorne and Mariko test their new alliance as they train Toranaga's gun regiment for war. Yabushige must navigate his past promises to Ishido when an old friend comes to the village. [more inside]
posted by Molesome at 1:07 PM - 11 comments

Movie: Imaginary

[TRAILER] When Jessica (DeWanda Wise) moves back into her childhood home with her family, her youngest stepdaughter Alice (Pyper Braun) develops an eerie attachment to a stuffed bear named Chauncey she finds in the basement. Alice starts playing games with Chauncey that begin playful and become increasingly sinister. As Alice's behavior becomes more and more concerning, Jessica intervenes only to realize Chauncey is much more than the stuffed toy bear she believed him to be. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:04 AM - 5 comments

Book: Birnam Wood

A guerilla gardening collective in New Zealand forges an uneasy alliance with a mysterious American billionaire. [more inside]
posted by saladin at 7:05 AM - 5 comments

March 11

Movie: Macbeth

[TRAILER] Macbeth (Orson Welles), a medieval Scottish general, is told by three witches he will rise to be king. After learning the prophecy, he's pressured by his ambitious wife, Lady Macbeth (Jeanette Nolan), to murder King Duncan (Erskine Sanford) and seize the throne. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 2:14 PM - 10 comments

Movie: City of the Living Dead

[TRAILER] A psychic participates in a séance where she sees a vision of a Dunwich priest hanging himself in a church cemetery, causing her to die of fright. New York City reporter Peter Bell investigates the séance and learns that the priest’s suicide has somehow opened a portal to Hell and must be sealed by All Saints Day, or else the dead will overtake humanity. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:49 AM - 5 comments

Movie: The Church

[TRAILER] In a Gothic cathedral built on the mass grave of a Teutonic purge, an ancient discovery by the new librarian will release an unholy maelstrom of madness, violence and demonic vengeance. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:24 AM - 3 comments

Movie: Demons 2

[TRAILER] A group of tenants and visitors are trapped in a 10-story high-rise apartment building infested with demons who proceed to hunt the dwindling humans down. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:16 AM - 4 comments

Movie: Demons

[TRAILER] A group of people invited to a movie screening in West Berlin find themselves facing off against ravenous zombie-like demons, determined to kill them and then take over their bodies one-by-one. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 8:09 AM - 4 comments

March 10

Abbott Elementary: Willard R. Abbott.  Season 3, Episode 6

Abbott Elementary is being designated a historical landmark. "We're going to be a historical place? Ka-ching!" [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon at 8:01 PM - 8 comments

AEW Collision: March 9, 2024 (& Rampage March 8)   Season 1, Episode 38

As AEW resets following Revolution, The Rainmaker has his first official match, Mark Briscoe gets a team together to face The House of Black, Will Ospreay makes an offer, and it's awards season for Toni Storm and Mariah May! [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 5:20 PM - 0 comments

Special Event: 2024 Academy Awards

Roll out the red carpet and welcome your 96th annual Academy Awards thread (with returning host Jimmy Kimmel). The nominees - the betting odds - the late-breaking plagiarism scandal - how to watch
posted by Rhaomi at 2:13 PM - 142 comments

Movie: Damsel

A dutiful damsel agrees to marry a handsome prince, only to find the royal family has recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. [more inside]
posted by hydropsyche at 5:27 AM - 9 comments

Saturday Night Live: Josh Brolin / Ariana Grande  Season 49, Episode 14

Will Robert Downey Jr. be the first cast member to win an Oscar? [more inside]
posted by rhizome at 1:47 AM - 16 comments

March 9

Movie: Fear

Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special: someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who charms and seduces her, body and soul. But her perfect boyfriend is not all he seems to be. His sweet facade masks a savage, dark side that will soon transform Nicole's dream into a nightmare. [more inside]
posted by box at 2:05 PM - 3 comments

Book: By Sound Alone

In a slightly skewed-off timeline of mid-20th-century Earth, the surface of the ocean has become a contested place. International shipping is forced undersea, carried out by subs fitted for transporting cargo. Captain Sylvia Percy and her small crew run one such boat, the "Prospect". They fight a daily battle to keep their rusting submarine from dropping into the depths. It's just another grimy job until they find themselves pursued by a military sub driven by some inexplicable violent purpose. To survive, the crew of the Prospect push the machine that is their home to the very edge of its capabilities, while still trying to make their delivery on time. [more inside]
posted by adamrice at 9:57 AM - 5 comments

Movie: Give Me Pity!

[TRAILER] Sissy St. Claire graces the small screen for her first ever television special, an evening full of music and laughter, glamour and entertainment. But Sissy's live event quickly begins to curdle into a psychedelic nightmare. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:34 AM - 4 comments

March 8

Movie: I Am The Revolution

Three women (Rojda Felat, Selay Ghaffar, Yanar Mohammed) risk their lives in Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq as they lead military formations and run organizations that work to protect women from fundamentalist violence. A documentary by Benedetta Argentieri. Primarily in Kurdish, with Arabic and English. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:21 AM - 0 comments

March 7

Saturday Night Live: Sydney Sweeney / Kacey Musgraves  Season 49, Episode 13

Big Bench Timelapse [more inside]
posted by rhizome at 9:05 PM - 4 comments

Masters of the Air: Part Eight  Season 1, Episode 8

Crosby prepares for D-Day. The POWs wonder how the Allied Landing will affect their fate. Tuskegee pilots attack targets in Southern France. [more inside]
posted by cardboard at 8:01 PM - 6 comments

Monsieur Spade: Monsieur Spade  Season 1 (Full Season)

The famous detective Sam Spade is now 60 and living as an expat in the south of France in 1963. [more inside]
posted by drewbage1847 at 6:27 PM - 6 comments

Special Event: Rifftrax: Prisoners of the Lost Universe

MST Club presents! We're going back and forth between The Mads and Rifftrax in this phase of our riff watching project. This week Rifftrax is up, with the movie Prisoners of the Lost Universe. You may have seen a bit of it before: when Film Ventures International repurposed Ator the Fighting Eagle into Cave Dwellers, they gave it a generic fantasy scene behind the opening credits: that, it turns out, was from Prisoners of the Lost Universe. IMDB says: "Three people are transported into a parallel reality, where they find they must use modern technology, but medieval weapons, in order to save the citizenry from a murderous warlord." Selective technology, got it. For more on Rifftrax, see inside. This riff was released in 2012. [more inside]
posted by JHarris at 5:18 PM - 2 comments

Book: Prairie Fires

Rendering this biography as effective at racking nerves as it is at provoking thought, the story of Wilder’s emergence as a major sculptor of American identity pushes far past the usual boundaries of probability and plausibility. For anyone who has drifted into thinking of Wilder’s “Little House” books as relics of a distant and irrelevant past, reading “Prairie Fires” will provide a lasting cure. Just as effectively, for readers with a pre-existing condition of enthusiasm for western American history and literature, this book will refresh and revitalize interpretations that may be ready for some rattling. [more inside]
posted by PussKillian at 12:31 PM - 3 comments