Jon Francke
@gojiralives
Abandoned the cesspool that is X for Bluesky. Cinephile. Art. Music. Cat dad. Do not message me. NO MAGA. #FelonTrumpForJail
Tonight's viewing is a rewatch after several decades. UK. 1978. Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski. Starring Alan Bate, Susanna York, John Hurt, Tim Curry and Robert Stephens. Based on a Robert Graves short story. Streaming on Tubi.
Tonight's viewing is a double feature of German Krimi courtesy of CCC and Artur Brauner. The Mad Executioners. 1963. Dir. Edwin Zbonek. The Phantom of Soho. 1964. Dir. Franz Josef Gottlieb. Blu ray set from Master of Cinema series.
This afternoon's viewing. The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle. West Germany. 1963. Dir. Harald Reinl. Blu ray from the Masters of Cinema set "Terror in the Fog: the Wallace Krimi".
This afternoon's viewing. West Germany. 1963. Dir. Franz Josef Gottlieb. Blu ray from the Masters of Cinema set "Terror in the Fog: the Wallace Krimi"
This afternoon's viewing. La Mort de Belle aka The Passion of Slow Fire. France. 1961. Dir. Édouard Molinaro. Adapted from a Georges Simenon novel. Kino-Lorber Blu ray.
Tonight's viewing. Les Distractions aka Trapped By Fear. France. 1960. Dir. Jacques Dupont. Kino-Lorber Blu ray.
Tonight's viewing. Japan. 1968. I, the Executioner aka Requiem for a Massacre. Dir. Tai Kato. Streaming on Tubi.
Tonight's viewing. Japan. 2019. Dir. Takeshi Miike. Streaming on Tubi.
Just finished binging season 2 of this top notch police drama. Compelling writing and dynamic performances. Ranks with the best of UK television. Streaming on Britbox.
Tonight's viewing. UK. 1971. Dir. Curtis Harrington. Starring Shelley Winters, Ralph Richardson, Mark Lester (playing another British orphan 2 years after Oliver), Lionel Jeffries, Rosalie Crutchley, Hugh Griffith, Chloe Franks. Screenplay by James [Jimmy] Sangster. Streaming on MGM+.
This afternoon's viewing. Mississippi Mermaid. France. 1969. Dir. François Truffaut. Adapted by Truffaut from the novel Waltz Into Darkness by Cornell Woolrich. Kino-Lorber Blu ray.
Tonight's viewing. 1967. Switzerland. Dir. Jean-Louis Roy. Starring Daniel Emilfork, whose memorable eccentric scientist in 1995's City of Lost Children is predated by his role as an eccentric scientist in this film by almost 30 years. The cast also includes Serge Gainsbourg. Streaming on Fandor
Tonight's viewing. Czechoslovakia. 1981. Dir. Oldřch Lipský. Adapted from The Carpathian Castle by Jules Verne. Includes wacky steampunk design work by Czech animator Jan Švankmajer. Streaming on Tubi.
This evening's viewing. Japan. 2005. Dirs. Suguru Takeuchi, Hisayasu Satô, Akio Jissoji, Atsushi Kaneko. Four short films based on the works of Edogawa Rampo. Arrow Video Blu-ray.
This evening's viewing. Strangers In the House. France. 1942. Dir. Henri Decoin. From the novel by Georges Simenon, adapted by Henri-Georges Clouzot. Kino-Lorber Blu-ray.
Tonight's viewing. West Germany. 1960. Dir. Fritz Lang. Streaming on Tubi.
This afternoon's viewing. 2026. Dir. Gore Verbinski. Streaming on Amazon on demand.
Charles Bronson playing the harmonica years before he played Harmonica. IYKYK
Tonight's viewing. 1954. Dir. Robert Aldrich. Starring Burt Lancaster, Gary Cooper, Denise Darcel. Costarring Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, George Macready and Charles Buchinsky aka Charles Bronson. Streaming on Amazon.
Tonight's viewing. UK. 1976. Dir. John Sturges. Starring Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, Jean Marsh, Donald Pleasance, Treat Williams, Anthony Quayle and Larry Hagman. From the novel by Jack Higgins. Score by Lalo Schifrin. Streaming on Amazon.
Tonight's viewing. France. 2015. Dir. Andrew Zulawski. From the novel by Witold Gombrowicz. Kino-Lorber Blu ray.
Tonight's viewing. Czechoslovakia. 1986. Dir. Jiří Barta. Streaming on Tubi.
Tonight's viewing. Thailand. 1999. Dir. Nonzee Nimibutr. Blu ray from the Severin Films folk horror collection All the Haunts Be Ours Volume 2.