It’s the end of the month, so here’s the best movies I saw for the first time in August. 10.) BlacKkKlansman directed by Spike Lee, 2018 9.) The Yakuza directed by Sydney Pollack, 1974 8.) Revenge directed by Coralie Fargeat, 2017 7.) The Sun Shines Bright directed by John Ford, 1953 6.) The Draughtsman’s Contract directed by Peter Greenaway, 1982 5.) Mistress America directed by Noah Baumbach, 2015 4.) …All The Marbles directed by Robert Aldrich, 1981 3.) True Stories directed by David Byrne, 1986 2.) Eighth Grade directed by Bo Burnham, 2018 1.) Diary Of A Lost Girl directed … Continue reading Scott OT #123: The Last Night Thread of the Month (8/31)

Easily the best hair in all of silent cinema. Such a wonderful actress. Hope you all have fun posting here tonight and have a great night. Continue reading Scott OT #121: The Night Thread of Louise Brooks’ Bob (8/25)

One of the most curious periods in Hollywood history was the years preceding the implementation of the Hays Code, more commonly known as the Pre-Code Era. It featured content that, just a few years later, would be unthinkable to show in a Hollywood movie. (Will H. Hays, the fucker who ruined everything) For starters, the movies were mostly free of empty moralizing. Few things take the wind out of the sails of a classic gangster movie than a tacked on ending where the gangsters die/get arrested. Free from Hays’ meddling for a few years, directors like William A. Wellman, Mervyn … Continue reading Scott OT #119: The Night Thread Salutes Pre-Code Hollywood (8/14)

Fuck. Continue reading Scott OT #118: The Night Thread is Annoyed (8/13)

Today is the birthday of Australian actress Joanne Samuel. 99% of her movies are stuff that I’ve never heard of before but that 1% is… the original Mad Max!! She played Jessie Rockatansky, the wife of Max. It… does not go well for her. Anyways, I’m required by law to make as many Mad Max references that I can, so this solves that issue. Hope you all have fun posting here tonight and have a great night. Continue reading Scott OT #116: The Night Thread of Joanne Samuel (8/5)

It’s the end of the month, so here’s the best movies I watched for the first time in July. I was super busy this month, so movies that normally wouldn’t make the list slipped in. 10.) Working Girl directed by Mike Nichols, 1988 9.) Pelle The Conqueror directed by Bille August, 1987 8.) The Snake Pit directed by Anatole Litvak, 1948 7.) Ant-Man And The Wasp directed by Peyton Reed, 2018 6.) Mission: Impossible-Fallout directed by Christopher McQuarrie, 2018 5.) The Wind Rises directed by Hayao Miyazaki, 2013 4.) Twenty Years Later directed by Eduardo Coutinho, 1984 3.) Deep End … Continue reading Scott OT #113: The Last Night Thread of July (7/31)

Hope you all have fun posting here tonight and have a great night. Continue reading Scott OT #109: The Night Thread Is Hard at Work (7/17)

I begin my job tomorrow and I’m so fucking excited!! I’ll be working for most of the day tomorrow and I’ve got to get up early on Tuesday, so I won’t be able to post much tomorrow. I’ll make sure to give you a brief rundown about my first day at the least. Hope you all have fun posting here tonight and have a great night. Continue reading Scott OT #108: The Night Thread Begins Its Job Tomorrow (7/15)

Since it’s Friday the 13th, I thought it’d be appropriate to feature the very best Friday the 13th kill. From Friday the 13th Part 3D: (couldn’t find a gif, so this video is the best I could do) Hope you all have fun posting here tonight and have a great night. Continue reading Scott OT #106: The Night Thread Is Eye-Poppingly Good (7/13)

I featured the best video in all of YouTube in an OT header awhile back (Jurassic Park melodica), so I decided to feature the very close second best one tonight.   Hope you all have fun posting here tonight and have a great night. Continue reading Scott OT #104: The Night Thread says “Hey, what’s going on?” (7/11)