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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 14h

Thanks for the promo, guys!

James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: John Irvin (DOGS OF WAR, the original TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, & RAW DEAL) directs the Polish political drama/thriller EMINENT DOMAIN (1990), w/ Donald Sutherland, Anne Archer, & Paul Freeman! Shot in Poland! youtu.be/RYHmWyXK6nU?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Friday June 6th was a day of big openings in New York City: The Hearse, Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy, AND Night of the Juggler!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Obscure film of the day: FATAL CHARM, begun by Peter Medak & finished by Fritz Kiersh! Chris Atkins (Blue Lagoon), Amanda Peterson (Can't Buy Me Love), Andrew Robinson (Dirty Harry), James Remar (48 Hrs), Peggy Lipton, Mary Frann, Barbara McNair (Mannix) star! ok.ru/video/282657...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

NEW! My Abel Ferrara series continues at TrembleSighWonder: THE FERRARA FILES (pt. 2): Abel Goes Hollywood. Sort Of. tremblesighwonder.com/2026/09/26/t...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Obscure Ritter of the day: John Ritter (THEY ALL LAUGHED, SKIN DEEP) stars with Susan Dey (LOOKER, PARTRIDGE FAMILY), Martin Short, Paul Reiser & Martin Mull! Directed by Terry Hughes (Demi Moore's THE BUTCHER'S WIFE). ok.ru/video/730568...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

NEW! My series on Abel Ferrara continues at TrembleSighWonder: THE FERRARA FILES (pt. 2): Abel Goes Hollywood. Sort Of. tremblesighwonder.com/2026/09/26/t...

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The Ferrara Files Two: Abel Goes Hollywood. Sort Of.

By the mid-1980s, Abel Ferrara was, as they say, moving up the Hollywood ladder.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: Sam Elliot plays John D. McDonald's TRAVIS McGEE in an 1983 pilot! Written by Sterling Silliphant & Alan Sharp (NIGHT MOVES)!_Katherine Ross, Amy Madigan, Vera Miles & Richard Farnsworth costar! Andrew McLaglen (WILD GEESE) directs! youtu.be/b5ei1iA7IJ4?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I like Peter Medak well enough but "The Breakfast Club, The Big Chill, And Now The Men's Club" might've been a little optimistic about The Men's Club.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Larry Cohen's autobiography is worth a read (full disclosure I edited it, but I swear I didn't screw it up)

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Obscure Jeff Bridges of the day: Larry Cohen (THE STUFF, BLACK CAESAR) wrote THE AMERICAN SUCCESS COMPANY (1980), directed by William Richert (WINTER KILLS)! Bridges stars w/ Ned Beatty, Bianca Jagger & John Glover. This is the original release cut! ok.ru/video/295153...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: Alan Rudolph's EQUINOX (1993), a drama/comedy much in the vein of TROUBLE IN MIND, that seems to have rights problems (no dvd, streaming, etc.)! Matthew Modine, Marisa Tomei, Lara Flynn Boyle, Fred Ward, Tyra Ferrell, Lori Singer star! youtu.be/pdzu4Zjm8aI?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: Alex Cox (REPO MAN) isn't entirely happy w/ the release version of THE WINNER (96), but it's all we got! Rebecca De Mornay, Michael Madsen, Vincent D'Onofrio, Billy Bob Thornton, Delroy Lindo & Frank Whaley star! youtu.be/uyIJlaOndOg?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Recording a podcast with John Cribbs and REPO MAN director himself Alex Cox in support of the new book I did with Cox & Rudy Wurlitzer. Coming soon!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some good stuff playing at Loew's Theaters in NYC in 1949.

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Sticking Place Books @stickingplacebk.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Filmmakers who never asked for permission. Sticking Place is working with some of filmmaking’s great iconoclasts to tell their stories, unfiltered—through memoirs, unproduced screenplays, and other work from outside the system. www.stickingplacebooks.com

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wednesday, May 23rd, 1956 NYTimes ad for Hitchcock's THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just finished this novel by screenwriter Michael Elias (The Jerk, The Frisco Kid), published by SPB, that is a terrific read if you love 1970s cinema and the Hollywood that still existed then. Steve Martin agrees with me! www.stickingplacebooks.com

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In April 1982, Spielberg's DUEL got a theatrical rerelease in NYC.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It's not a good film, but someone really has to dig up a proper 2:39-1 aspect ratio copy of ADIOS, AMIGO w/ Williamson & Pryor. It is out there not even pan & scan, just the middle part of the image, on all those public domain vhs and streams. Does anyone have it out widescreen?

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It might've been nice to see this production with these two together again (it was in 1997)

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I own more versions of New Rose Hotel (2 dvd and 3 bluray releases) than of any other movie.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sticking Place has put out a translated novel from the "Il Giallo Mondadori" series in Italy where a key plot point is a lost short film starring Soledad Miranda! I'm in!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Obscure 80s flick of the day: John Lithgow & Jodie Foster star in MESMERIZED (1986), by the director of STRANGE INVADERS & STRANGE BEHAVIOR! Michael Murphy (MANHATTAN) costars! In its proper widescreen format! ok.ru/video/313081...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A book from the point of view of Bree Daniels from Klute is out. Hmm.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New Assayas translation from SPB (my publisher), looks cool (I had nothin' to do w/ it)

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ha ha I don't want to say I'm outta touch, but congrats for 16 Emmys or whatever to WIDOW'S BAY, a show I have never heard of and have no idea where you can watch it!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Grab it while you can. Hamilton Books has Abel Ferrara's R-Xmas bluray for 4.95. It has a Ferrara commentary. I'm not linking b/c no one sees posts w/ links, but you'll find it if you want it!

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day! I saw this theatrically! -- ONE MAN OUT (1989) a very obscure low-budget action film about a mercenary who ends up on the right side in Central America! Stephen McHattie & Deborah Van Valkenburg (STREETS OF FIRE) star! youtu.be/Waa9S-q1Kxk?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Before my fame & fortune as a film historian/author, I cowrote a spoof of old-time 50s sci-fi tv-shows, CAPTAIN BUCKY. One actor, Erika Smith actually went on to have a career (she's in THE IRISHMAN!), which means she wants no memory of this! But the trailer is amusing. youtu.be/JUu2Sb3d5cQ?...

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Captain Bucky Episode 1 Trailer

YouTube video by Spat Oktan

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Here's an overdue A FINE MESS image, I know you're craving one.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: An unaired "Twilight Zone"ish pilot from 1958 written by Richard Matheson (I AM LEGEND) & starring Robert Culp (GREATEST AMERICAN HERO)! "Now is Tomorrow," directed by Irvin Kershner (EMPIRE STRIKES BACK)! Sydney Pollack (TOOTSIE) costars! youtu.be/EhAmIGh2Pb4?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

John Terlesky (CHOPPING MALL) battles John La Zar (BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS) in the one truly great film by Jim Wynorski, DEATHSTALKER II.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

In 2020, I interviewed Allan Holzman about his career. Now, I interview him again about his expansive new book detailing the making of his 1st feature, FORBIDDEN WORLD. Link for Holzman 2020: tremblesighwonder.com/2021/04/06/a... Link for Holzman 2026: tremblesighwonder.com/2026/09/12/n...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A TrembleSighWonder home run! My new interview with Allan Holzman about FORBIDDEN WORLD and his remarkable, beautifully designed and illustrated book on the film—an inside account of all the joys and terrors of working for Roger Corman and New World Pictures. tremblesighwonder.com/2026/09/12/n...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

A TrembleSighWonder home run! A new interview with Allan Holzman discussing his film FORBIDDEN WORLD, which he has written a REMARKABLE, gloriously designed and illustrated book about, w/ all the joys & terrors of working for Roger Corman & New World Pictures! tremblesighwonder.com/2026/09/12/n...

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“Now That’s Showbiz!”: An Interview with Filmmaker Allan Holzman on His Great Book Detailing the Making of New World Pictures’ FORBIDDEN WORLD

An interview with filmmaker Allan Holzman about his remarkable new book, Celluloid Wars 2: The making of FORBIDDEN WORLD.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: Tom Berenger (PLATOON, BIG CHILL) debuted in RUSH IT (1978) about a female bike messenger in NYC looking for love! Judith Kahan stars w/ Christina Pickles (ST. ELSEWHERE), John Heard (AFTER HOURS, CAT PEOPLE) & Jill Eikenberry (L.A. LAW)! ok.ru/video/257145...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My primer on Chris Isaak, a genuine original and American eccentric. tremblesighwonder.com/2025/04/17/t...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We shoulda really supported Maria McKee more back in the day. What a unique, eccentric, talented captivating artist. youtu.be/FwBlNlkIsuQ?...

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Maria Mckee - Absolutely Barking Stars (Live)

YouTube video by 1000DRUMZ

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Stuff I've done. More stuff coming.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Read part one of the Ferrara Files, "Welcome to Fear City," as I go over Abel Ferrara's film and TV-ography in a multi-part series! Part Two Coming Soon! tremblesighwonder.com/2026/09/04/t...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Obscure YT of the day: John Badham (SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER) made the great tv black comedy murder mystery ISN'T IT SHOCKING in '73. Alan Alda (MASH), Louise Lasser (MARY HARTMAN), Ruth Gordon (ROSEMARY'S BABY), Lloyd Nolan, Will Geer & Dorothy Tristan star! youtu.be/5wbq5ZOhIrg?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Last Obscure AF of this series of stuff not in Criterion series: the documentary NOT GUILTY about AF (not directed by him), where he hangs out in New York City, directs a music video, plays guitar, etc. A must see for AF fans. youtu.be/yahp45jkpQ0?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Some good stuff out now from my publisher.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Obscure AF of the day: Here is Abel Ferrara's story from HBO's SUBWAY STORIES, a film made up of different short films. AF's "Love on the A Train", written by Marla Hansen, stars Rosie Perez, Gretchen Mol & Mike McGlone (from many Ed Burns films). youtu.be/TZwpNQFQxg4?...

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Obscure AF of the day. More stuff not on Criterion: I give you ABEL FERRARA'S PIZZA CONNECTION (2012), a series of three eccentric shorts (kind of like Go-Go Tales but for a pizzeria) he did for VICE TV (w/ a theme song "Only in New York" by Ferrara)! youtu.be/LpS6dkSujj0?... (link to first ep)

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Rob Lowe is a likeable enough guy, but I almost turned off OXFORD BLUES during his goofy opening credit strut in tight jeans.

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James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Obscure Ferrara of the day: Filling in blanks on the films not in the Criterion series, Abel Ferrara's GO-GO TALES, his comic take on a night in a strip club! Willem Dafoe, Bob Hoskins, Asia Argento, Matthew Modine, Sylvia Miles, Stefania Rocca star! ok.ru/video/256675...

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