Jack Kost
jackkost.bsky.social
Jack Kost
@jackkost.bsky.social
Author and photographer.
I write neo-noir thrillers.
My books include The Breaker series, Slipped Masks, and What's On? - my guide to movies and television.
A percentage from all book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.
On this day in movie history:
Love Me,
directed and written by Andrew Zuchero and Sam Zuchero,
released at the Sundance Film Festival in the United States on January 19, 2024.
Music by David Longstreth.
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Steven Yeun. #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Romance
January 20, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Born on this day – Nicholas Colasanto,
Actor, Director,
January 19, 1924 – February 12, 1985
January 20, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Born on this day – Jean Stapleton,
Actress,
January 19, 1923 – May 31, 2013
January 20, 2026 at 2:06 AM
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Death Game (1977, Peter S. Traynor)
January 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) Directed by Sam Peckinpah starring Jason Robards and Stella Stevens.
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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#booksky #poetrysky #filmsky
#Librarysky

One of only seven daguerreotypes of
Edgar Allen Poe #BOTD taken during his lifetime.

Whitman / Hartshorn daguerrotype, 1848
Brown University Library
January 19, 2026 at 12:25 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 12:29 PM
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#tvsky #filmsky #songsky

Happy Birthday
to actor, singer, philanthropist,
Shelley Fabares #BOTD in 1944
(w/ husband Mike Farrell in 2000)
January 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
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Bette Davis 1935.
January 19, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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To Kill a Mockingbird, Brock Peters, 1962.
January 19, 2026 at 7:14 PM
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BAD MOON (1996)
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 AM
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Here's a cool shot from I topolini riconoscenti (1908), directed by Giovanni Vitrotti
January 19, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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Any fans of the 2004 film #TrainingDay?
January 19, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE 2 (1986) screens in 35mm this coming Saturday, January 24th, at midnight. Caroline Williams and Bill Moseley will join us IN PERSON, schedules permitting, to introduce the show! Tickets: buff.ly/qggUYgX
January 19, 2026 at 6:05 PM
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James Coburn stars in, In Like Flint (1967).
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
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Jack Lemmon and Sandy Dennis in, The Out of Towners (1970)
January 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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Glenda Farrell in Movie Classic, May 1933
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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Austin Powers International Man of Mystery (1997) Directed by Jay Roach stars Mike Myers, Elizabeth Hurley and Michael York.
January 19, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Colosseum (completed by 80 CE) during the reign of Titus. The center, known as the hypogeum, is the underground network of tunnels and cages where gladiators and animals were held before events.

#photography #travel #art #architecture #RomanEmpire #AncientRome #antiquity
January 19, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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Join me on 1/21 at 8 pm ET for a
l i v e w a t c h p a r t y

MYSTERY STREET (1950) #FilmNoir

Watch Free: m.ok.ru/video/274757...
Use #FilmNoirClub to follow or lurk
EVERYONE WELCOME

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January 19, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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"Lee Marvin said, 'I have script approval?' They said 'yes'. 'And I have approval of principal cast?'. 'Yes'. He said, 'I defer all those approvals to John'. So on my first film in Hollywood I had final cut and I made use of it."

John Boorman #botd

🎞️ Point Blank
January 18, 2026 at 10:45 AM
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Christmas may be over, but SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT is bringing it violent charm to digital next week.
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT Stalks Its Way To Digital This Month
Christmas may be over, but SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT is bringing it violent charm to digital next week.
dlvr.it
January 19, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Hey y’all, today is the 30th anniversary of FROM DUSK TILL DAWN so I decided to celebrate the film’s effects, featuring interviews with a handful of folks involved: from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io/blood-fangs-...

Shares and/or subs (free & paid) are deeply appreciated - cheers!
Blood, Fangs, and Full-Tilt Boogie: The Practical Alchemy of From Dusk Till Dawn
Exploring horror, film, and pop culture, all while celebrating the creators, history, and artistry that keep the genre alive.
from-the-desk-of-the-horror-chick.ghost.io
January 19, 2026 at 8:22 PM
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When ex-con Casey Martin (Frank Lovejoy) gets nailed for a heist, he agrees to go undercover and infiltrate mobster Dutch Becker's (Forrest Tucker) operation. Becker's sadistic flunkey, Lou Terpe (Timothy Carey), is Casey's hated former cellmate. "Finger Man" (1955) #filmnoir
January 19, 2026 at 7:13 PM