@johnbeifuss.bsky.social
Longtime (but now occasional) film critic, fulltime reporter for the Memphis daily newspaper, The Commercial Appeal. Earned first writing paycheck from Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine.
Swamp Dogg meets Swamp Thing. (From SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED, one of the year’s best films.)
December 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Swamp Dogg meets Swamp Thing. (From SWAMP DOGG GETS HIS POOL PAINTED, one of the year’s best films.)
I like how in the great new movie THE SECRET AGENT, Udo Kier’s name shows up in an ad for ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein’ - and then about a half hour later, up pops Udo.
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I like how in the great new movie THE SECRET AGENT, Udo Kier’s name shows up in an ad for ‘Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein’ - and then about a half hour later, up pops Udo.
The greatest guitarist ever? The case can be made.
December 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The greatest guitarist ever? The case can be made.
Set and partly shot in Memphis, "G.R.I.T.S." (Girls Raised In The South) is a new series on the ALLBLK streaming service about "three young women coming of age in Memphis" who "find solace in their favorite pastime: roller-skating." bit.ly/4pJSybv
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Set and partly shot in Memphis, "G.R.I.T.S." (Girls Raised In The South) is a new series on the ALLBLK streaming service about "three young women coming of age in Memphis" who "find solace in their favorite pastime: roller-skating." bit.ly/4pJSybv
Unexpected: Robert Pattinson to Nick Nolte in DIE MY LOVE.
December 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Unexpected: Robert Pattinson to Nick Nolte in DIE MY LOVE.
Beale Street, the entertainment district where Elvis bought his hepcat clothes and where W.C. Handy and B.B. King made history, has recently played host to a different category of celebrity: The Creature. The Phantom ... Meet the Beale Street Monster Club: bit.ly/3MbaoWr
December 1, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Beale Street, the entertainment district where Elvis bought his hepcat clothes and where W.C. Handy and B.B. King made history, has recently played host to a different category of celebrity: The Creature. The Phantom ... Meet the Beale Street Monster Club: bit.ly/3MbaoWr
watching a wrestling match this morning in memphis
November 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
watching a wrestling match this morning in memphis
RIP Udo Kier. Legend.
November 24, 2025 at 2:57 PM
RIP Udo Kier. Legend.
Memphis has a new filmfest: The Like You Children's Film Festival is this weekend (Nov. 22-3) at the Pink Palace - 9 features and 88 shorts from around the world - kid-friendly but dedicated to the idea that that "a good story is for all ages." bit.ly/4o8BWcl
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Memphis has a new filmfest: The Like You Children's Film Festival is this weekend (Nov. 22-3) at the Pink Palace - 9 features and 88 shorts from around the world - kid-friendly but dedicated to the idea that that "a good story is for all ages." bit.ly/4o8BWcl
Taken today: Walking in Memphis. What a photo. (Taken by my friend Sherman Treece.)
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Taken today: Walking in Memphis. What a photo. (Taken by my friend Sherman Treece.)
Woody Strode, James Stewart, John Ford’s TWO RODE TOGETHER (1961).
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Woody Strode, James Stewart, John Ford’s TWO RODE TOGETHER (1961).
Memphis, October 1970 - oh, for a time machine -
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Memphis, October 1970 - oh, for a time machine -
Tobacco, nylons and ‘Metropolis’ merge within the shoestring dystopia of Mike McCarthy’s made-in-Memphis CIGARETTE GIRL. Screens 7 pm 11/13, Studio on the Square. PLUS a rediscovered short interview with Memphis’ beloved horror host of yore, Sivad!!
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Tobacco, nylons and ‘Metropolis’ merge within the shoestring dystopia of Mike McCarthy’s made-in-Memphis CIGARETTE GIRL. Screens 7 pm 11/13, Studio on the Square. PLUS a rediscovered short interview with Memphis’ beloved horror host of yore, Sivad!!
In case you want to know how useless and unreliable Elon's AI-abetted Grok can be (as compared to a plain ol’ Google search), this is STILL a top “news” story on my X feed, many hours after the Tigers, in fact, lost to the Rebs.
November 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
In case you want to know how useless and unreliable Elon's AI-abetted Grok can be (as compared to a plain ol’ Google search), this is STILL a top “news” story on my X feed, many hours after the Tigers, in fact, lost to the Rebs.
My man Al ‘Fuzzy’ St. John in Ron Ormond’s KING OF THE BULLWHIP (1950).
November 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My man Al ‘Fuzzy’ St. John in Ron Ormond’s KING OF THE BULLWHIP (1950).
Linda Cristal, Shirley Jones, John Ford’s TWO RODE TOGETHER (1961).
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Linda Cristal, Shirley Jones, John Ford’s TWO RODE TOGETHER (1961).
Hometown movie notice: Memphis director Ira Sachs' much-acclaimed new movie, PETER HUJAR'S DAY, opens here Friday, 11/14, at the Malco Ridgeway Four.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Hometown movie notice: Memphis director Ira Sachs' much-acclaimed new movie, PETER HUJAR'S DAY, opens here Friday, 11/14, at the Malco Ridgeway Four.
Pontotoc, Mississippi’s 8-foot-2 Max Palmer is the ‘Man-Ape’ in KILLER APE (1953), the 12th Jungle Jim movie. Palmer later gave up acting and alcohol to be an evangelist, touring as the ‘Goliath for Christ.’
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Pontotoc, Mississippi’s 8-foot-2 Max Palmer is the ‘Man-Ape’ in KILLER APE (1953), the 12th Jungle Jim movie. Palmer later gave up acting and alcohol to be an evangelist, touring as the ‘Goliath for Christ.’
One of the ‘Giant People’ in JUNGLE JIM IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND (1952).
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
One of the ‘Giant People’ in JUNGLE JIM IN THE FORBIDDEN LAND (1952).
The extent of our Halloween decorations. Old school (for an old ghoul).
October 31, 2025 at 3:05 PM
The extent of our Halloween decorations. Old school (for an old ghoul).
Jonathan Frid, in full Barnabas regalia, is the 'Mystery Guest' on WHAT'S MY LINE, 1970.
October 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Jonathan Frid, in full Barnabas regalia, is the 'Mystery Guest' on WHAT'S MY LINE, 1970.
on Vance Avenue
October 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
on Vance Avenue
Everybody’s a critic. (Dan O’Herlihy to tavern keeper, SWORD OF VENUS, 1953.)
October 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Everybody’s a critic. (Dan O’Herlihy to tavern keeper, SWORD OF VENUS, 1953.)