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THE MT VOID
09/27/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 13, Whole Number 2347

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Topics:
         Middletown (NJ) Science Fiction Discussion Group
         Mark's Picks for Turner Classic Movies in October
                 (comments by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper)
         This Week's Reading (THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPYS: COMPANION)
                 (book comments by Evelyn C. Leeper)

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TOPIC: Middletown (NJ) Science Fiction Discussion Group

October: no meeting
November 7: Halloween Horror fest: THE METAMORPHOSIS & novella
       by Franz Kafka
December 5: Xmas double feature TBA

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TOPIC: Mark's Picks for Turner Classic Movies in October (comments
by Mark R. Leeper and Evelyn C. Leeper)

Since it's October, there is perhaps a surfeit of horror films on
TCM next month.  But as noted a few weeks ago, they are also
running a slate of political films, both narrative and
documentary, every Friday evening into Saturday morning, some with
guest presenters:

Friday, October 4 – Night Five
  8:00 PM - The Times of Harvey Milk (1984) with Sally Field
10:00 PM - The Best Man (1964) with Josh Mankiewicz
12:00 AM - I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
            with Lonnie Bunch
  1:45 AM - City Hall (1996) 3:45 AM - Strike (1925)
  5:15 AM - High and Low (1963)

Friday, October 11 - Night Six
  8:00 PM - A Face in the Crowd (1957) with Barry Levinson
10:15 PM - Wag the Dog (1997) with Diane Lane
12:00 AM - The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) with Abby Phillip
  1:45 AM - JFK (1991)
  5:00 AM - Z (1969)
  7:15 AM - Night and Fog (1956)

Friday, October 18 - Night Seven
  8:00 PM - The Birth of a Nation (1915) with Jamelle Bouie
11:30 PM - Lincoln (2012) with Robert Gates
  2:15 AM - Malcolm X (1992)
  6:00 AM - Primary (1960)

Friday, October 25 - Night Eight
  8:00 PM - All the President’s Men (1976) with Steven Spielberg
10:30 PM - Citizen Kane (1941) with Frank Luntz
12:45 AM - Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
            (1975) with Lizzie Borden
  4:15 AM - Olympia Part One: Festival of Nations (1938)
  6:15 AM - Olympia Part Two: Beauty of the Festival (1938)

Friday, November 1 - Night Nine
  8:00 PM - Being There (1979) with Andy Garcia
10:30 PM - The Candidate (1972) with Kaitlan Collins
12:30 AM - Harlan County, U.S.A. (1976) with Lee Grant
  2:15 AM - The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
  4:00 AM - Weekend (1967)

We are adding some other films they are running that may not be
entirely political in the traditional sense, but they all have
some political elements.

SUNDAY,  October 6
  1:30 AM    The Killing Fields (1984)
  5:45 PM    A Face in the Crowd (1957)
10:00 PM    El Norte (1984)

TUESDAY,  October 22
12:30 AM    Doctor Zhivago (1965)

TUESDAY,  October 29
  7:45 AM    A Tale of Two Cities (1935)

If I had to pick one film to recommend, it would probably be Z,
which gets less attention than most of the others, though
honestly, it is hard to choose among all of these.  [-ecl]

Other Films:

WEDNESDAY,  October 2
  6:00 PM    The Woman in White (1948)
  8:00 PM    Dracula (1931)
  9:30 PM    Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932)
11:00 PM    Island of Lost Souls (1932)

THURSDAY,  October 3
12:15 AM    The Black Cat (1934)
  1:30 AM    The Wolf Man (1941)
  3:00 AM    The Devil-Doll (1936)
  4:30 AM    The Walking Dead (1936)
  6:00 AM    Queen of Outer Space (1958)
  7:30 AM    Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)
  9:00 AM    Forbidden Planet (1956)
10:45 AM    The Invisible Boy (1957)
12:30 PM    The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
  2:00 PM    The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
  3:30 PM    Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)
  5:00 PM    The Thing from Another World (1951)
  6:30 PM    Invaders from Mars (1953)

FRIDAY,  October 4
12:15 AM    House of Wax (1953)
  2:00 AM    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
  3:45 AM    Mad Love (1935)
  5:00 AM    The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

SATURDAY,  October 5
10:08 AM    Tarzan's Magic Fountain (1949)
  3:45 PM    Ennio (2021)
  9:45 PM    One Touch of Venus (1948)

SUNDAY,  October 6
  6:00 AM    The Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
  7:15 AM    A Bucket of Blood (1959)
  8:30 AM    The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)
  3:15 PM    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

WEDNESDAY,  October 9
  8:00 PM    Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
  9:30 PM    Zombies on Broadway (1945)
10:45 PM    You'll Find Out (1940)

THURSDAY,  October 10
12:30 AM    Spooks Run Wild (1941)
  1:45 AM    Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
  3:00 AM    The Death Kiss (1933)
  4:15 AM    Scared to Death (1947)
  5:30 AM    The Gorilla (1939)

FRIDAY,  October 11
12:00 AM    Poltergeist (1982)
  2:00 AM    The Haunting (1963)
  4:00 AM    Spirits of the Dead (1968)
  6:15 AM    Carnival of Souls (1962)

SATURDAY,  October 12
10:08 AM    Tarzan and the Slave Girl (1950)
  6:00 PM    Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
10:45 PM    Grey Gardens (1976)

SUNDAY,  October 13
  5:00 AM    Live from the TCM Classic Film Festival:
             Michael Douglas (2018)
  6:15 AM    Chamber of Horrors (1966)
  9:45 PM    Wings (1927)

MONDAY,  October 14
  6:00 AM    Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

TUESDAY,  October 15
  4:00 PM    Wuthering Heights (1939)

WEDNESDAY,  October 16
  8:00 PM    White Zombie (1932)
  9:15 PM    The Body Snatcher (1945)
10:45 PM    Devil Bat (1940)

THURSDAY,  October 17
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