On this day, March 18, in 1882, sheriff Morgan Earp, brother of Deputy U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp, was assassinated by Cowboys as revenge for the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (depicted in Tombstone, 1993)
太多电影,都不知道选什么电影看了。 Tàiduō diànyǐng, dōu bùzhīdaò xuǎn shémme diànyǐng kàn le. There are too many movies to choose from. #movies #films in #Chinese. #languages. #ChineseLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-chinese/
Há filmes demais para escolher. There are too many movies to choose from. #movies #films in #Portuguese. #languages. #PortugueseLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-portuguese/
Today, March 18, in 1982, Seattle high schooler David Lightman teaches his friend Jennifer Mack about war dialing, hacking, phreaking, and the importance of infosec (WarGames, 1983)
Слишком большой выбор фильмов. There are too many movies to choose from. #movies #films in #Russian. #languages. #RussianLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-russian/
선택할 수 있는 영화가 너무 많아요. seontaeghal su itneun yeonghwa-ga neomu manayo. There are too many movies to choose from. #movies #films in #Korean. #languages. #KoreanLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-korean/
Ci sono troppi film tra cui scegliere. There are too many movies to choose from. #movies #films in #Italian. #languages. #ItalianLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-italian/
Hay demasiadas películas para escoger. There are too many movies to choose from. #movies #films in #Spanish. #languages. #SpanishLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-spanish/
C’est difficile de choisir: il y a trop de films. It’s hard to choose; there are too many films. #movies #films in #French. #languages. #FrenchLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-french/
Today, March 18, in 2263, taxicab driver Korben Dallas picks up an unusual passenger (The Fifth Element, 1997)
In actuality, everything at Criterion is 100% off at the moment -- as in, the servers seem to have crashed, lol
Last night I watched "The Brother From Another Planet" (1984) for the first time, and it is pure poetry. The main character is a mute alien who crash lands in NYC and finds his way to Harlem. I can't exactly call it Afrofuturist because it's clearly set in the Harlem of the 80's, but it hits on multiple parallel levels.
"When you cross this bridge here, you can see turtles in the water."
In our magazine: A fresh crop of #Texas films are changing how cinema views the politically charged border region:
https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-border-new-frontier-film/
I have seen Kes many times, now many, many years later I am going to read the book for the first time.
A Kestrel for a Knave
Перемотай назад! Что она сказала? Rewind! What did she say? #movies #films in #Russian. #languages. #RussianLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-russian/
Today, March 17, in 180 AD, Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius died and was succeeded by his son Commodus (depicted in Gladiator, 2000)
Today, March 17, in 1993, Dr. Richard Kimble ducks into the Chicago St. Patrick’s Day Parade, narrowly avoiding being apprehended by Senior Deputy U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard (The Fugitive, 1993)
Wacha tutiririshe sinema usiku wa leo. Let’s stream a movie tonight. #movies #films in #Swahili. #languages. #SwahiliLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-swahili/
今晚我们上网看电影吧。 Jīnwǎn wǒmen shàngwǎng kàn diànyǐng ba. Let’s stream a movie tonight. #movies #films in #Chinese. #languages. #ChineseLessons: https://thelanguagegarage.com/movies-in-chinese/