First things first – some cross-promotion is in order. While I’ve been having fun this year hosting a podcast that some of you crazy cats like for some reason, I gotta tell ya…it’s a lot more fun to appear on someone else’s. Right on cue came our friendly neighbourhood Kaiderman.

So over and above everything I’m linking below, be sure to click over yonder and take a listen to my cold fighting, screwdriver drinking, cough riddled appearance on The MILFcast.

So as some of y’all might have deduced, The Dark of The Matinee is coming up on its 1000th post. (I know…I was surprised too). So while I do have something in mind to post that day, I thought I’d ask for a suggestion or two. There’s a hole in the posting schedule between now and then – any requests as my 1000th post approaches? Anything in particular anyone wants to hear me yammer on about to mark the occasion? No?? Didn’t think so…let’s see what everyone is up to this fine fall week.

For your reading fulfillment, I give you…

Simon Ripley openly wonders just what makes a film “experimental”. I think an aversion to plot is the first clue, but that’s just me.

Darren – a recent guest of The Film Cynics – is getting us all into the Halloween frame of mind by talking about films that make us sleep a little bit less soundly.

If you looked in the dictionary under “hero” you’d likely find a picture of Rachel – she watched both CLASH OF THE TITANS and PERCY JACKSON this week so that the rest of us don’t have to!

Back to podcasts for a moment, hat’s off to Simon & Jo whose choice movie podcast celebrated its first anniversary last weekend.

Just in time for my most anticipated film of the fall, The Cinema Fanatic has put together a swell little retrospective on David Fincher’s career.

Many thanks to Bob this week for turning me on to a blog called Moon In The Gutter. Jeremy, who runs that fine site is clearly after my heart as he has created a post which is essentially a MAGNOLIA photo essay.

Enjoy!