Image of the Month — AUGUST 2026

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Gim­li, Man­i­to­ba [orig­i­nal­ly New Ice­land] water­front on Lake Winnipeg

FILMS — JULY 2026

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(Neill 1944) The Spi­der Woman
(Van Dyke 1934) The Thin Man
(Chaf­fey 1963) Jason and the Argonauts
(Cor­man 1956) It Con­quered the World
(Seed 2000) Dr. Bell & Mr. Doyle: The Dark Begin­nings of Sher­lock Holmes
(Neu­man 1957) Kronos
(Hutcheon 2026) What They Nev­er Tell You About the Orcadians
(Wise 1976) I, Claudius: Ep.1 – A Touch of Murder
(Schnei­der 2020) Greyhound
(Nat­sume 2014) Space Dandy: Ep.1 – Live with the Flow, Baby
(New­field 1951) The Lost Continent
(Baran­ti­ni 2025) Ado­les­cence: Ep.1
(Lan­dis 1980) The Blues Brothers 
(Jofé 1989) Fat Man and Lit­tle Boy

First-time listening for JULY 2026

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27078. (Glen Hansard) Rhythm and Repose
27079. (Angine de Poitrine) Angine de Poitrine
27080. (Máquina de Hac­er Pájaros) La Máquina de Hac­er Pájaros
27081. (Mariya Takeuchi) Qui­et Life
27082. (Juliana Hat­field) Become What You Are
27083. (Gia­co­mo Meyer­beer) Psalm 91 Qui in manu Dei requi­esc­it for Chorus
27084. (Mid­night Shine) Mid­night Shine
27085. (Inter­net) Hive Mind
27086. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #122 “Das neuge­borne Kindelein”, 
. . . . . bwv.122
27087. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #123 “Lieb­ster Immanuel, Her­zog de 
. . . . . From­men”, bwv.123
27088. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #124 “Meinen Jesum laß ich nicht”, 
. . . . . bwv.124
27089. (Johann Sebas­t­ian Bach) Can­ta­ta #125 “Mit Fried und Freud ich farh dahin”, 
. . . . . bwv.125

READING — JULY 2026

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25591. (Nicholas R. Lon­grich, et al) Hatch­lings of Tyran­nosaurus rex and the 
. . . . . Evo­lu­tion of Dinosaur Repro­duc­tive Strate­gies [arti­cle]
25592. [2] (William Brei­d­ing) Out Into the Woods [arti­cle]
25593. (Pit­se­o­lak Ashoona) Pit­se­o­lak ― Pic­tures Out of My Life 
25594. (Timur Güzey, Moham­madamin Ema­mi & Gonca Dar­d­eniz) Arseni­cal Copper 
. . . . . Met­al­lur­gy in Ana­to­lia and Iran [arti­cle]
25595. (Ronald Ser­wan­ga) Bal­anc­ing Acts: Tar­iffs, Pro­por­tion­al­i­ty, and the EAC 
. . . . . Com­mon Mar­ket [arti­cle]
25596. (Kita­gawa Uta­maro) Songs of the Gar­den [Ehon mushi erabi] [tr. Yasuko 
. . . . . Betchaku & Joan B. Mervis]
25597. (Peter McGee) Beyond the Desert and the Sown: Set­tle­ment Intensification 
. . . . . in Late Pre­his­toric South­east­ern Ara­bia [arti­cle]
25598. (Adam Gry­de­høj) Mak­ing of a Sacred Island: Cri­tiquing Geomythology 
. . . . . Through the Study of Reli­gion-envi­ron­ment Inter­ac­tions on Mount Putuo 
. . . . . [arti­cle]
25599. (Roy Chap­man Andrews) In the Days of the Dinosaurs [ill. Jean Zallinger]
25600. (Louise Hitch­cock) The Odd­i­ties of The Odyssey, or an Odyssey for Everyone 
. . . . . [review]

Image of the Month — JULY 2026

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FILMS — JUNE 2026

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(Taka­ha­ta 1988) Grave of the Fireflies
(Ban­gu­ra 2023) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.133 ― The Black­trees Prophecy
(Walsh 1941) High Sierra
(Ban­gu­ra 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.137 ― The Devil’s Work
(Colum­bus 2025) The Thurs­day Mur­der Club
(Pow­ell 1937) The Edge of the World
(Wilkin­son 2023) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.134 ― Book of the Dead
(Lester 1963) The Mouse On the Moon
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First-time listening for JUNE 2026

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27070. (Neko Case) Cana­di­an Amp EP
27071. (Mat­mos) Matmos
27072. (Martha Wain­wright) Bloody Moth­er Fuck­ing Ass­hole EP
27073. (Marya Takeuchi) Request
27074. (Mikhail Glin­ka) Sonata in D Minor for Vio­la and Piano
27075. (Tom Cochrane & Red Rid­er) Trapeze: The Collection
27076. (Michael Chap­man) True North
27077. (Lethal Biz­zle) Best of Bizzle

READING — JUNE 2026

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25581. (Mar­garet Atwood & Ken Stea­cy) War Bears [graph­ic nov­el; issues 1–3]
25582. (Vir­gil Fin­lay) The Art­work of Vir­gil Finlay
25583. (Charles D. Michael) Brave Deeds for British Boys
25584. (Andreas G. Vla­chopou­los) The Wall Paint­ings From the Xeste 3 Building 
. . . . . at Akrotiri: Towards an Inter­pre­ta­tion of the Icono­graph­ic Programme
. . . . . [arti­cle]
25585. (Michael Arvaar­luk Kusug­ak) Base­ball Bats for Christ­mas [ill. Vladyana 
. . . . . Krykorka]
25586. (G. A. Hen­ty) At Agin­court ― A Tale of the White Hoods of Paris
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Image of the Month — JUNE 2026

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FILMS — MAY 2026

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(Mar­tin 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.143 ― Death Strikes Three
(Sauvé 2019) La Faille: Ep.2 ― Les proches
(Werk­er 1939) The Adven­tures of Sher­lock Holmes
(Carter 2025) Mid­Somer Mur­ders: Ep.144 ― Top of the Class
(Rawl­ins 1942) Sher­lock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
(Lubitsch 1930) Monte Carlo
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