FILMS — AUGUST 2026

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(Gar­ris 2013) Mick Gar­ris on Robin­son Cru­soe on Mars
(Haskin 1964) Robin­son Cru­soe on Mars
(Edwards 1963) The Pink Panther
(Edwards 1964) A Shot in the Dark
(Mann 2008) Les enquêtes de Mur­doch: Ep.1 ― D’un courant à l’autre
(Roeg 1983) Eureka
(Thomp­son 2008) Les enquêtes de Mur­doch: Ep.2 ― La malle ensanglantée
(Edwards 1976) The Pink Pan­ther Strikes Again
(Thomp­son 2008) Les enquêtes de Mur­doch: Ep.3 ― Un KO si parfait
(Paris 1963) The Dick Van Dyke Show: Ep.62 ― When a Bowl­ing Pin Talks, Listen
(Thomas 1963) The Dan­ny Thomas Show: Ep.317 ― The Woman Behind the Jokes
(McBrearty 2008) Les enquêtes de Mur­doch: Ep.4 ― Élé­men­taire, mon cher Murdoch
*(Nolan 2026) The Odyssey
(McBrearty 2008) Les enquêtes de Mur­doch: Ep.5 ― Mariage de complaisance
(Tier­ney 2025) Heat­ed Rival­ry: Ep.1 ― Rookies
(Hitch­cock 1947) The Para­dine Case

First-time listening for AUGUST 2026

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27090. (Harper’s Bizarre) The Secret Life of Harper’s Bizarre
27091. (Sher­ry Keane) Mav­er­ick Heart
27092. (Hank Snow) The Old and Great Songs
27093. (Bri­an R. Sex­ton) The New­fie Bul­let, Record­ed Live in Con­cert at the Arts 
. . . . . and Cul­ture Cen­tre, St. John’s New­found­land [with guests Free Beer]
27094. (Slim Whit­man) Impe­r­i­al Sampler
27095. (Alan­nah Myles) The Best Of Al
27096. (André Gagnon) Musique de la télésérie Juli­ette Pomerleau
27097. (Lon­nie Done­gan) Puttin’ On the Style ― The Great­est Hits
27098. (Thomas Dol­by) Blind­ed With Science
27099. (Mohi­ni Dey) Mohi­ni Dey
27100. (Stompin’ Tom Con­nors) Stompin’ Tom Connors
27101. (Nuns) The Nuns

READING — AUGUST 2026

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25601. (Karel Čapek) The Gardener’s Year [Zahrad­níkův rok, 1929] [ill. Josef Čapek]
. . . . . [tr. M. & R. Weatherall]
25602. (Michael B. Zim­mer­man & Kristien Boe­laert) Iodine Defi­cien­cy and Thyroid 
. . . . . Dis­or­ders [arti­cle]
25603. (Vir­gil Fin­lay) Les grands illus­tra­teurs: Vir­gil Finlay
25604. (Mar­garet Poki­ak-Fen­ton & Christy Jor­dan-Fen­ton) When I Was Eight
25605. (Zhizhou Zhang, Shuaiyu Zhang & Yong­dong Xu) The Evo­lu­tion of Cognitive 
. . . . . Abil­i­ties in Marine Ani­mals: A Hypoth­e­sis Based on Insights about 
. . . . . Cog­ni­tion Gene Poly­mor­phism in Coe­lo­canths and Lung­fish [arti­cle]
25606. (Michael Nicoll Yahgu­lanaas) Carpe Fin ― A Hai­da Manga
25607. (Yevheni­ia Babenko) Trends and Inno­va­tions in Mod­ern Agri­cul­ture: From 
. . . . . Flu­o­res­cent Sen­sors to Deci­sion Sup­port Sys­tems [arti­cle]
25608. (Sig­urd F. Olson) Open Horizons
25609. (Mar­garet Poki­ak-Fen­ton & Christy Jor­dan-Fen­ton) Not My Girl
25610. (Janet J. Lee-Coomes, et al) Visu­al Per­form­ing Arts Reduce Stig­ma and 
. . . . . Improve Men­tal Health Lit­er­a­cy among Ado­les­cents and Young Adults 
. . . . . [arti­cle]
25611. (Noelle Steven­son, Grace Ellis & Brooke Allen) Lum­ber­janes #1 [comix]
25612. (Johannes Beltz) “Next Stop Nir­vana” and the Piprah­wa Relics [arti­cle]
25613. (Nico­la I. Camp­bell & Kim LaFave) Shi-shi-etko
25614. (Ade­bimpe Viviano Alo) O val­or sem dono: Democ­ra­cia na historiografia 
. . . . . “nova” [arti­cle]
25615. (Janet Wil­son) Shan­nen and the Dream for a School

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
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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
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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 
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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