Raincoaster, The Manor's very own movie madame, cordially invites you and yours to a showing of a very timely movie with scads of giggles and titters. It's Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," one of his few sound movies, in which he gives the raspberry to Hitler, Hitler lovers, and adjacent bootlickers and sycophants. Sound familiar? Oh, and did I mention it's funny, 'cause it really is. Mark your calendar, sloots! This giggles start  Friday, June 20th at 9PM EST (meaning eastern standard time in NYC if you're consulting a time chart for your area). A separate viewing post will go up on Friday in the AM. See you there!

She's baaaaaaaaack! But what has Raincoaster, our cinema hostess-with-the-mostest, picked out for us this coming Friday? Charlie Chaplin's 1940 black comedy, "The Great Dictator," of course, the movie we all need right now. And before you think, "Ugh, Political. I suppose it'll be 'good' for me," keep in mind that it's also a very funny movie, and arguably much sharper (and certainly funnier) than Kubrick's 1964 black comedy, "Dr. Strangelove," which owes quite a lot to Chaplin. The movie was ground-breaking, too, being the first feature comedy - please correct me if I'm wrong - to broadly critique fascism and directly critique Hitler and the Nazis. Released just before America's entrance into WWII, it also dared to go against isolationist sentiment at the time (Pearl Harbor was still a year or so away).  Did I mention that it was funny? Because it is. Filled with witty dialogue, hilarious slapstick - the barber shop sce...

Welcome, movie hors! Tonight, at 9pm EST/6pm PST, is the night, as our delightful host, Raincoaster , explains:  Come, child. Come into the manor. Enter without fear (for it will do you no good). Leave behind your inhibitions, worries and attachments to any given space/time continuum. Logic is not welcome here. You have entered the world of Mario Bava’s "Lisa and the Devil." As Bree has eloquently noted, this film is beautifully photographed, enthusiastically acted, gorgeously decorated, brilliantly scored, and absolutely batshit insane. There’s no point – at any point – in asking me what’s going on, because I must have seen this film ten times (at least three of them sober) and I have no fucking clue. This a good thing, I promise! One of the looniest things you notice right up-front is that the titular Lisa is American, but is played by the thickly-accented German baroness, Elke Sommer (who is now a painter in LA). You might remember her from the "Pink Panther" or...

Mark your calanders, movie hors, for Friday, March 28th, because our very own Raincoaster is hosting another Klassy Manor Movie Night - and this time she's picked a doozy! Think of it: Telly Savalas, of "Kojak" and lollipop-slurping fame, together at last with the scintillating Elke Sommer in a 1973 gothic horror movie directed by Mario Bava, an Italian filmmaker whose credo was surely "More-more-more," as in more beauty, more blood, more shivery thrills. How can you resist? Did you know? When Mario started out making the movie, he firmly believed he could create anything he wanted - only to have his finished work cruelly ripped from his hands and radically re-cut into a wan "Exorcist" knock-off. Happily, his original, dream-like vision has been restored and that's what Raincoaster will be presenting for us. Has this version since become a cult hit? Of course it has. Famous fans include directors Joe Dante, Martin Scorsese and Tim Burton, as well a...

Hooray! It's movie night at Peckerwood Manor. Raincoaster, your esteemed programmer, has selected "Hundreds of Beavers," the directorial debut of Mike Cheslik (here in all his porn-stache glory ) (would, right?). This 2022 movie, which has received near universal acclaim , is described thusly: "In this supernatural winter epic, a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers!" So we've got comedy, we've got slapstick, plus beavers, beavers, beavers. In other words, the perfect Manor movie. How to watch with everyone this evening? It's easy-peasy and free (with limited commercial breaks).  1) . Go to the movie's Tubi page here . This is the link for the movie's American Tubi page, but Tubi is also available in  Canada, the UK and Australia. In your country, do a search for the title on the main Tubi page and it should be there. Alternatively, search for...

At last! Tomorrow, November 9th, starting at 9pm EST (or 6pm PST; 8pm CST), Raincoaster will unspool a special movie at the renown  Peckerwood Theatre . Come one, come all; bring friends, bring lovers, bring your trick du jour . And be ready to giggle and gasp, because she's chosen a good one: "Hundreds of Beavers."  "In this supernatural winter epic," the promo copy tells us, "a drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers!"  Now if that doesn't sound like a Peckerwood movie, I don't know what does. Plus, this 2022 movie has received near universal acclaim . So please join in, won't you? Hit "play" with Raincoaster and all of us at the exact same time as we watch, giggle, chat and eat popcorn or whatever snacks or libations or adult party favors you'd like to partake of.  The movie is free on Tubi . You can watch with or without an ac...