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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · 1d

It was a graveyard smash.
#filmsky #letterboxd #lastfourwatched

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: FRIGHT HOUSE, CASTLE OF THE CREEPING FLESH, CRYPT OF DARK SECRETS, and THE MAD MAGICIAN.

Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · 8d

I will watch a disgusting amount of horror this month and I couldn’t be more giddy.
#letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: THE RATS ARE COMING! THE WEREWOLVES ARE HERE!, THE EMBALMER, THE BLOOD ON SATAN’S CLAW, and GOG.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · 15d

#letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: VAMPIRES ON BIKINI BEACH, CROSSTRAP, THE LOVE WANGA, and MELVIN PURVIS G-MAN.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · 22d

WARHUNT is a rock-solid war film that deserves to be discussed among other greats of the genre, and not solely because it includes the credit “Introducing Robert Redford”.
#filmsky #letterboxd #lastfourwatched

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: THE LAST OF THE AMERICAN HOBOES, GO DOWN DEATH!, WARHUNT, and THE NAKED STREET.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · 25d

An image of Robert Redford, wearing a pilot’s uniform while leaning against an airplane, from the film THE GREAT WALDO PEPPER.

Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · 29d

Eartha Kitt is transcendent in ANNA LUCASTA.
#filmsky #letterboxd #lastfourwatched

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: ONCE IN A NEW MOON, DARK MOUNTAIN, ANNA LUCASTA, and UNMADE BEDS.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Sep 5

A machine that generates empathy.
#letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: HEARTACHES, THE SAVAGE EYE, THE WINDSPLITTER, and CANON CITY.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Aug 29

#filmsky #letterboxd #lastfourwatched

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup. Key art for four films. From left to right: 3 NUTS IN SEARCH OF A BOLT, DEATH VALLEY, WE’RE ONLY HUMAN, and THE DEVIL’S PARTNER.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Aug 22

Picture shows.
#letterboxd #filmsky #lastfourwatched

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: BANK ALARM, THE DAY THE SKY EXPLODED, GREYHOUNDS, and THE WILD PARTY.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Aug 15

#lastfourwatched #filmsky #letterboxd

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: HARRY IN YOUR POCKET, A TASTE OF FLESH, TOUGHEST GUN IN TOMBSTONE, and GIRL MISSING.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Aug 8

Mary Pickford died believing FANCHON THE CRICKET to be one of her lost films. I found it by typing her name into a free streaming service on my portable tablet. The times, they have a-changed.
#letterboxd #lastfourwatched #filmsky

A Letterboxd “Recent Acitivty” lineup. Key art for four films. From left to right: FANCHON THE CRICKET, SENTENCE OF DEATH, HOLY GHOST PEOPLE, and BULLDOG DRUMMOND’S BRIDE.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Aug 1

Celluloid.
#filmsky #letterboxd #lastfourwatched

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup. Key art for four films. From left to right: THE CORNSHUKKER, STAR TIME, STOLEN HOURS, and LA COMMARE SECCA.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jul 25

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup. Key art for four films. From left to right: THE GODSEND, DR. GOLDFOOT & THE GIRL BOMBS, THE MUTINY OF THE ELSINORE, and THE HUMAN VAPOR.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jul 24

Four years without alcohol today. Grateful to be around still.

Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jul 18

#filmsky #letterboxd #lastfourwatched

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup. Key art for four films, from left to right: CRIME AGAINST JOE, THE KING WITHOUT A CROWN, ZEROGRAD, and BAMBOO GODS & IRON MEN

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jul 11

Kino.
#filmsky #lastfourwatched #letterboxd

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup. Key art for four films. From left to right: JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF TIME, ADELA HAS NOT HAD SUPPER YET, A STUDY IN SCARLET, and CODA (1987)

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jul 4

#lastfourwatched #letterboxd #filmsky

Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: ROBIN HOOD ARROWS BEANS AND KARATE, ACROSS 110TH STREET, THE MARSEILLE CONTRACT, and GOW.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jul 3

An image of Michael Madsen from Reservoir Dogs, with the line “Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?” subtitled at the bottom of the screen.

Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jun 28

Filled out one of the Best Of The 21st Century ballots the other day. Thought I’d have regrets about what I left off but pretty happy with this.

NY Times ballot for best movies of the 21st century. Features the key art for ten films: THE MASTER, INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, BEFORE SUNSET, ZODIAC, THERE WILL BE BLOOD, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD, OLDBOY, BRICK, THE VVITCH, and SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jun 27

Elia Kazan’s penultimate feature THE VISITORS is a belligerently bleak drama that I would recommend to any serious cinephile.

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: THE VISITORS, CREATURE OF THE WALKING DEAD, HUNTERS ARE FOR KILLING, and HELGA, SHE WOLF OF STILBERG.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jun 20

Joel Potrykus is the theremin in the orchestra of modern independent filmmakers. No one else sounds like him and his odd notes ring out long after the song has ended.

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup featuring the key art for four films. From left to right: AIM FIRE SCOOT, THE PONY EXPRESS, PHANTOM KILLER, and VULCANIZADORA.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jun 13

A Letterboxd “Recent Activity” lineup. Key art for four films. From left to right: STORMY MONDAY, MAU-MAU, A TOWN CALLED BASTARD, and RAT FINK.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jun 7

About to (finally) watch my most egregious cinematic blindspot.

Key art for CLUELESS. Features the actresses Stacey Dash, Alicia Silverstone, and Brittany Murphy standing at the bottom of a lavish staircase.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jun 6

In PARIS BLUES, Newman and Poitier are having a contest to see who can give the most naturalistic performance. The winner? We, the audience. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #filmsky

A Letterboxd Recent Activity lineup. Key art for four films. From left to right: PARIS BLUES, ONE WEEK, TANGLED TRAILS, and IN THE DEEP WOODS.

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Jacob Sturdevant @boredjustvacant.bsky.social · Jun 1

Favorite film of the year so far.

Key art for the film EEPHUS. Depicts five men in baseball uniforms standing on a baseball field and one man laying down on his back.

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