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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 3d

#CinemaOmnivore #InMemoriam #DianeKeaton (1946-2025)
#LookingforMrGoodbar 1977 dir. #RichardBrooks
#CrimesoftheHeart 1986 dir. #BruceBeresford
#BabyBoom 1987 dir. #CharlesShyer
#MarvinsRoom 1996 dir. #JerryZaks
#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Crimes of the Heart (1986), Baby Boom (1987) and Marvin’s Room (1996)

“Adieu, Ms. Diane Keaton – and thank you, forever. The screen will sorely miss your luminous eccentricity and bountiful inspiration. But the world is also gentler for having known you &…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 6d

#CinemaOmnivore #QueerOutput #OneTwoPunch
#StraightUp 2019 and #Twinless 2025 dir. #JamesSweeney
#KatieFindlay #DylanOBrien #AislingFranciosi #LaurenGraham #FrançoisArnaud
#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] Straight Up (2019) and Twinless (2025)

“Although Sweeney hasn’t yet ventured beyond the feedback loop of witty, self-aware souls dissecting themselves, his films speak for the chronically reflective: the over-thinkers, the half-he…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 7d

#CinemaOmnivore #OldHollywood
#GoldDiggersof1933 (1933) dir. #MervynLeRoy
#GoldDiggersof1935 (1935) dir. #BusbyBerkeley
#GoldDiggersof1937 (1936) dir. #LloydBacon

#DickPowell #JoanBlondell #AdolpheMenjou #AliceBrady
#AlineMacMahon #GloriaStuart #VictorMoore
#moviesky #filmsky
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[Film Review] Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935), Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)

“When all is said and done, and it is not a hyperbole, this triptych’s chief viewing value can be boiled down to Berkeley’s expertise of engineering ecstasy, transforming fragment…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 9d

#CinemaOmnivore #DocumentaryTrove #BrettMorgen
#TheKidStaysinthePicture 2002 #NanetteBurstein #RobertEvans
#Jane2017 #JaneGoodall
#MoonageDaydream 2022 #DavidBowie
#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002), Jane (2017) and Moonage Daydream (2022)

“Brett Morgen’s work believes that reality alone is never sufficient. It needs to be rediscovered, frame by frame, until it begins to sing again. In that flicker between two images – on…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 13d

#CinemaOmnivore #InMemoriam
#ClaudiaCardinale (1938-2025)
#TheFactsofMurder 1959 dir. #PietroGermi
#Mafia1968 dir. #DamianoDamiani #Ilgiornodellacivetta
#GeboandtheShadow 2012 dir. #ManoeldeOliveira
#moviesky #filmsky
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[Film Review] The Facts of Murder (1959), Mafia (1968) and Gebo and the Shadow (2012)

“Cardinale she belonged to the order of artists whose silence outlives their words. In every frame that carries her, time itself seems to pause, just long enough to breathe. And perhaps that …

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 16d

#CurrentinCinema #DowntonAbbeytheGrandFinale 2025
dir. #SimonCurtis
#HughBonneville #MichelleDockery #LauraCarmichael #ElizabethMcGovern #ArtyFroushan

#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale (2025)

“Leaning into the twilight of aristocratic certainty with both wistfulness and wit, THE GRAND FINALE knows full well that history is about to sweep these gilded halls away, yet it refuses to …

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 22d

#CinemaOmnivore #InMemoriam
#TheChase 1966 dir. #ArthurPenn
#TheCandidate 1972 dir. #MichaelRitchie
#OutofAfrica 1985 dir. #SydneyPollack
#Sneakers 1992 dir. #PhilAldenRobinson
#TheConspirator 2010 dir. #RobertRedford (1936-2025)
#TheOldManandtheGun 2018 dir. #DavidLowery

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[Film Review] The Chase (1966), The Candidate (1972), Out of Africa (1985), Sneakers (1992), The Conspirator (2010), The Old Man & the Gun (2018)

Title: The ChaseYear: 1966Genre: Crime, Drama, ThrillerCountry: USALanguage: English, SpanishDirector: Arthur PennScreenwriter: Lillian Hellmanbased on the play and novel by Horton FooteComposer: J…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 27d

#CinemaOmnivore #WomensCinema #PayalKapadia
#ANightofKnowingNothing 2021
#AllWeImagineasLight 2024
#KaniKuscruti #DivyaPrabha #ChhayaKadam
#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] A Night of Knowing Nothing (2021) and All We Imagine as Light (2024)

Title: A Night of Knowing NothingYear: 2021Genre: DocumentaryCountry: India, FranceLanguage: Hindi, English, BengaliDirector: Payal KapadiaWriters: Payal Kapadia, Himanshu PrajapatiCinematographer/…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · 29d

#CinemaOmnivore #InMemoriam
#EusebioPoncela (1945-2025)
#Rapture 1979 dir. #IvánZulueta
#Matador 1986 dir. #PedroAlmodóvar
#MartinHache 1997 dir. #AdolfoAristarain
#Intact 2001 dir. #JuanCarlosFresnadillo
#CeciliaRoth #AntonioBanderas #LeonardoSbaraglia

#moviesky #filmsky
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[Film Review] Rapture (1979), Matador (1986), Martin (Hache) (1997) and Intact (2001)

English Title: RaptureOriginal Title: ArrebatoYear: 1979Genre: Drama, Mystery, FantasyCountry: SpainLanguage: SpanishDirector/Screenwriter: Iván ZuluetaComposer: NegativoCinematographer: Ángel Luis…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Sep 14

#CinemaOmnivore #OldHollywood
#TheGreatCaruso 1951
#Ivanhoe 1952
#ThePrisonerofZenda 1952
Dir. #RichardThorpe
#MarioLanza #AnnBlyth #RobertTaylor #ElizabethTaylor #JoanFontaine #GeorgeSanders #StewartGranger #DeborahKerr #JamesMason

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[Film Review] The Great Caruso (1951), Ivanhoe (1952) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)

Title: The Great CarusoYear: 1951Genre: Musical, Biography, RomanceCountry: USALanguage: English, ItalianDirector: Richard ThorpeScreenwriters: Sonia Levien, William LudwigComposer: Johnny GreenCin…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Sep 10

#CinemaOmnivore #EndemicVoices #ItalianFilms
#Vermiglio2024 dir. #MauraDelpero
#Madly2025 dir. #PaoloGenovese
#TommasoRagno #MartinaScrinzi
#EdoardoLeo #PilarFogliati

#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] Vermiglio (2024) and Madly (2025)

Title: VermiglioYear: 2024Genre: DramaCountry: Italy, France, BelgiumLanguage: Italian, LatinDirector/Screenwriter: Maura DelperoComposer: Matteo FranceschiniCinematographer: Mikhail KrichmanEditor…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Sep 6

#CinemaOmnivore #InMemoriam #MikedeLeon (1947-2025)
#WillYourHeartBeatFaster 1980 #Kakabakabakaba
#IntheWinkofanEye 1981 #Kisapmata
#ChristopherdeLeon #CharoSantos #JayIlagan #CharitoSolis #VicSilayan #JohnnyDelgado

#moviesky #filmsky
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[Film Review] Will Your Heart Beat Faster? (1980) and In the Wink of an Eye (1981)

English Title: Will Your Heart Beat Faster?Original Title: Kakabakaba ka ba?Year: 1980Genre: Comedy, MusicalCountry: PhilippinesLanguage: Filipino, Tagalog, English, JapaneseDirector: Mike De LeonS…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Sep 1

#CinemaOmnivore #AuteurEvaluation #EricRohmer
#TalesofFourSeasons
#ATaleofSpringtime 1990
#ATaleofWinter 1992
#ASummersTale 1996
#AutumnTale 1998
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[Film Review] Éric Rohmer’s Tales of Four Seasons (1990-1998)

English Title: A Tale of SpringtimeOriginal Title: Conte de printempsYear: 1990Genre: Comedy, Drama, RomanceCountry: FranceLanguage: FrenchDirector/Screenwriter: Éric RohmerCinematographer: Luc Pag…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Aug 26

#CinemaOmnivore #InMemoriam #TerenceStamp (1938-2025)
#BillyBudd 1962 dir. #PeterUstinov
#ModestyBlaise 1966 dir. #JosephLosey
#PoorCow 1967 dir. #KenLoach
#MonicaVitti #RobertRyan #CarolWhite #MelvynDouglas #DirkBogarde

#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] Billy Budd (1962), Modesty Blaise (1966) and Poor Cow (1967)

Title: Billy BuddYear: 1962Genre: Adventure, Drama, WarCountry: UKLanguage: EnglishDirector: Peter UstinovScreenwriters: Peter Ustinov, DeWitt Bodeenbased on the play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H.…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Aug 20

#CinemaOmnivore #EndemicVoices #SovietCinema
#Strike1925 dir. #SergeiEisenstein
#Mother1926 dir. #VsevolodPudovkin
#ManwithaMovieCamera 1929 dir. #DzigaVertov
#FragmentofanEmpire 1929 dir. #FridrikhErmler
#Earth1930 dir. #AleksandrDovzhenko

#moviesky #filmsky
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[Film Review] Strike (1925), Mother (1926), Man with a Movie Camera (1929), Fragment of an Empire (1929) and Earth (1930)

English Title: StrikeOriginal Title: StachkaYear: 1925Genre: DramaCountry: Soviet UnionLanguage: NoneDirector/Editor Sergei EisensteinScreenwriters: Sergei Eisenstein, Grigoriy Aleksandrov, Ilya Kr…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Aug 14

#CinemaOmnivore #SingularAssessment #TangWei #汤唯
#Late'Autumn2010 dir. #KimTaeyoung
#FindingMrRight 2013 dir. #XueXiaolu
#HyunBin #WuXiubo
#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] Late Autumn (2010) and Finding Mr. Right (2013)

English Title: Late AutumnOriginal Title: Man-chooYear: 2010Genre: Drama, RomanceCountry: South Korean, Hong Kong, China, USALanguage: English, Mandarin, KoreanDirector/Screenwriter: Kim Tae-youngb…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Aug 12

#CinemaOmnivore #QueerOutput
#TheSummerwithCarmen 2023 dir. #ZachariasMavroeidis
#VietandNam 2024 dir. #MinhQuyTruong
#TheAstronautLovers 2024 dir. #MarcoBerger
#OnSwiftHorses 2024 dir. #DanielMinahan

#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] The Summer with Carmen (2023), Viet and Nam (2024), The Astronaut Lovers (2024) and On Swift Horses (2024)

English Title: The Summer with CarmenOriginal Title: To kalokairi tis KarmenYear: 2023Genre: ComedyCountry: GreeceLanguage: GreekDirector: Zacharias MavroeidisScreenwriters: Zacharias Mavroeidis, F…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Aug 9

#CinemaOmnivore #OneTwoPunch #MelBrooks
#TheTwelveChairs 1970 #SilentMovie 1976
#RonMoody #FrankLangella #DomDeLuise #MartyFeldman
#BernadettePeters #filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] The Twelve Chairs (1970) and Silent Movie (1976)

Title: The Twelve ChairsYear: 1970Genre: ComedyCountry: USALanguage: English, RussianDirector/Screenwriter: Mel Brooksbased on the novel by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeni PetrovComposer: John MorrisCinematog…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Aug 5

#CinemaOmnivore #WomensCinema
#NancySavoca
#TrueLove 1989 #Dogfight 1991 #HouseholdSaints 1993
#AnnabellaSciorra #RonEldard #RiverPhoenix #LiliTaylor #TraceyUllman #VincentDOnofrio #JudithMalina
#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] True Love (1989), Dogfight (1991) and Household Saints (1993)

Title: True LoveYear: 1989Genre: Comedy, RomanceCountry: USALanguage: English, ItalianDirector: Nancy SavocaScreenwriters: Nancy Savoca, Richard GuayCinematographer: Lisa RinzlerEditor: John Tintor…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Jul 31

#CinemaOmnivore #CurrentinCinema #OneTwoPunch
#PedroPascal
#Materialists 2025 dir. #CelineSong
#TheFantasticFourFirstSteps 2025 dir. #MattShakman
#DakotaJohnson #ChrisEvans #VanessaKirby #JosephQuinn #EbonMossBachrach

#moviesky #filmsky
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[Film Review] Materialists (2025) and The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)

Title: MaterialistsYear: 2025Genre: Romance, ComedyCountry: USA, FinlandLanguage: EnglishDirector/Screenwriter: Celine SongComposer: Daniel PembertonCinematographer: Shabier KirchnerEditor: Keith F…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Jul 28

#CinemaOmnivore #EndemicVoices Three films from Taiwan
#TreatorTrick 2021 dir. #HsuFuHsiang
#ThePigtheSnakeandthePigeon 2023 dir. #WongChingPo
#DeadTalentsSociety 2024 dir. #JohnHsu

#moviesky #filmsky
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[Film Review] Treat or Trick (2021), The Pig, the Snake and the Pigeon (2023) and Dead Talents Society (2024)

English Title: Treat or TrickOriginal Title: Gue che 诡扯Year: 2021Genre: Comedy, ThrillerCountry: TaiwanLanguage: Mandarin, Min NanDirector: Hsu Fu-Hsiang 许富翔Screenwriters: Hsu Fu-Hsiang 许富翔, Lin Yu…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Jul 25

#CinemaOmnivore #OneTwoPunch #Anémone
#SantaClausIsaStinker 1982 dir. #JeanMariePoiré
#TheGrandHighway 1987 dir. #JeanLoupHubert
#ThierryLhermitte #ChristianClavier #JosianeBalasko
#RichardBohringer

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[Film Review] Santa Claus Is a Stinker (1982) and The Grand Highway (1987)

English Title: Santa Claus Is a StinkerOriginal Title: Le père Noël est une ordureYear: 1982Genre: ComedyCountry: FranceLanguage: FrenchDirector: Jean-Marie PoiréScreenwriters: Jean-Marie Poiré, Jo…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Jul 24

#CinemaOmnivore #QueerOutput
#TheKingofEscape #Leroidel'évasion 2009
#Misericordia #Miséricorde 2024
#AlainGuiraudie #LudovicBerthillot #FélixKysyl
#CatherineFrot #JacquesDevelay
#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] The King of Escape (2009) and Misericordia (2024)

English Title: The King of EscapeOriginal Title: Le roi de l’évasionYear: 2009Genre: Adventure, ComedyCountry: FranceLanguage: FrenchDirector: Alain GuiraudieScreenwriters: Alain Guiraudie, L…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Jul 17

#CinemaOmnivore #CurrentinCinema
#Superman2025 dir. #JamesGunn
#DavidCorenswet #RachelBrosnahan #NicolasHoult

#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] Superman (2025)

Title: SupermanYear: 2025Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, AdventureCountry: USA, Canada, Australia, New ZealandLanguage: EnglishDirector/Screenwriter: James GunnComposers: David Fleming, John MurphyCinematog…

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Cinema Omnivore @cinemaomnivore.bsky.social · Jul 15

#CinemaOmnivore #OneTwoPunch #JohnLandis
#TheBluesBrothers 1980
#AnAmericanWerewolfinLondon 1981
#JohnBelushi #DanAykroyd
#DavidNaughton #JennyAgutter #GriffinDunne

#filmsky #moviesky
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[Film Review] The Blues Brothers (1980) and An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Title: The Blues BrothersYear: 1980Genre: Comedy, Music, AdventureCountry: USALanguage: EnglishDirector: John LandisScreenwriters: John Landis, Dan AykroydCinematographer: Stephen M. KatzEditor: Ge…

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