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Films at First Sight

@filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social

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A podcast celebrating the first time views and experiences of films far and wide! Hosted by Joe @fulciseyefetish.bsky.social & Graham @merzkyshoom.bsky.social. https://www.instagram.com/ffs_podcasts/ https://www.threads.com/@ffs_podcasts

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 4d

New Episode Alert!
This week Graham takes Joe off the deep end with Richard Kelly's oddly political, oddly prescient, oddly sci-fi, well just plain odd, story of actors, religion, government overreach, and rife with post-9/11 paranoia, Southland Tales.
Avbl wherever you get your podcasts! #FilmSky

Episode 70: Southland Tales (2006)

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 21h

British folk horror and occult characters to be on Halloween, a thread.

1. Mr Fisher from Robin Redbreast (1970).
Catchphrase: “The study of religions is one of my many interests.”
You’ll need:
- Tweed trilby
- Mutton chops
- Cracked spectacles
- A copy of The Golden Bough

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 1d

This is an EXCELLENT movie to see the night before Halloween!

FANGORIA @fangoria.bsky.social · 1d

FYI: Erik and Carson Bloomquist's cult horror SELF-HELP is heading to theaters for Halloween, with special Mischief Night sneak previews on October 30.

Bloomquists’ Cult Horror SELF-HELP Heads To Theaters For Halloween

Erik and Carson Bloomquist's cult horror SELF-HELP is heading to theaters for Halloween, with special Mischief Night sneak previews on October 30.

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 2d

Ha we had split opinions of it on the show and even though it was a bit too messy for me, it certainly is a film built for re-approach.
We'd love to hear how your rewatch went!

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 2d

Really great write-up right here and something that actually makes me wanna check out Eddington. #FilmSky 📽️

Kayleigh Donaldson @ceilidhann.bsky.social · 10d

Southland Tales might be the most 2007 film ever, but it's also horribly prescient of our current brainrot times.

I wrote about the film for Crooked Marquee.

crookedmarquee.com/southland-ta...

Southland Tales Is the Most 2007 Movie Ever Made

In Richard Kelly's notorious flop, the fevered landscape of post-9/11 America gets the ambitious and aggravating portrait it deserves.

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman (Horrifying) @josie.zone · 4d

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is capable of great cinematic performances when he either (a) lets himself get silly with it (e.g. PAIN AND GAIN), or (b) has no idea the director is making fun of him (e.g. SOUTHLAND TALES, below)

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 3d

This is an excellent movie for a rainy morning 🤩

Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 3d

RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962) — 8:45 am ET — 1h 34m
(TCM Daytime: Starring Randolph Scott)

Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley; directed by Sam Peckinpah

Two aging gunslingers sign on to transport gold from a remote mining town.

#TCM #TCMParty

Ride the High Country (1962)

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Giallo Biafra @fulciseyefetish.bsky.social · 4d

@merzkyshoom.bsky.social is gone for one episode of @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social and I immediately veer the show in a ridiculous direction 😅

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 4d

Episode 70: Southland Tales (2006)

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Fuck Yeah! Meiko Kaji 梶芽衣子 @meikokaji.net · 6d

The full Q&A between Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) and Will Morris has now been uploaded to YT:

youtu.be/4u3Hk7GkWL0

This time I was in the front, so the video quality is pretty good!

No song, but we did get Meiko with a t-shirt cannon!

Mid-shot of Meiko on stage, sitting and smiling!

Picture of the marquee at the Aero Theater that says:

Meiko Kaji Tribute
Stray Cat Rock
Delinquent Girl Boss

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HorrorGirl Problems @horrorgirlprobs.bsky.social · 6d

Hey, LA! See you at Beyond Fest tonight for glitter, glam, and ZOMBIES with the one and only Tina Romero. QUEENS OF THE DEAD @ 6pm. LFG
Get your tickets now 👇🏽

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QUEENS OF THE DEAD - Beyond Fest

When the glitter hits the gore: QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a fierce, funny, and bloody drag-fueled battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse.

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Tech NaN @merzkyshoom.bsky.social · 6d

If you’d like to hear me insincerely accept, completely disregard, or redirect every valid criticism of Southland Tales as a problem with the viewer’s expectations, you’re gonna love our next episode of @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social releasing Tuesday 😚

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 7d

in fairness i’m quite sure i sound like this about southland tales

amy brown (spooky edition) @amybrown.xyz · 7d

are swifties okay

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 6d

Join us for a very special episode as we recap our experience at the 3rd Annual Phoenixville Film Festival! It was a jam-packed weekend that included American Comic, Drink and Be Merry, RARE and a murderers row of short films.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
#FilmSky #FilmFest #ComedySky

Phoenixville Film Festival 2025

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 7d

Elizabeth Taylor provides the blueprint for the make-up tutorial in The Driver's Seat (1974)

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 8d

a man sits in a chair in a dark room playing a saxophone and smoking a cigarette ..

Alt: Graham sits in a darkened room, monitoring Joe’s progress, wondering if he himself has become the prisoner in his scheme.

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 9d

Subject retrieved. Interrogation complete. Subject admits to and displayed remorse for actions which could harm the institution. Initiating reassimilation and aversion therapy.

Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 9d

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 9d

Graham watching just not working diligently for the podcast state, "Why won't he just finish up these edits?!?!"
Brazil (1985)

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 10d

Come on out TONIGHT to the Colonial Theatre and celebrate the 57th anniversary of George A. Romero's horror classic, and possibly one of the greatest films ever made in the Commonwealth, Night of the Living Dead (on 16mm!)!!
Screening details below!
#FilmSky #HorrorSky #MutantFam 📽️ 🧟🪦🧟‍♂️🪦🧟‍♀️🪦🏚️🔥

Night of the Living Dead (1968) » The Colonial Theatre

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Kimberly Pierce @kpierce624.bsky.social · 10d

“Madam, I knew Jane Goodall, and you are no Jane Goodall”. ❤️

JaneGoodall joke1

YouTube video by NimmerSoft

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 10d

Graham watching and waiting for Joe's final edits.
sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 11d

Graham's surveillance system of Joe
Sliver (1993)

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 11d

Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Jay Christopher played by Joe Kwaczala in American Comic

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 11d

This is Graham. I have successfully infiltrated the BS account. Joe will now be placed under 24-hour survellance until the release of our Phoenixville Film Festival coverage and subsequent episode, Southland Tales. He has 1 week to comply. If these demands are not met…

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