Nick
@kneecogram.bsky.social
Here for the #TCMParty and to post pictures of my TV.
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It's not Thanksgiving in Canada but we still get great deals. The best I've seen is six months of CBC Gem for a dollar/month. Live TV and home of many hard to find titles like The Sweet Hereafter, which I've had on my list since glowing praise on the Sarah Polley episode of Team Deakins.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
It's not Thanksgiving in Canada but we still get great deals. The best I've seen is six months of CBC Gem for a dollar/month. Live TV and home of many hard to find titles like The Sweet Hereafter, which I've had on my list since glowing praise on the Sarah Polley episode of Team Deakins.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
I tend to agree but it's also hard to rank the original trilogy cause we're not even all discussing the same movies.
I think there's a very good argument that Last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie on Disney Plus.
I think there's a very good argument that Last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie on Disney Plus.
November 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I tend to agree but it's also hard to rank the original trilogy cause we're not even all discussing the same movies.
I think there's a very good argument that Last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie on Disney Plus.
I think there's a very good argument that Last Jedi is the best Star Wars movie on Disney Plus.
Honestly Waymos should have this dude.
Watching Total Recall. No pun intended, but I can't remember whether I've actually seen this start to finish before.
#FilmSky
Watching Total Recall. No pun intended, but I can't remember whether I've actually seen this start to finish before.
#FilmSky
November 24, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Honestly Waymos should have this dude.
Watching Total Recall. No pun intended, but I can't remember whether I've actually seen this start to finish before.
#FilmSky
Watching Total Recall. No pun intended, but I can't remember whether I've actually seen this start to finish before.
#FilmSky
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
It's entirely available to Jake to just stick with Evelyn and her daughter, to protect them and get them out.
People often miss these types of moments in movies, because in them people are failing precisely due to acting as though they are the hero in a movie.
#TCMParty
People often miss these types of moments in movies, because in them people are failing precisely due to acting as though they are the hero in a movie.
#TCMParty
November 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
It's entirely available to Jake to just stick with Evelyn and her daughter, to protect them and get them out.
People often miss these types of moments in movies, because in them people are failing precisely due to acting as though they are the hero in a movie.
#TCMParty
People often miss these types of moments in movies, because in them people are failing precisely due to acting as though they are the hero in a movie.
#TCMParty
Between Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown, the peak of New Hollywood is bookended by a gorgeous man escaping fisticuffs in a threshold by jumping on the running board of a speeding vehicle driven by an impossibly stunning and brilliant Faye Dunaway.
#TCMParty
#TCMParty
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Between Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown, the peak of New Hollywood is bookended by a gorgeous man escaping fisticuffs in a threshold by jumping on the running board of a speeding vehicle driven by an impossibly stunning and brilliant Faye Dunaway.
#TCMParty
#TCMParty
Cutting to the back of Jake's head to start this scene is such a masterstroke. With the beautiful camera pan across the office to boot.
And it makes the huge bandage reveal so much more effective when we finally get it.
#TCMParty
And it makes the huge bandage reveal so much more effective when we finally get it.
#TCMParty
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Cutting to the back of Jake's head to start this scene is such a masterstroke. With the beautiful camera pan across the office to boot.
And it makes the huge bandage reveal so much more effective when we finally get it.
#TCMParty
And it makes the huge bandage reveal so much more effective when we finally get it.
#TCMParty
Nicholson is in his mid-thirties in Chinatown. This performance, capturing the charactersl's vanity and insecurity and everything, couldn't be all it is if he didn't show signs of aging.
Countless 21st century movies, with impossible teeth and hairlines and such, are held back by this.
#TCMParty
Countless 21st century movies, with impossible teeth and hairlines and such, are held back by this.
#TCMParty
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Nicholson is in his mid-thirties in Chinatown. This performance, capturing the charactersl's vanity and insecurity and everything, couldn't be all it is if he didn't show signs of aging.
Countless 21st century movies, with impossible teeth and hairlines and such, are held back by this.
#TCMParty
Countless 21st century movies, with impossible teeth and hairlines and such, are held back by this.
#TCMParty
Thought experiment: this actress is virtually only in this scene. Would it be wise to only give her the script for this scene, and let her think she is playing Mrs. Mulwray?
Then you'd have an actress pretending to be Mrs. Mulwray, which is what you need.
Only one right answer to this Q.
#TCMParty
Then you'd have an actress pretending to be Mrs. Mulwray, which is what you need.
Only one right answer to this Q.
#TCMParty
November 23, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Thought experiment: this actress is virtually only in this scene. Would it be wise to only give her the script for this scene, and let her think she is playing Mrs. Mulwray?
Then you'd have an actress pretending to be Mrs. Mulwray, which is what you need.
Only one right answer to this Q.
#TCMParty
Then you'd have an actress pretending to be Mrs. Mulwray, which is what you need.
Only one right answer to this Q.
#TCMParty
Pauline Kael argued wrt Double Indemnity that "except for the three stars, the cast is just barely adequate."
While I see the argument with much of the supporting cast, I think Porter Hall's Mr. Jackson is an absolute delight.
#TCMParty
While I see the argument with much of the supporting cast, I think Porter Hall's Mr. Jackson is an absolute delight.
#TCMParty
November 23, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Pauline Kael argued wrt Double Indemnity that "except for the three stars, the cast is just barely adequate."
While I see the argument with much of the supporting cast, I think Porter Hall's Mr. Jackson is an absolute delight.
#TCMParty
While I see the argument with much of the supporting cast, I think Porter Hall's Mr. Jackson is an absolute delight.
#TCMParty
I've only seen this start to finish once before, though I've caught pieces a number of times on TCM. Looking forward to watching it properly again.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
November 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I've only seen this start to finish once before, though I've caught pieces a number of times on TCM. Looking forward to watching it properly again.
#FilmSky
#FilmSky
Ordinary People screening as part of TIFF's members weekend and in honour of Redford.
Going to the movies in the morning is so great. Try it if you haven't.
#FilmSky
Going to the movies in the morning is so great. Try it if you haven't.
#FilmSky
November 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ordinary People screening as part of TIFF's members weekend and in honour of Redford.
Going to the movies in the morning is so great. Try it if you haven't.
#FilmSky
Going to the movies in the morning is so great. Try it if you haven't.
#FilmSky
Happy weekend, #TCMParty. Yesterday's episode of Fresh Air is worth checking out:
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pca.st/episode/792f...
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Happy weekend, #TCMParty. Yesterday's episode of Fresh Air is worth checking out:
pca.st/episode/792f...
pca.st/episode/792f...
Around American Thanksgiving I watch The Last Waltz at least once, and it's genuinely a quasi-religious experience. A perfect film.
How Scorsese made it surreptitiously over the Thanksgiving break for New York New York (check out the Mr. Scorsese doc if you haven't) only makes it better.
#FilmSky
How Scorsese made it surreptitiously over the Thanksgiving break for New York New York (check out the Mr. Scorsese doc if you haven't) only makes it better.
#FilmSky
November 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Around American Thanksgiving I watch The Last Waltz at least once, and it's genuinely a quasi-religious experience. A perfect film.
How Scorsese made it surreptitiously over the Thanksgiving break for New York New York (check out the Mr. Scorsese doc if you haven't) only makes it better.
#FilmSky
How Scorsese made it surreptitiously over the Thanksgiving break for New York New York (check out the Mr. Scorsese doc if you haven't) only makes it better.
#FilmSky
Boomerang! 1947.
I want to read Kazan's autobiography, but I think it's better to complete his filmography first. If you can avoid it, you never want your first interaction with a movie to be other than the thing itself.
#FilmSky
I want to read Kazan's autobiography, but I think it's better to complete his filmography first. If you can avoid it, you never want your first interaction with a movie to be other than the thing itself.
#FilmSky
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Boomerang! 1947.
I want to read Kazan's autobiography, but I think it's better to complete his filmography first. If you can avoid it, you never want your first interaction with a movie to be other than the thing itself.
#FilmSky
I want to read Kazan's autobiography, but I think it's better to complete his filmography first. If you can avoid it, you never want your first interaction with a movie to be other than the thing itself.
#FilmSky
Wait? That's a thing??
Like if one of my colleagues is out sick, I can go home in solidarity?
Like if one of my colleagues is out sick, I can go home in solidarity?
November 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Wait? That's a thing??
Like if one of my colleagues is out sick, I can go home in solidarity?
Like if one of my colleagues is out sick, I can go home in solidarity?
Just because it's too early for It's a Wonderful Life, doesn't mean it's too early for James Stewart.
Also, Vertigo 70mm next month at TIFF. So exciting!
#FilmSky
Also, Vertigo 70mm next month at TIFF. So exciting!
#FilmSky
November 20, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Just because it's too early for It's a Wonderful Life, doesn't mean it's too early for James Stewart.
Also, Vertigo 70mm next month at TIFF. So exciting!
#FilmSky
Also, Vertigo 70mm next month at TIFF. So exciting!
#FilmSky
My first ever Roger Corman directed movie.
I've seen many films he produced - overwhelmingly helmed by legends and bad - but never seen one he directed start to finish. The bits I've seen haven't left me hopeful, but let's give it a shot.
#FilmSky
I've seen many films he produced - overwhelmingly helmed by legends and bad - but never seen one he directed start to finish. The bits I've seen haven't left me hopeful, but let's give it a shot.
#FilmSky
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My first ever Roger Corman directed movie.
I've seen many films he produced - overwhelmingly helmed by legends and bad - but never seen one he directed start to finish. The bits I've seen haven't left me hopeful, but let's give it a shot.
#FilmSky
I've seen many films he produced - overwhelmingly helmed by legends and bad - but never seen one he directed start to finish. The bits I've seen haven't left me hopeful, but let's give it a shot.
#FilmSky
November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
November 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I feel like I'm only three or four Phoenician Scheme rewatches away from being able to articulate what the scheme is.
Looking forward to it.
#FilmSky
Looking forward to it.
#FilmSky
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I feel like I'm only three or four Phoenician Scheme rewatches away from being able to articulate what the scheme is.
Looking forward to it.
#FilmSky
Looking forward to it.
#FilmSky
