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The Freak: script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film to be published

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 14h

#TheFreak: #script of #CharlieChaplin ’s unfinished final #film to be published

Exclusive: #Fantasy about ‘a beautiful creature with wings’ has been compiled from drafts, storyboards and sketches

www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...

Exclusive: Fantasy about ‘a beautiful creature with wings’ has been compiled from drafts, storyboards and sketches

Is This Thing On? review – Bradley Cooper’s comedy of comedians is a charmer

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 16h

🎤 #IsThisThingOn? #Film #Review – #BradleyCooper’s #comedy of comedians is a charmer

#NewYorkFilmFestival: The actor’s third film as director is a gentle romcom of divorce and #standupcomedy with standout turns from #WillArnett and #LauraDern

#NYFF63

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The actor’s third film as director is a gentle romcom of divorce and standup comedy with standout turns from Will Arnett and Laura Dern

a woman in a white dress stands in a cave

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"Innocence Has A Power Evil Cannot Imagine."

🎞️ #OTD in #Film #History 11 October 2006, #GuillermoDelToro's spellbinding #horror #fantasy PAN'S LABYRINTH opened in 🇪🇸

ALT: a woman in a white dress stands in a cave

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a silhouette of a man and woman kissing in front of a window with the ocean in the background .

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

“I have a love in my life. It makes me stronger than anything you can imagine.”

🎹 #OTD in #Film #History 11 October 2002, #PaulThomasAnderson's surreal romance "Punch-Drunk Love," starring #AdamSandler, #EmilyWatson, and #PhilipSeymourHoffman, hit NY & LA.

ALT: a silhouette of a man and woman kissing in front of a window with the ocean in the background .

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

🌊#OTD in #History 11 October 1982, the sunken Tudor ship the #MaryRose was raised from the seabed through a major maritime salvage project orchestrated by the #MaryRoseTrust. The ship and its artefacts are a fascinating time capsule that can be seen at the #MaryRoseMuseum.

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!"

50th Anniversary 📺#OTD in #TV and #Comedy #History 11 Oct 1975, hit sketch show "Saturday Night Live", created by #LorneMichaels and originally titled "NBC's Saturday Night", premiered on NBC with #GeorgeCarlin as host. #SNL #SNL50

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

🎶 #OTD in #Music #History 11 October 1971, #JohnLennon released the single IMAGINE on Apple in the 🇺🇸

▶️ youtu.be/ugrAo8wEPiI?si…

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"I can afford a blemish on my character but not on my clothes."

🎞️#OTD in #Film #History 11 October 1944, #OttoPreminger's classic noir "Laura," starring #GeneTierney, #DanaAndrews, and #CliftonWebb, had a limited released in NY before a nationwide release a month later.

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

🎨 #NicJonk, sculptor, #DOTD 11 October 1994. #Art #Sculpture

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"Style is a simple way of saying complicated things."

Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/jean-c...

✒ #JeanCocteau, French author, filmmaker, poet, and playwright, #DOTD 11 October 1963. #Poetry #Film #Theatre #Literature

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"Farewell, Love, and all thy laws for ever."

Poems: www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/thomas...

✒ Sir #ThomasWyatt, English poet and diplomat, #DOTD 11 October 1542. #Poetry #Literature

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

“A ruler who is unwilling to hear of his faults can turn loyalty into flattery, while a ruler pleased by straight talk turns flattery into loyalty,”

✒ #SimaGuang, Chinese historian and statesman, #DOTD 11 October 1086. #History

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"My actions are my only true belongings. I cannot escape the consequences of my actions. My actions are the ground upon which I stand."

✒ #ThíchNhấtHạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet, was #BOTD 11 October 1926. #Poetry #Literature

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it."

100th Anniversary ✒ Remembering #ElmoreLeonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter, who was #BOTD 11 October 1925. #Literature #Film

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever."

✒️ #FrançoisMauriac, French novelist, dramatist, and poet, awarded the Nobel Prize in #Literature 1952, was #BOTD 11 October 1885.

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 20h

"Many who are very just in their dealings between man and man will yet be very fraudulent or rapacious with regard to the public."

✒️ #SamuelClarke, Anglican cleric, philosopher, and theologian, was #BOTD 11 October 1675. #Philosophy

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. Roth has written some great screenplays, too - The Insider and Munich, for example. It's definitely an interesting project.

Thomas Vinterberg to Direct JFK Biopic for Netflix — Screenplay by Eric Roth — World of Reel

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 1d

#ThomasVinterberg to Direct #JFK #Biopic for #Netflix — Screenplay by #EricRoth.

www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/10...

sources tell me that acclaimed Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round,” “The Hunt”) has officially hopped onboard to direct a biopic tackling JFK’s formative years.

www.worldofreel.com

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 1d

#Poster #art for #EdgarWright's #scifi remake #TheRunningMan...

Sean Scully: Mirroring review – how can a rectangle contain so much suffering?

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 1d

🎨 #SeanScully: Mirroring #Art #Review – how can a rectangle contain so much suffering?

#EstorickCollection, #London

If you find the fields of colour that Scully has been #painting for four decades tranquil, then you haven’t been looking closely enough

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

If you find the fields of colour that Scully has been painting for four decades tranquil, then you haven’t been looking closely enough

Get Cartier! How Jean Novel turned an old Paris department store into a museum to rival the Louvre

Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 1d

‘Very significant’ #JackKerouac story discovered after mafia boss auction

Exclusive: Two-page 1957 #manuscript signed by author linked to his classic of #beat #literature, On the Road

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 1d

Get Cartier! How #JeanNouvel turned an old #Paris department store into a #museum to rival the #Louvre

The exterior may be a bit Apple shop. But inside – upending the very notion of galleries – the new #FondationCartier can reconfigure its spaces with movable platforms.

#Art #Design #Architecture

The exterior may be a bit Apple shop. But inside – upending the very notion of galleries – the new Fondation Cartier can reconfigure its spaces with thrillingly movable platforms. And as for the lectu...

The Poems of Seamus Heaney review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 1d

📖 The Poems of #SeamusHeaney #Book #Review – collected works reveal his colossal achievement

The complete works, including previously unpublished #poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time

#Poetry #Literature

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The complete works, including previously unpublished poems and expert notes, are brought together in one volume for the first time