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Slow Moving Pictures @lewisbeerblog.bsky.social · 3h

‘Did I ever tell you my favourite colour was blue?’

Look at Sam Neill's face, in this scene from In the Mouth of Madness, and tell me that colours aren't terrifying. They remind us that we are contingent fragments of reality, created against our will and doomed to be annihilated in the same way.

From John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness: John Trent (Sam Neill) wakes up on a bus to find that the whole world is tinted blue; he is screaming wildly, surrounded by alarmed-looking fellow passengers.

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MadAlien Earth @fauxedo.bsky.social · 5h

John Carpenter made some of the greatest movies of all time and then retired to make music with his son and play video games. It’s possible he has lived the greatest life in human history.

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 11h

Jafar Panahi, in Conversation with Martin Scorsese at NYFF.

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Jafar Panahi and Martin Scorsese on It Was Just an Accident and Rebellious Filmmaking

YouTube video by Film at Lincoln Center

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Kat Lister @katlister.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve just watched a tribute that Meryl Streep gave to Diane Keaton in which she said that Keaton had “a stream of consciousness like a hummingbird” & my goodness that’s it, that was her entirely.

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Slow Moving Pictures @lewisbeerblog.bsky.social · 1d

Four creepy bedrooms: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Night of the Hunter, Red Desert, and The Parallax View.

The frames are theatrical, artificial; the characters trapped within a construct, a pathology, dogma, shadowy conspiracies, or (in the case of Red Desert) something more nebulous.

From Robert Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari: a wide shot with Jane's bed (in which Jane lies sleeping) in the foreground; behind the bed, a large pair of theatrical black curtains are partially drawn, revealing the rest of the room; Cesare has broken through the window in the background, and approaches the bed, looking towards the camera. The image is tinted green.

From Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter: a wide shot of Willa and Harry's bedroom, with the bed (in which Willa lies on her back) in the foreground; it seems to exist slightly separately from the rest of the room, which floats in a black void; we can see the edges of the walls and ceiling within that void, and the interior is filled with triangular light and shadows; Harry stands beside the bed, his head cocked backwards at an awkward and sinister angle.

From Antonioni's Red Desert: a wide shot of Corrado's hotel room, including the bed in which Giuliana and Corrado lie naked and half-asleep; everything else in the room is coated in pink.

From Alan J. Pakula's The Parallax View: a wide shot of Frady's rented room; to the right, propped up on the bed, is Jack Younger (the Parallax recruiter); to the left, standing looking at him, is Frady.

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Wallace Polsom @wallacepolsom.bsky.social · 5d

Untitled Collage (1932) by Joseph Cornell (1903-1972). Channeling Ernst, obvs.

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Tom Reagan’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 7d

Monday coming

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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 9d

One Piece of Trivia

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Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 10d

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T. J. Dobbin @tjamesdobbin.bsky.social · 9d

I was trying to place the Looney Tunes that's playing on the TV in One Battle After Another when Bob is walking through Sergio's home. The shot of church bells was distinct. I remember it because it was a recent viewing. It's the final seconds of "Of Rice and Hen", it's on a Collector's Choice blu.

Four screenshots of a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. In the top left corner is the name of the animator who worked on each individual sequence - this isn't my video, it was posted on the Cartoon Research blog years back.

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Non Films @nonfilms.bsky.social · 11d

Recent reading: Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema (Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay); Everything is Now: The 1960s New York Avant Garde (J. Hoberman); There’s No Going Back: The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme (David M. Stewart).

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R. Emmet Sweeney @robert-emmet.bsky.social · 10d

I interviewed internet personality @willsloanesq.bsky.social about his Ed Wood book over at my substack OLD NEW.

Against the Grain: An Interview with Will Sloan about Ed Wood

Will revalues the "worst director of all time"

oldnew.substack.com

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danielgorman20 @danielgorman20.bsky.social · 11d

You gotta tap in folks, tons of great stuff here:

Alex Fields @afields9.bsky.social · 11d

Happy October—here’s a list of 100 avant-garde horror films I recommend, and links to watch the large majority of them.

100 Avant-Garde Horror Films

(and where to see them)

notreconciled.substack.com

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Looney Melodies @looneymelodies.bsky.social · 11d

Minnie the Moocher (1932, Directed and Animated by Dave Fleischer, Willard Bowsky, Ralph Somerville)

Betty Boop and Bimbo are in a dark scary cave, both are looking off towards something off-screen.

Betty Boop and Bimbo are looking ahead at three skeletons drinking mugs of beer in unison.

Close-up of the three skeletons drinking from their mugs, their white bones are turning black.

The three skeletons are white again, and they've fallen to the floor, drunk, a smile on their faces.

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Non Films @nonfilms.bsky.social · 13d

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Non Films @nonfilms.bsky.social · 11d

Recent reading: Corpses, Fools, and Monsters: The History and Future of Transness in Cinema (Caden Mark Gardner & Willow Catelyn Maclay); Everything is Now: The 1960s New York Avant Garde (J. Hoberman); There’s No Going Back: The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme (David M. Stewart).

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Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.social · 11d

Reappraise some super metal movies with me. it’s the unloved

RogerEbert.com @ebertvoices.bsky.social · 11d

For his latest Unloved series, @honorszombie.bsky.social reevaluates the 2019 remake of THE GRUDGE and this year’s WOLF MAN, exploring how they’re both "gory, widescreen odysseys about desperate people pushed into extranatural mysteries, breaking the chains of torment.”

The Unloved, Part 141: The Grudge & Wolf Man | The Unloved | Roger Ebert

On two gory, widescreen odysseys about desperate people pushed into extranatural mysteries, breaking the chains of torment.

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Nitehawk Cinema @nitehawkcinema.bsky.social · 11d

Something wicked this way hops 🐰

We’re celebrating 20 years of WALLACE & GROMIT: THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT with October Family Friendly brunches!  

10/11 & 10/12 at Nitehawk Williamsburg

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Blake Simons @blakethinks.bsky.social · 11d

Makoto Shinkai's "5 Centimeters Per Second" is a slight, snapshot work. So what happens when you stretch it out, fill in the blanks, and make it live-action? Meaningful magic.

I spoke with director Yoshiyuki Okuyama for
@animenewsnetwork.com

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Live-Action Film Director Yoshiyuki Okuyama on Adapting Makoto Shinkai's Classic 5 Centimeters Per Second Anime

One of Shinkai's beloved works is now a live-action film. We spoke with young director Yoshiyuki Okuyama about what probing the past can do for the audience and the filmmaker.

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Split Tooth Media @splittoothmedia.bsky.social · 12d

The wait is almost over… October Horror 2025 begins at midnight!

Follow along here: www.splittoothmedia.com/category/fil...

Video by Aaron Bartuska and Jim Hickcox
Music by Stumpy Joe

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danielgorman20 @danielgorman20.bsky.social · 13d

some excellent spooky season deep cuts currently hiding out on Prime Streaming if you’re looking to round out a watchlist

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Non Films @nonfilms.bsky.social · 13d

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Non Films @nonfilms.bsky.social · 14d

LAST CHANCE! The exhibit "Tove Jansson and the #Moomins: The Door Is Always Open" is the first-ever U.S. exhibition dedicated to the Finnish artist and her legendary characters. Through Sept 30 at @bklynlibrary.bsky.social. This is such a well-crafted tribute to the iconic artist. FREE.

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Trash Witch 🎃🦇 @trashwitchh.bsky.social · 15d

a tv screen shows two women having a picnic in the woods

ALT: a tv screen shows two women having a picnic in the woods

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