Pete Baran
@pb14.bsky.social
'Pretty soon that quiet is gonna become so deafening it's gonna make my ears bleed.'
Watching 55 Days At Peking
The yellowface is bad and as spectacle it takes a while to get going. The characters are 1 D cardboard:Niven posh Brit, Heston as a US soldier. Once the siege starts it has more heft, fun and fireworks.Flora Robson has gravitas as Empress Cixi but that is still a no!
The yellowface is bad and as spectacle it takes a while to get going. The characters are 1 D cardboard:Niven posh Brit, Heston as a US soldier. Once the siege starts it has more heft, fun and fireworks.Flora Robson has gravitas as Empress Cixi but that is still a no!
February 8, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Watching 55 Days At Peking
The yellowface is bad and as spectacle it takes a while to get going. The characters are 1 D cardboard:Niven posh Brit, Heston as a US soldier. Once the siege starts it has more heft, fun and fireworks.Flora Robson has gravitas as Empress Cixi but that is still a no!
The yellowface is bad and as spectacle it takes a while to get going. The characters are 1 D cardboard:Niven posh Brit, Heston as a US soldier. Once the siege starts it has more heft, fun and fireworks.Flora Robson has gravitas as Empress Cixi but that is still a no!
Watching Rodeo Christmas Romance
My Mum suckered me into this one (but she does still have the Xmas tree up), and she's a loner star rodeo rider and he's a bit PTSD ex-army dude. Throw in a ranch, snow and a lame horse and the most miniscule of complication. It can't afford a proper rodeo though
My Mum suckered me into this one (but she does still have the Xmas tree up), and she's a loner star rodeo rider and he's a bit PTSD ex-army dude. Throw in a ranch, snow and a lame horse and the most miniscule of complication. It can't afford a proper rodeo though
February 7, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Watching Rodeo Christmas Romance
My Mum suckered me into this one (but she does still have the Xmas tree up), and she's a loner star rodeo rider and he's a bit PTSD ex-army dude. Throw in a ranch, snow and a lame horse and the most miniscule of complication. It can't afford a proper rodeo though
My Mum suckered me into this one (but she does still have the Xmas tree up), and she's a loner star rodeo rider and he's a bit PTSD ex-army dude. Throw in a ranch, snow and a lame horse and the most miniscule of complication. It can't afford a proper rodeo though
Watching The Single Standard
Garbo sees all the men fucking around behind their wives backs but the minute she has fun her boyf commits suicide. Why is there a double standard she asks, and the film answers later when she has a kid with stalwart chum hubbie and wants to run off with her artist ex
Garbo sees all the men fucking around behind their wives backs but the minute she has fun her boyf commits suicide. Why is there a double standard she asks, and the film answers later when she has a kid with stalwart chum hubbie and wants to run off with her artist ex
February 7, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Watching The Single Standard
Garbo sees all the men fucking around behind their wives backs but the minute she has fun her boyf commits suicide. Why is there a double standard she asks, and the film answers later when she has a kid with stalwart chum hubbie and wants to run off with her artist ex
Garbo sees all the men fucking around behind their wives backs but the minute she has fun her boyf commits suicide. Why is there a double standard she asks, and the film answers later when she has a kid with stalwart chum hubbie and wants to run off with her artist ex
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
When I worked...
Without naming your job, tell me something you said over and over again at work
"Above, or below, the Ladies"
Without naming your job, tell me something you said over and over again at work
"Above, or below, the Ladies"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work
“Do you have a wordcount in mind for this?”
“Do you have a wordcount in mind for this?”
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Tell me exactly what you want it to do"
"Tell me exactly what you want it to do"
February 7, 2026 at 7:18 PM
When I worked...
Without naming your job, tell me something you said over and over again at work
"Above, or below, the Ladies"
Without naming your job, tell me something you said over and over again at work
"Above, or below, the Ladies"
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I've been singing this to myself all day
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I've been singing this to myself all day
Looking forward to the Vodka Luge qualifiers in the Winter Olympics tonight, live from Bobino Club Milano
February 7, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Looking forward to the Vodka Luge qualifiers in the Winter Olympics tonight, live from Bobino Club Milano
Watched Annabelle
I was warned but good lord this is a terribly dull movie, muddled about the ugly evil doll its part in demonic possession and it is throwback racist to boot. As @filmfan1971.bsky.social rightly pointed out the heroine can't even scream properly
I was warned but good lord this is a terribly dull movie, muddled about the ugly evil doll its part in demonic possession and it is throwback racist to boot. As @filmfan1971.bsky.social rightly pointed out the heroine can't even scream properly
February 7, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Watched Annabelle
I was warned but good lord this is a terribly dull movie, muddled about the ugly evil doll its part in demonic possession and it is throwback racist to boot. As @filmfan1971.bsky.social rightly pointed out the heroine can't even scream properly
I was warned but good lord this is a terribly dull movie, muddled about the ugly evil doll its part in demonic possession and it is throwback racist to boot. As @filmfan1971.bsky.social rightly pointed out the heroine can't even scream properly
37. This poster for a community theatre Yiddish production of Fiddler On The Roof in Philadelphia is absolutely brilliant design. Designed by Philly artist Sofie Rose Seymour (not on bluesky but Insta here) www.instagram.com/_feygele_?ig...
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
February 7, 2026 at 11:00 AM
37. This poster for a community theatre Yiddish production of Fiddler On The Roof in Philadelphia is absolutely brilliant design. Designed by Philly artist Sofie Rose Seymour (not on bluesky but Insta here) www.instagram.com/_feygele_?ig...
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
Watching Trust Fund
Absolutely infuriating drama:the daughter of a rich publisher who find her dead Mum left her $5million,so she nicks it from Dad and legs it to her bad boyf in Italy.Diamond crime disillusionment follows so she returns,publishes a debut novel and suffers no consequences. NepoHell
Absolutely infuriating drama:the daughter of a rich publisher who find her dead Mum left her $5million,so she nicks it from Dad and legs it to her bad boyf in Italy.Diamond crime disillusionment follows so she returns,publishes a debut novel and suffers no consequences. NepoHell
February 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Watching Trust Fund
Absolutely infuriating drama:the daughter of a rich publisher who find her dead Mum left her $5million,so she nicks it from Dad and legs it to her bad boyf in Italy.Diamond crime disillusionment follows so she returns,publishes a debut novel and suffers no consequences. NepoHell
Absolutely infuriating drama:the daughter of a rich publisher who find her dead Mum left her $5million,so she nicks it from Dad and legs it to her bad boyf in Italy.Diamond crime disillusionment follows so she returns,publishes a debut novel and suffers no consequences. NepoHell
Watching I Vampiri
Or at least the shorter dubbed American version Lust Of The Vampire, which adequately abridges this very early Italian horror take on the Bathory story, no real vampires in sight. Mario Bava did the cinematography, and there are some terrific practical effects.
Or at least the shorter dubbed American version Lust Of The Vampire, which adequately abridges this very early Italian horror take on the Bathory story, no real vampires in sight. Mario Bava did the cinematography, and there are some terrific practical effects.
February 6, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Watching I Vampiri
Or at least the shorter dubbed American version Lust Of The Vampire, which adequately abridges this very early Italian horror take on the Bathory story, no real vampires in sight. Mario Bava did the cinematography, and there are some terrific practical effects.
Or at least the shorter dubbed American version Lust Of The Vampire, which adequately abridges this very early Italian horror take on the Bathory story, no real vampires in sight. Mario Bava did the cinematography, and there are some terrific practical effects.
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I don't see a problem with this. After all, it's a pissful protest
February 6, 2026 at 6:05 PM
I don't see a problem with this. After all, it's a pissful protest
36. It stopped raining long enough to scramble over to a local café where I snaffled Spain's most underrated breakfast food,the humble Pan Con Tomate.Is it just a poor man's bruschetta? Maybe but sometimes you don't want garlic for breakfast. Toast a little underdone here but still
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
February 6, 2026 at 4:43 PM
36. It stopped raining long enough to scramble over to a local café where I snaffled Spain's most underrated breakfast food,the humble Pan Con Tomate.Is it just a poor man's bruschetta? Maybe but sometimes you don't want garlic for breakfast. Toast a little underdone here but still
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
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Borehamwood? They'd bore a whole forest!
two muppets are sitting next to each other on a couch in a living room .
Alt: Stader and Walldorf are sitting next to each other on a couch in a living room .
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:56 AM
Borehamwood? They'd bore a whole forest!
Watching Pillion
Being averse to cringe comedy, I found parts of Pillion difficult, but it is expertly paced to explore the sub-dom relationship,and the problems external viewers (including the audience) might have with potential abuse within it. Both leads excel at this tricky balancing act
Being averse to cringe comedy, I found parts of Pillion difficult, but it is expertly paced to explore the sub-dom relationship,and the problems external viewers (including the audience) might have with potential abuse within it. Both leads excel at this tricky balancing act
February 6, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Watching Pillion
Being averse to cringe comedy, I found parts of Pillion difficult, but it is expertly paced to explore the sub-dom relationship,and the problems external viewers (including the audience) might have with potential abuse within it. Both leads excel at this tricky balancing act
Being averse to cringe comedy, I found parts of Pillion difficult, but it is expertly paced to explore the sub-dom relationship,and the problems external viewers (including the audience) might have with potential abuse within it. Both leads excel at this tricky balancing act
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I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
February 5, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane
Watching Lake Effects
As scmaltzy as the poster suggests, but surprisingly schmaltzy for a film where a man blows himself up with his barbecue, and some local hillbillies mock up a Loch Ness style monster in the local lake
As scmaltzy as the poster suggests, but surprisingly schmaltzy for a film where a man blows himself up with his barbecue, and some local hillbillies mock up a Loch Ness style monster in the local lake
February 5, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Watching Lake Effects
As scmaltzy as the poster suggests, but surprisingly schmaltzy for a film where a man blows himself up with his barbecue, and some local hillbillies mock up a Loch Ness style monster in the local lake
As scmaltzy as the poster suggests, but surprisingly schmaltzy for a film where a man blows himself up with his barbecue, and some local hillbillies mock up a Loch Ness style monster in the local lake
35. My gripe is that it clearly hasn't been made in Borehamwood, but clearly everything else in the barely anything new about it version of The Muppet Show is spot on. So more please, and lots more (24 episode season please)
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
February 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
35. My gripe is that it clearly hasn't been made in Borehamwood, but clearly everything else in the barely anything new about it version of The Muppet Show is spot on. So more please, and lots more (24 episode season please)
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
Watching Machine Gun Mama
Two Brooklyites have to deliver an elephant 🐘 to somewhere in Mexico but have lost the address. A thin attempt to rip off the Hope/Crosby Road To... Movies. The title comes from the ten seconds the female lead (Armida) uses a carnival pellet machine gun
Two Brooklyites have to deliver an elephant 🐘 to somewhere in Mexico but have lost the address. A thin attempt to rip off the Hope/Crosby Road To... Movies. The title comes from the ten seconds the female lead (Armida) uses a carnival pellet machine gun
February 5, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Watching Machine Gun Mama
Two Brooklyites have to deliver an elephant 🐘 to somewhere in Mexico but have lost the address. A thin attempt to rip off the Hope/Crosby Road To... Movies. The title comes from the ten seconds the female lead (Armida) uses a carnival pellet machine gun
Two Brooklyites have to deliver an elephant 🐘 to somewhere in Mexico but have lost the address. A thin attempt to rip off the Hope/Crosby Road To... Movies. The title comes from the ten seconds the female lead (Armida) uses a carnival pellet machine gun
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The Golden Silent Films Podcast has crossed over to the newspaper world! Thanks again to Sherri Snyder for being so kind and helpful to the show and the Palos Verde Pulse for putting it in writing! #silentfilm #silentmovies
www.palosverdespulse.com/blog/sherris...
www.palosverdespulse.com/blog/sherris...
Keeping a Silent Star Luminous: Sherri Snyder plays Barbara La Marr — Palos Verdes Pulse
Every so often, a performance does what history can’t—it makes someone gone feel suddenly, unmistakably here.
www.palosverdespulse.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:44 PM
The Golden Silent Films Podcast has crossed over to the newspaper world! Thanks again to Sherri Snyder for being so kind and helpful to the show and the Palos Verde Pulse for putting it in writing! #silentfilm #silentmovies
www.palosverdespulse.com/blog/sherris...
www.palosverdespulse.com/blog/sherris...
Watching Curly Top
'Now Mister, just because I regularly go to bed with a duck and a horse, it doesn't mean you can just waltz into an orphanage and buy me.'
Its main argument against it being a pedo film is that Boles eventually fancies Shirley's older sister who is, er, about fifteen.
'Now Mister, just because I regularly go to bed with a duck and a horse, it doesn't mean you can just waltz into an orphanage and buy me.'
Its main argument against it being a pedo film is that Boles eventually fancies Shirley's older sister who is, er, about fifteen.
February 5, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Watching Curly Top
'Now Mister, just because I regularly go to bed with a duck and a horse, it doesn't mean you can just waltz into an orphanage and buy me.'
Its main argument against it being a pedo film is that Boles eventually fancies Shirley's older sister who is, er, about fifteen.
'Now Mister, just because I regularly go to bed with a duck and a horse, it doesn't mean you can just waltz into an orphanage and buy me.'
Its main argument against it being a pedo film is that Boles eventually fancies Shirley's older sister who is, er, about fifteen.
Reposted by Pete Baran
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
This is unreal. An AUSA talking like that in open court is about as close as you can come to a total breakdown. Never heard of anything like it.
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
If you want to read the transcript of the February 3 hearing where Julie Le had her "this job sucks" meltdown, now you can:
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
Watching Sew Torn
Run Lola Run with a sewing machine
Terrific, unexpected stuff
Run Lola Run with a sewing machine
Terrific, unexpected stuff
February 4, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Watching Sew Torn
Run Lola Run with a sewing machine
Terrific, unexpected stuff
Run Lola Run with a sewing machine
Terrific, unexpected stuff
Today in getting something three and a half years too late: Liz Truss sounds a bit (not very much - but enough for the Daily Star) like Lettuce.
February 4, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Today in getting something three and a half years too late: Liz Truss sounds a bit (not very much - but enough for the Daily Star) like Lettuce.
34.Treaty is a cat and mouse tale of two loner geniuses on the class ridden mining planet of Treaty(so called because there is a tenuous agreement between the miners and the alien inhabitants).One is diddling the system,the other trying to catch her,plus alien birds and a killer ending
#agoodthing
#agoodthing
February 4, 2026 at 8:17 PM
34.Treaty is a cat and mouse tale of two loner geniuses on the class ridden mining planet of Treaty(so called because there is a tenuous agreement between the miners and the alien inhabitants).One is diddling the system,the other trying to catch her,plus alien birds and a killer ending
#agoodthing
#agoodthing