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Robert M. Payne
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Living the Life of Wryly in L.A.
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December 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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When billionaires take control of communication platforms, it’s not a win for free speech. It’s a win for oligarchy.

This is a danger to the free press.
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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midcenturycinema.bsky.social
BOTD John Cassavetes!!! 🙏🙏🙏
MCCT5: 5)Husbands 4)Woman Under the Influence 3)Shadows 2)Opening Night 1)Killing/Chinese Bookie
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Essential Cassavetes
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December 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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robertmpayne.bsky.social
Are you ready for the Shakespeare Cinematic Universe?
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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30+ movies a year. Wow. That's very impressive. This year Paramount released a grand total of 7, exactly one of which made the year's top 25 (while losing $), so there is zero reason to believe that the company has the means to more than quadruple its output. deadline.com/2025/12/para...
Paramount Promises To Release 30+ Films Annually If It Acquires Warner Bros: “We’re Going To Satisfy The Needs Of The Moviegoing Public”
Should Paramount succeed in acquiring Warner Bros, the combined studio will release more than 30 theatrical titles a year. This was Paramount CEO David Ellison’s promise during a phone presser followi...
deadline.com
December 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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rachelburch.bsky.social
The Collybrook (name for the stream), last week near western Creason Woods, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography
December 8, 2025 at 10:19 AM
robertmpayne.bsky.social
“Drop the last movie you saw in a theater.”
a woman in a red dress stands in front of a crowd while a man shakes her hand
ALT: a woman in a red dress stands in front of a crowd while a man shakes her hand
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December 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
robertmpayne.bsky.social
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #TheWintersTale #time
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
robertmpayne.bsky.social
A summer’s day will seem an hour but short,
Being wasted in such time-beguiling sport.

#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #VenusAndAdonis #time
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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December 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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"We recently announced that Netflix will acquire William Shakespeare, including his plays, sonnets, narrative poems and indeed also his biography and everything he ever said. This unites our leading entertainment service with William Shakespeare's iconic stories. 'All the world's a Netflix!'"
December 6, 2025 at 11:40 PM
robertmpayne.bsky.social
I wish I had handled our on-line debate better. R.I.P., sir.
December 6, 2025 at 7:09 AM
robertmpayne.bsky.social
I don’t agree with this ranking, but it’s nice to see these clips all in one place. #Shakespeare

www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3UO...
Top 20 Best Shakespeare Movies
YouTube video by MsMojo
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December 6, 2025 at 1:33 AM
robertmpayne.bsky.social
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is TIME.
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Amalfi coast, Italy
Amalfi coast, Italy
December 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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Southern Oregon
2025
#photography #photo #naturephotography #photographer #beautiful #photograph #nature #Oregon #sky #sunset #ocean #sea #beach #beachday #sand #sun #OC #Funday #beachGirls #crag #stone #OregonCoast
#reflections #landscape #SeaCrag #StoneCastle
#OregonDucks #I💗Oregon
December 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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reappropriate.bsky.social
Oh no…

deadline.com/2025/12/cary...
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Dies: ‘Mortal Kombat, ‘Last Emperor’ & ‘Man In The High Castle’ Actor Was 75
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, the actor best known for his roles in the Mortal Kombat films, The Last Emperor and The Man in the High Castle, has died.
deadline.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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dannydrinkswine.bsky.social
Happy 94th birthday, Kyōko Kagawa (香川 京子)!

Tokyo Story (1953)
Director: Yasujirô Ozu
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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#ArtAdventCalendar
#Scape (early)

#Sunset #Nature #PeacefulPost #ArtInNature #SimplePleasures #Breathe #OnlyBeautifulThings #Landscape #Skyscape #Scape #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography #PhotographersOfBluesky #PhotographersUnited #EastCoastKin #AltText
The photo captures a striking sunset over a silhouetted landscape. The sky is dominated by dramatic clouds. The lower portion near the horizon is bathed in intense golden-yellow and orange light, indicating the sun is just below the horizon. Above the bright horizon, a layer of dark, heavy cumulus clouds is present, with their undersides illuminated by the warm light, creating vibrant orange edges. Higher clouds are a mixture of deep grey and muted blue tones. The lower part of the image features the silhouette of a rolling completely dark against the bright sky.
December 4, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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December 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Spectators in the Arena at Arles - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14416
December 4, 2025 at 5:55 AM
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midcenturycinema.bsky.social
BOTD Jean Luc Godard!
We remain in awe of his astonishing 15 feature run, 1960-7
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Jean-Luc Godard Was Cinema’s North Star
The French director did more than transform the aesthetic and the practice of filmmaking—he turned the cinema into the central art form of his time.
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December 3, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Baby, you’re a rich man. #Beatles
December 3, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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midcenturycinema.bsky.social
12/2/64: Mario Savio's landmark speech at Berkeley
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Do give a listen . . . painfully relevant today, and, one hopes, inspiring: youtube.com/watch?v=J_C3...
Mario Savio The Machine Speech via Sproul Hall Steps Dec 2 1964
YouTube video by livewordcanada
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December 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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robertmpayne.bsky.social
“Last day of my Oscar winning daily movie challenge - 10 days of favorite Oscar winners (films that won best picture). Post a GIF from the movie.”

Day 10: Shakespeare in Love (1998)

(R.I.P. Tom Stoppard)

#StevesBestPictureChallenge
a man is peeking out from behind a wooden post while another man sits behind him .
ALT: a man is peeking out from behind a wooden post while another man sits behind him .
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December 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM