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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 8h

I love when Severin releases a box set with a documentary or book about a very specific sub-genre and supports it with a massive syllabus of films. I have no expertise in this field and I look forward to attending this course.

Severin Films @severinfilms.bsky.social · 9h

***NEW TITLE ANNOUNCEMENT***

EXORCISMO: DEFYING A DICTATOR & RAISING HELL IN POST-FRANCO SPAIN

Full Specs & Order Link: severinfilms.com/products/exo...

19 Feature Films Including Award-Winning Documentary, Plus New 168-Page Book & 21+ Combined Hours of Bonus Features

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 11h

Sounds like… a nightmare.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 4d

This is my schedule for AFI FEST.

YOUNG MOTHERS vs YES was my only annoying conflict. They overlap and both have only the one screening. I grabbed YOUNG MOTHERS for now but I might switch…

OCT 22
2:30 - THE STRANGER
5:30 - FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER
8:45 - REBUILDING

OCT 23
12:15 - TWO PROSECUTORS
2:45 - ORPHAN
6:15 - YOUNG MOTHERS (or YES)
9:30 - CURRENTS

OCT 24
1:30 - MIROIRS NO. 3
5:15 - LA GRAZIA
9:15 - HOW TO SHOOT A GHOST

OCT 25
10:30 - GHOST ELEPHANTS
1:25 - MY FATHER'S SHADOW
4:10 - OLMO
6:00 - ROMERIA

OCT 26
2:30- THE LOVE THAT REMAINS
5:10 - CASE 137
8:15 - THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 5d

Oh no, I meant presumably a crew shirt. I should have put parentheses elsewhere.

Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 5d

Or how about this THE FABELMANS (presumably?) crew shirt?

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 5d

Come on LA movie nerds. You know you need a vintage DEFENDING YOUR LIFE shirt…

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 5d

Yes.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 6d

MEMORIA is current best of the decade.

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 6d

One Battle After Another has been getting a lot of “best movie of the decade” talk, and I’m inclined to agree but I’m curious — what’s the competition?

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 7d

#Top5FirstViews September 2025
1. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (Kazan)
2. SCENT OF A SPELL (Ikeda)
3. THE CANDIDATE (Ritchie)
4. NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (Butler / Furie)
5. THE MARGIN (Borowczyk)

Damn good month. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER was the best new release I saw by a mile.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 7d

#Top5FirstViews September 2025
1. A TREE GROWS IN BROOKLYN (Kazan)
2. SCENT OF A SPELL (Ikeda)
3. THE CANDIDATE (Ritchie)
4. NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (Butler / Furie)
5. THE MARGIN (Borowczyk)

Damn good month. ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER was the best new release I saw by a mile.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 8d

This is actually my second copy of it. I grabbed this one because it was signed.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 8d

Which one?

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 8d

Picked up some interesting books at the local thrift store. The Fleischer is signed.

Paul Mazursky - Show Me the Magic
Gene Tierney - Self-Portrait
Richard Fleischer - Just Tell Me When to Cry
Stanley Booth - Dance With the Devil: The Rolling Stones and Their Times

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 8d

Just go see it in IMAX first. You’re gonna have to dodge so many spoilers in the next two weeks.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 8d

That’s the only one on there that stings, honestly.

Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 10d

No One Waved Goodbye by Tacoma Radar was just reissued by Numero Group. It has a bit of the Scottish twee gentleness of their label mates Camera Obscura but layered with a noisier guitar and narcotic haziness similar to Slowcore bands like Codeine. Definitely one of my favorite discoveries in 2025.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 14d

Good mail day. Both Amazon and Barnes & Nobel have good Kino sales happening right now. I picked up some 4K upgrades for films I like quite a bit.

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
BUG
THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTFOOT

UHD

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 14d

Brian Wilson just died at 82.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 15d

1. THERE WILL BE BLOOD
2. PUNCH DRUNK LOVE
3. MAGNOLIA
4. PHANTOM THREAD
5. BOOGIE NIGHTS
6. HARD EIGHT
7. LICORICE PIZZA (only seen once)
8. THE MASTER
9. INHERENT VICE (only seen once)

Corey Atad @coreyatad.com · 15d

oh we doing it?

1. The Master
2. Punch-Drunk Love
3. Phantom Thread
4. Magnolia
5. Inherent Vice
6. There Will Be Blood
7. Boogie Nights
8. Licorice Pizza
9. Hard Eight

for reference, the worst one here is still really damn good, and everything above that is an all-timer

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 15d

Cool, I’ll be curious to read your thoughts since I know you have some history with that one.

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 15d

@zachralston.bsky.social Have you seen THE LONG WALK yet?

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 15d

The Fiery Furnacnes’ Blueberry Boat vinyl reissue limited to 500. OOP for quite some time, one of the best albums of the 2000s.

Everything Nice

A place in the Hudson Valley for new & used records, books, magazines, and more!

www.everything-nice.co

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 16d

Trump will threaten the Soros-funded terrorist organization known as Gwar: Scumdogs of the Universe.

jon mothman @jonchristian.net · 16d

this is the funniest possible way to describe GWAR

libs of tiktok melting down that GWAR did a comic bit about killing trump, which they've done with every president for years, as well as a broad range of public figures

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Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 17d

Rollin films had such beautiful posters for his films, it’s such a shame that—for decades—they were on home video with those Redemption posters that made them look like SOV BDSM pornos.

Jason Overbeck @bentclouds.bsky.social · 18d

Yawn.

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