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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 6h

Remembering the late great ALASTAIR SIM - born 125yrs ago today.

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Edward the Movie Buff 🎞🎬🎥📽 @midgetmoxie.bsky.social · 1d

Scarface (1932)
Director: Howard Hawks

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 2h

#FilmSky #MovieSky
a year’s worth of movies I love
282/365 Oct. 9
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952, Julien Duvivier)
— Where did you get that cigar, Camillo?
— Peppone had two. I think I took it without asking him. You know he believes in equal distribution of wealth.

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 5h

Loretta Young by Ruth Harriet Louise, 1928.

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 5h

Glenn Ford on location for the television series Cade's County, 1971

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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 2d

OLIVER HARDY wasn't just an avid golfer he was an exceptionally good one too. He was a member of Lakeside Golf Club and played alongside Bing Crosby, Douglas Fairbanks & W. C. Fields winning many a tournament and trophy.

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 20h

My favourite ghost story. I was going through a list of Guillermo del Toro’s top-rated films and was surprised to find it there: I thought no one gave it a second thought!

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 20h

#FilmSky #MovieSky
a year’s worth of movies I love
281/365 Oct. 8
In Bruges (2008, Martin McDonagh)
“A great day this has turned out to be. I’m suicidal, me mate tries to kill me, me gun gets nicked and we’re still in fookin’ Bruges!”

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Hallow’s Books, Movies, and TV @hallowshaunt.bsky.social · 2d

Any fans of 1980’s film
‘the Changeling’?

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 1d

If I told my mother that, she’d join Bluesky for the sole purpose of giving you a piece of her mind. 🤣
I couldn’t leave either version off this list but I admit liking Love Affair slightly more, perhaps because of Maria Ouspenskaya.

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 1d

Mary Badham in "To Kill a Mockingbird" - BOTD

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Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 2d

#filmsky #moviesky #filmnoir

Noir Necktie Tuesday —
Robert Ryan
— a mobster with a bribery scheme
and a swinging tie.
The Racket, 1951

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 1d

#FilmSky #MovieSky
a year’s worth of movies I love
80/365 Oct. 7
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962, Robert Mulligan)
“Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what“

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 1d

#FilmSky #MovieSky
a year’s worth of movies I love
79/365 October 6
The Manchurian Candidate (1962, John Frankenheimer)
“Why don't you pass the time by playing a little solitaire?”

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 1d

#FilmSky #MovieSky
a year’s worth of movies I love
278/365 Oct. 5
Lawrence of Arabia (1962, David Lean)
“Big things have small beginnings.”

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 1d

#FilmSky #MovieSky
a year’s worth of movies I love
277/365 Oct. 4
The Night of the Hunter (1955, Charles Laughton)
“…and he ain't no preacher, neither.”

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 1d

#FilmSky #MovieSky
a year’s worth of movies I love
276/365 Oct 3
An Affair to Remember (1957, Leo McCarey)
“Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories. We’ve already missed the spring.”

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Daddio @kidcreole3.bsky.social · 3d

STREET ANGEL (1928)

A Frank Borzage follow-up to his Oscar win for 7TH HEAVEN

A classic Borzage "lovers who face obstacles"

Janet Gaynor wins a third of an Oscar

Love the use of shadows and fog. All the variety of lived-in sets. Church, prison, church, the streets etc

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Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.social · 3d

Morgan Freeman in, Eyewitness (1981).

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Forever Louise Brooks @foreverlouiseb1.bsky.social · 3d

Carole Lombard by Eugene Robert Richee, 1931. #botd (Thread)

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David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 74th Birthday to the great Karen Allen, iconic actress, director, and knitwear designer.

- As Katy in ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)
- As Marien Ravenwood in RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
- As Jenny Hayden in STARMAN (1981)
- As Miss Dunne in MALCOLM X (1992)

#BOTD in 1951

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Mr Natural @neilmatheson66.bsky.social · 3d

#BOTD 1908. Remembering actress Carol Lombard. (d.1942) #Skyfilms

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 3d

#watched #FilmSky #MovieSky
Caught Stealing (Darren Aronofsky, 2025)
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Sometimes wavers uneasily between dark and funny.

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 3d

#watched #FilmSky #MovieSky
The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2023)
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As cheap-looking, gory, wacky and funny as it should be.

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Brian Holder @brianholderd.bsky.social · 3d

#watched #FilmSky #MovieSky
She Rides Shotgun (Nick Rowland, 2025)
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Good crime-thriller with solid leads, especially amazing child actress Ana Sophia Heger.

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