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Aieee-Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 6h

This is a fascinating insight into the challenges of making some VFX shots including Star Wars, Star Trek and D&D.

Todd Vaziri @tvaziri.com · 1d

Vanity Fair asked me to talk about visual effects, and it was my great honor to show off some of ILM’s terrific work over the years.

Todd Vaziri on Vanity Fair VFX
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ILM's VFX Secrets Behind Star Wars, Transformers & More | Vanity Fair

YouTube video by Vanity Fair

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 6h

In loving memory of Terence Stamp (1938–2025)

Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 6h

26 years on, The Limey remains one of Soderbergh's most haunting meditations on time, loss & identity.

Cinephilia & Beyond explores its construction of memory:

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“Bide Your Time and Everything Becomes Clear”: The Construction of Memory in Soderbergh’s ‘The Limey’ • Cinephilia & Beyond

By Sven Mikulec From time to time, a film that is received less enthusiastically at the box office and perhaps gets overlooked by critics goes on to become a cult classic. In fact, this actually happe...

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John @jmce95.bsky.social · 6h

This being the funniest 8 seconds of television all year 😭 #CelebrityTraitors #TheTraitors

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 5h

Yeah, same here. I thought that’s it, the series is tainted and it’ll never be the same. I enjoyed every flipping minute.

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Andy @andrewjones.uk · 7h

Iconic. I’m creasing myself laughing. #CelebrityTraitors

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 5h

I had my doubts about a celebrity version but that worked really well. And Alan Carr is worth it just for the ensuing chaotic hilarity. #CelebrityTraitors

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Scott Bryan @scottygb.bsky.social · 7h

What a quote #CelebrityTraitors

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 5h

A wonderful series. Well worth a look.

🎃 Andy Lambert 🎃 @and-e-roo.bsky.social · 6h

I've been informed that "The Fades" is back on iPlayer -
I absolutely LOVED this 6 part supernatural series when it was first shown in 2011, and if you've never seen it before, or haven't watched it in a while, I recommend it - especially during the spooky season! 👻

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The Fades

Seventeen-year old Paul can see the spirits of the dead. When one of these restless spirits crosses back into the living world, he is forced into a fight to prevent the apocalypse.

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 14h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 12h

Yes. ‘Space Oddity' and 'Panic in Detroit' - both included on the RYKO edition of Scary Monsters. There’s also an update of 'Rebel Rebel’ that never surfaced afaik.

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 12h

Takahashi’s inspired a catch up with favourite of mine, Zaine Griff. Zaine made some good albums in the 80s: ‘Ashes and Diamonds’ and ‘Figures’. He guest vocals on Takahashi’s ‘What, Me Worry?’ with Ronny on ‘This Strange Obsession’. Zaine made a new album in 2024 with Chris Payne! Will seek it out.

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 13h

Just cleaned the living room out. This was accompanied by 1981’s Siouxsie and the Banshees comp ‘Once Upon A Time: The Singles’ and Yukihiro Takahashi’s ‘What, Me Worry?’, Yellow Magic Orchestra legend’s fourth solo disc from 1982 - some absolute synth pop bangers on that.

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 16h

The ‘can I have a bit of your ham sandwich’ pity look from #notourcat.

Tuxedo cat watching non-owner devour a ham sandwich and hoping it will be shared.

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 16h

I have been out and mowed the lawn. The last haircut it’s getting until Spring 2026. It was not a pleasant affair. The grass and the ground was far too wet. But it’s done now.

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Mr Grimoire-d @grahamward.bsky.social · 16h

Frank Bellamy featured. His art follows in this thread. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

The Art of Radio Times - BBC Sounds

Peter Day salutes the graphic artists whose canvas was Radio Times, which began in 1923.

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Tim Worthington @outonbluesix.bsky.social · 19h

How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 17h

The 2024 Little Richard documentary, I Am Everything, is currently streaming on C4 in the UK. Ignore the usual talking heads who appear at the start as this is excellent. Particularly good on the "queer" subculture of the American South. youtu.be/4YC8WUrWtZY?...

Little Richard: I Am Everything - Official Trailer | Documentary by Lisa Cortés | Opens April 21

YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing

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Frank Collins @cathode-ray-tube.bsky.social · 18h

To acknowledge Halloween/October, here’s a list of all my Hammer film reviews you can read on Medium. medium.com/@frank_c_col... #Hammer #Horror #Filmsky 🧛🧟‍♂️🎃👻👹💀

List: Hammer Films | Curated by Frank Collins | Medium

Hammer Films · Reviews of films made by the legendary British studio. · 13 stories on Medium

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Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21h

Just to be clear, an English degree - learning to critically assess texts - is actually one of the most dangerous for people such as Badenoch.

An educated population, able to bring hundreds of years of context to statements in a dawning age of AI slop and attention-seeking dishonesty is also vital.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 23h

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Real Gone @realgonerocks.bsky.social · 20h

Facts are simple and facts are straight
Facts are lazy and facts are late
Facts all come with points of view
Facts don't do what I want them to
Facts just twist the truth around
Facts are living turned inside out
Facts are getting the best of them
Facts are nothing on the face of things

Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 20h

Happy 45th birthday to one of the greatest albums of all time. Talking Heads released Remain in Light on this day in 1980
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21h

ME/CFS is a devastating condition that has long been denied, dismissed, psychologised and underdiagnosed. Research is at last starting to catch up with it, with glimmers of hope for those who have been left untreated for so long.
There's a huge BUT coming ...🧵
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Scientists develop first ‘accurate blood test’ to detect chronic fatigue syndrome

Research could offer hope for ME patients – but some experts urge caution and say more studies needed

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Holly Brockwell @hollyqueenofspayeds.com · 1d

It's apparently Amazon Prime Big Deals Day, or something?! If you've finished buying shiny things and would like to treat some homeless moggies to a meal, here's our wishlist. Thank you 🫶

Check out my list on Amazon

www.amazon.co.uk

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FRANK'S FILM REVIEW @franksfilmreview.bsky.social · 26d

FRANK'S FILM REVIEW: MILDRED PIERCE
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Joan Crawford’s career was hanging by a thread when she took on the role of Mildred Pierce. After parting ways with MGM and being branded “box office poison,” she had everything to prove...

#FrankGaimari #Crawford

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Mildred Pierce

FRANK’S FILM REVIEW: MILDRED PIERCE⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Joan Crawford’s career was hanging by a thread when she took on the role of Mildred Pierce in 1945. After parting ways with MGM and being branded “box off…

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Oregon 🕎🎲 @oregonthedm.bsky.social · 1d

Boxes also work on bobcats

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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