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Ride the High Country (1962)

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🏳️‍⚧️ Josephine Riesman @josie.zone · 1d

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson is capable of great cinematic performances when he either (a) lets himself get silly with it (e.g. PAIN AND GAIN), or (b) has no idea the director is making fun of him (e.g. SOUTHLAND TALES, below)

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 20h

This is an excellent movie for a rainy morning 🤩

Up next on TCM @tcm-up-next.bsky.social · 20h

RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (1962) — 8:45 am ET — 1h 34m
(TCM Daytime: Starring Randolph Scott)

Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, Mariette Hartley; directed by Sam Peckinpah

Two aging gunslingers sign on to transport gold from a remote mining town.

#TCM #TCMParty

www.tcm.com

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Giallo Biafra @fulciseyefetish.bsky.social · 1d

@merzkyshoom.bsky.social is gone for one episode of @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social and I immediately veer the show in a ridiculous direction 😅

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 70: Southland Tales (2006)

QUEENS OF THE DEAD - Beyond Fest

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Fuck Yeah! Meiko Kaji 梶芽衣子 @meikokaji.net · 3d

The full Q&A between Meiko Kaji (梶芽衣子) and Will Morris has now been uploaded to YT:

youtu.be/4u3Hk7GkWL0

This time I was in the front, so the video quality is pretty good!

No song, but we did get Meiko with a t-shirt cannon!

Mid-shot of Meiko on stage, sitting and smiling!

Picture of the marquee at the Aero Theater that says:

Meiko Kaji Tribute
Stray Cat Rock
Delinquent Girl Boss

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HorrorGirl Problems @horrorgirlprobs.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, LA! See you at Beyond Fest tonight for glitter, glam, and ZOMBIES with the one and only Tina Romero. QUEENS OF THE DEAD @ 6pm. LFG
Get your tickets now 👇🏽

beyondfest.com/film/queens-...

When the glitter hits the gore: QUEENS OF THE DEAD is a fierce, funny, and bloody drag-fueled battle for survival in the zombie apocalypse.

beyondfest.com

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Tech NaN @merzkyshoom.bsky.social · 3d

If you’d like to hear me insincerely accept, completely disregard, or redirect every valid criticism of Southland Tales as a problem with the viewer’s expectations, you’re gonna love our next episode of @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social releasing Tuesday 😚

Abe Goldfarb @abegoldfarb.bsky.social · 4d

in fairness i’m quite sure i sound like this about southland tales

amy brown @amybrown.xyz · 4d

are swifties okay

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 3d

Join us for a very special episode as we recap our experience at the 3rd Annual Phoenixville Film Festival! It was a jam-packed weekend that included American Comic, Drink and Be Merry, RARE and a murderers row of short films.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
#FilmSky #FilmFest #ComedySky

Phoenixville Film Festival 2025

a man sits in a chair in a dark room playing a saxophone and smoking a cigarette ..

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 4d

Elizabeth Taylor provides the blueprint for the make-up tutorial in The Driver's Seat (1974)

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 5d

Alt: Graham sits in a darkened room, monitoring Joe’s progress, wondering if he himself has become the prisoner in his scheme.

media.tenor.com

Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 5d

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 6d

Subject retrieved. Interrogation complete. Subject admits to and displayed remorse for actions which could harm the institution. Initiating reassimilation and aversion therapy.

Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 6d

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 6d

Graham watching just not working diligently for the podcast state, "Why won't he just finish up these edits?!?!"
Brazil (1985)

Night of the Living Dead (1968) » The Colonial Theatre

Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 7d

Come on out TONIGHT to the Colonial Theatre and celebrate the 57th anniversary of George A. Romero's horror classic, and possibly one of the greatest films ever made in the Commonwealth, Night of the Living Dead (on 16mm!)!!
Screening details below!
#FilmSky #HorrorSky #MutantFam 📽️ 🧟🪦🧟‍♂️🪦🧟‍♀️🪦🏚️🔥

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Kimberly Pierce @kpierce624.bsky.social · 7d

“Madam, I knew Jane Goodall, and you are no Jane Goodall”. ❤️

JaneGoodall joke1

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 7d

Graham watching and waiting for Joe's final edits.
sex, lies, and videotape (1989)

Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 8d

Graham's surveillance system of Joe
Sliver (1993)

Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 8d

Post a fictional comedian who definitely would accept an invitation to the Riyadh Comedy Festival

Jay Christopher played by Joe Kwaczala in American Comic

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 8d

This is Graham. I have successfully infiltrated the BS account. Joe will now be placed under 24-hour survellance until the release of our Phoenixville Film Festival coverage and subsequent episode, Southland Tales. He has 1 week to comply. If these demands are not met…

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 9d

That's great to hear. I'm definitely intrigued to see where he takes in using a longer format.

Episode 69: Gomorrah (2008)

Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 9d

NEW EPISODE ALERT!
This week Graham has taken control of the show as we delve into the dark and dangerous world of modern Italian crime syndicates with Matteo Garrone's Gomorrah. And now Joe is paranoid death lurks just around the corner. 😬
Available wherever you get your podcasts! #FilmSky 🎥

Phoenixville Film Festival 2025

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Westerns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · Nov 12

Storyboards for The Wild Bunch (1969) by Tyrus Wong

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 16d

The 3rd Annual Phoenixville Film Festival was an absolute blast and we can't wait to sit down tomorrow evening to recap the whole thing. In the meantime, here is a list of what we saw (unfortunately a majority of the short films are not on @letterboxd.social yet
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#FilmSky #FilmFest #PFF

A list of 16 films compiled on Letterboxd, including American Comic (2025), Sexy Grandma, Séance (2024), Whisper In My Ear (2025) and Slaughter.

boxd.it

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Films at First Sight @filmsatfirstsight.bsky.social · 16d

NEW EPISODE ALERT!
Join us for one of our weirdest episodes yet, as we chat about the Shaw Brothers' most phantasmagoric flick ever, The Boxer's Omen. So, get ready for a tale of revenge, Black magic, and enough hyperbole to make it unbelievable.
Available wherever you get your podcasts!
#FilmSky 🎥

Episode 68: The Boxer's Omen (1983)