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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 9h

We've gotten a great response to this sale, so we're gonna keep it going! People are loading up for the holidays. I've packed boxes containing as many as 6 books for less than it would cost to get 2 on Amazon.

Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 9h

Check out our Halloween BOOO-nanza sale, created by my partner @mzspress.bsky.social. Some of our best loved books are (briefly!) being offered at horrifyingly low prices (50% to 70% off). Order more than $100 and we'll throw in a free A24 cap! [THUNDERCLAP; LIGHTNING] mzs.press/BOOO-nanza-S...

BOOO-nanza Sale

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 2h

would love to not wake up feeling like the world is going to collapse

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Philip Gwynne Jones @pgjonesvenice.bsky.social · 2h

Jimmy Sangster's autobiography is titled "Do you want it good or Tuesday?". He managed to do both a surprising number of times.

@househammerpod.bsky.social takes a look at the life and times of a genuine Hammer Hero.

Hammer Bites: Jimmy Sangster

Hammer Heroes is a semi-regular feature of The House Of Hammer that takes a look behind the curtain of the people that made the studio what it was. In this par

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Rose Ruane @regretteruane.bsky.social · 3h

Ladies and gentlepuffins we are floating in space.
One small step for puffin, one giant leap for puffinkind, with more Jill McDonald joy for my Sputnik Sweethearts.

Colourful cartoon cover of a 1968 Puffin Post magazine, in which a pink space rocket emits fierce fiery jets of flame from three booster rockets which are powering it.
The rocket is patterned in black flowers and orange pink and yellow zigzags speeds through a black starry sky with a big shiny sliver satellite spinning through space.
The rocket is crewed by three puffins in yellow space suits sitting at porthole windows and three on space walks outside tethered to the rocket by squiggly blue cables.
Above it, another rocket, this one striped red and yellow zooms across bearing the title Puffin Post in white, hand drawn capital letters outlined in black.
The style of the illustration is very much 1960s psychedelia for primary children and it gives a real sense of an unfolding scene in motion

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cineoutsider.bsky.social @cineoutsider.bsky.social · 3h

A classy January trio of Blu-ray releases from @filmsradiance.bsky.social has been revealed as François Truffaut's THE WILD CHILD, Tai Kato's BLOOD OF REVENGE, and Francesco Rosi’s ILLUSTRIOUS CORPSES tinyurl.com/4ry5wbms

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Andrew Male @andrewmale.bsky.social · 3h

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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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 6h

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 6h

ten horror movies that made me a horror movie addict

jaws
an american werewolf in london
the evil dead
the incredible melting man
dracula: prince of darkness
tarantula
captain kronos: vampire hunter
the thing
halloween
aliens

weinberg @weinberg.social · 7h

ten horror movies that made me a horror movie addict

👾Alien
🐺An American Werewolf in London
🧟‍♂️Dawn of the Dead '78
📖The Evil Dead
🪓Friday the 13th
🐲Gojira
🎃Halloween
👬Invasion of the Body Snatchers '78
🦍King Kong '33
🚀The Thing

Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 8h

10 horror movies to get to know me by

🧟‍♀️ Evil Dead 2
🧗‍♀️ The Descent
🧙‍♀️ A Dark Song
😱 Invasion of the Bodysnatchers
🧩 Hellraiser
🌒 Messiah of Evil
🤖 Hardware
🦇 Fright Night
⚰️ Phantasm
🎹 Deep Red

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Anton Bitel @antbit.projectedfigures.com · 7h

"a mesmerising, if confounding, danse macabre that treads that strange terrain between the psychological and the magical": Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA (1977) screens 9pm on @scream-tv.com UK projectedfigures.com/2018/04/12/s...

Suspiria (1977) - Projected Figures

Dario Argento's SUSPIRIA is a baroque piece of esoteric expressionism that you enter - and exit - without understanding so much as feeling.

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Monster-Theory Medium Dave @azzageddi.myatproto.social · 12h

This is AJ Link, known here as Łink. He's awesome. He's been permabanned for basically just making the CEO, Jay Graber, mad. This was a monumentally stupid decision that, AFAICT, may result in the collapse of Bluesky due to a loss of trust, but we'll see. The smart thing to do would be to #FreeŁink

Thinking Person's Guide to Autism @thinkingautism.com · 1d

“As a neurodiversity advocate and as an autistic person, I’m really grateful for so much of the work that’s been done that allows me to be myself and to be successful being myself.” Link, who has been *banned*!?!? from this platform?

thinkingautismguide.com/2025/06/spac... #AutisticWhileBlack

Space Law, Race, and Neurodiversity: Autistic Advocate AJ Link

We live in a country & society that is built on racism. The neurodivergent community isn't free of that racism—per Autistic advocate AJ Link.

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 14h

which is why it’s still very frustrating it’s US only

Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social · 14h

This month Criterion Channel has a John Woo collection , a Tsui Hark collection , and a Jean Rollin collection - not to mention a shit ton of great horror movies for October - it’s the only streaming service worth having, my friends

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 14h

Includes my review of the new John Williams biography and my piece on James Horner’s music for KRULL

Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 14h

The new edition of #FilmStories magazine - featuring Brit drama I Swear, Roofman, Edgar Wright, Irvine Welsh and a lot of Krull - is out now.
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Film Stories issue 57 is on sale now | I Swear, Edgar Wright, Roofman, Krull

The new edition of Film Stories magazine - featuring Brit drama I Swear, Roofman, Edgar Wright, Irvine Welsh and a lot of Krull - is out now.

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Nick Harkaway @nickharkaway.com · 22h

It troubles me that I’m starting to feel the same way about Bluesky that I do about the UK. Like: it sounds great, and some of the people I know are great, but the leadership is making some weird choices and I’m a bit worried it may all be over in a couple of years.

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 14h

Haven’t seen that since the vhs days

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QuyetPawz - Mutual Aid @qpmutualaid.bsky.social · 4d

🚨Do not quote post unless you have this person blocked!🚨

This person moves within the mutual aid community AND targets vulnerable people to abuse them. This person now has several SA accusations against him.

Block atlastalos(dot)bsky(dot)social

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#HelpSky
#MutualAid #HelpFolksLive2025

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 15h

Drop something skeletal.

A pair of smoking skeletons lay on the ground outside a home in a desert setting

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 18h

LGBTQ+ comedians Rosie Jones and Lee Peart were assaulted on a train in what they described as an 'ableist and homophobic' attack.

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 1d

With TRON ARES about to hit, here’s a bit I wrote for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social on the original TRON and it’s fabulous composer, the amazing Wendy Carlos

Pixel Perfect: How Wendy Carlos Gave an Extra Dimension to Tron

How synthesizer innovator Wendy Carlos created a combination orchestral/synth score for Disney’s big-budget adventure ‘Tron.’

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 15h

FUCK NO

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 15h

Dolly Parton’s sister, Freida Parton, is asking for people to pray for her sister’s health.

Verified Facebook post by Freida Parton. The caption reads:

“Last night, I was up all night praying for my sister, Dolly. Many of you know she hasn’t been feeling her best lately. I truly believe in the power of prayer, and I have been lead to ask all of the world that loves her to be prayer warriors and pray with me. She’s strong, she’s loved, and with all the prayers being lifted for her, I know in my heart she’s going to be just fine. Godspeed, my sissy Dolly. We all love you! ❤️”

Below the caption is a photo of Dolly Parton standing outdoors in front of lush green ivy, hands clasped in prayer, wearing a shiny silver outfit with lace-trimmed sleeves, her signature blonde hair styled in soft curls, looking upward serenely.

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 15h

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Matt Zoller Seitz @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social · 23h

Blast from the past: a piece I did in 2006 about a trio of notoriously ultra-violent, politically reactionary movies from 1971: The French Connection, Dirty Harry, and Straw Dogs

MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 1d

10/7/71: The French Connection (D Friedkin/DP Roizman)
w/Hackman, Scheider, Rey
More:
@pulpcurry.bsky.social: crimereads.com/50-years-rea...
@kphipps3000.bsky.social: www.avclub.com/the-french-c...
We favor, but @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social w/must-read dissent: www.slantmagazine.com/film/caveman...

Caveman Valentines: The French Connection, Dirty Harry, & Straw Dogs - Slant Magazine

Straw Dogs is about man’s quest to identify himself as masculine through the self-actualizing power of violence.

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Rebecca Long @bexlong.bsky.social · 15h

There is something so dystopian about TS's nonstop self-promotion (of an album that's not all that good) in a moment when she could be using her platform (which is larger than p much anyone else's in the world) to speak up for literally any of the pressing issues we face.

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Mike Duquette @mikeduquette.bsky.social · 16h

Hello (PM version). I wrote about the rollout of the new Taylor album, which I think benefits from my voice more than my thoughts on the album itself (which I have to explain a bit more to someone who sent a long, thoughtful comment to me privately). Also a recommendation to watch GREMLINS 2

Eating After 'Midnights'

I didn't want to talk about the new Taylor Swift album, until I read the most misguided take.

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Alison Eales, Nerves of Steel @alisoneales.com · 16h

Butcher Boy, 18 years ago yesterday.

We're playing one of my favourite songs here.

Filmed on a potato.

Simpler times.

Eighteenth Emergency - Butcher Boy

YouTube video by davidmcn

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Charlie Brigden @filmsonwax.bsky.social · 16h

Are they all for acting awards?

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