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biscooti🍪 @adamdriverss.bsky.social · 10h

the sweetest smile 🥹🥹 #adamdriver #nyff

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 17h

If you'll be there too, let me know!

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 17h

Okay while I can't make the screening of TLJ, I've just booked a ticket to the Knives Out double bill on the Friday w/ Rian Johnson Q&A. I couldn't be more excited!

Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 4d

🚨THE LAST JEDI IS SCREENING IN LONDON WITH A RIAN JOHNSON INTRO ON 9 OCTOBER 🚨

There are still tickets available for this! It's really gone under the radar, but is probably the event of the year for any London (or even UK) based Reylos - go and snap those tickets up while they're still available!

Star Wars: The Last Jedi + Rian Johnson Intro | Showtimes and Tickets

We’re thrilled to welcome Rian Johnson himself for an extended introduction to the film, screening as part of A Rian Johnson Retrospective at Picturehouse Central. As the Resistance struggles to...

www.picturehouses.com

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Eva Vilhelmiina @evelmiina.bsky.social · 1d

Inktober day 6
Teacher

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most wholesome canon Ben Solo content ... perhaps ever? Great art.

Darth-Spaceflower💮 @chaossaber.bsky.social · 1d

Little Ben Solo with Han and Leia 😭💔

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you! You're our reporter on the ground!

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 1d

Ah amazing I'm so pleased you could make both plans work! I'm really happy for you.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 2d

Was in central London at the weekend and a very sweet tourist stopped me to ask if I could direct her to 'Shaftesbury' (meaning 'Shaftesbury Avenue') - it was probably the most American moment I've experienced directly in years.

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Maria J Pérez Cuervo @mjpcuervo.bsky.social · 2d

Alice in Wonderland (Jonathan Miller, 1966), my favourite adaptation.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 2d

Okay so is anyone booked to go to this? We need some people on the ground!

Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 4d

🚨THE LAST JEDI IS SCREENING IN LONDON WITH A RIAN JOHNSON INTRO ON 9 OCTOBER 🚨

There are still tickets available for this! It's really gone under the radar, but is probably the event of the year for any London (or even UK) based Reylos - go and snap those tickets up while they're still available!

Star Wars: The Last Jedi + Rian Johnson Intro | Showtimes and Tickets

We’re thrilled to welcome Rian Johnson himself for an extended introduction to the film, screening as part of A Rian Johnson Retrospective at Picturehouse Central. As the Resistance struggles to...

www.picturehouses.com

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 2d

Aargh that really is so difficult! Hope you can make it work but if not I'm sure all the notable comments will be shared online.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 3d

Hope you can go! We need some Reylos on the ground.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you! I'll experiment with that later.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 3d

I did a proper write up in my Duellists review here!

My ★★★½ review of The Duellists on Letterboxd boxd.it/bgT3ex

A ★★★½ review of The Duellists (1977)

I definitely enjoyed seeing this more on the big screen vs at home, though the same complaints from my first viewing remain - it's a very entertaining story, expressed beautifully through its visual c...

boxd.it

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 4d

Had a blast at the Ridley Scott Q&A at the BFI - he's breathtakingly egotistical, but so intensely sincere that he's likeable. Highlights:

- praising his own films at every opportunity
- calling Pauline Kael a bitch (twice!)
- recalling Orson Welles drinking pepsi cola and eating chocolate cake

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sleemo @sleemo.com · 16d

A Rian Johnson Retrospective is coming to London next month with:

🔪 A Knives Out & Glass Onion double bill + Rian Johnson Q&A
⭐️ Star Wars: The Last Jedi + Rian Johnson Introduction

One of the event posters for A Rian Johnson Retrospective featuring an illustration of a card with a red praetorian guard from his film THE LAST JEDI

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picturehouses: 🃏 A Rian Johnson Retrospective: coming to @picturehousecentral this October 🃏

As we eagerly await Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, we're thrilled to welcome one of modern genre cinema's most dynamic filmmakers for a look back at his career.

Join Rian in-person at Picturehouse
Central with:
🔪 Knives Out & Glass Onion double bill + Rian Johnson Q&A
⭐️ Star Wars: The Last Jedi + Rian
Johnson Introduction

Plus, even more mysteries to uncover on the big screen:
🧱 Brick
☂️ The Brothers Bloom
🔫 Looper

Head to picturehouses.com/ rianjohnson to find out more, Members Priority Booking is now open!

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 4d

Aaargh the algorithm here is so bad - I totally missed your original post!

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 4d

@sleemo.com I know you can't go in person, but this will be of interest to you!

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunately I can't attend as I'm at the theatre that evening, but I really hope some of my moots can go! It's such a fantastic opportunity to see Rian introduce the movie - I'd love see a write-up on what he has to say in his intro.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 4d

🚨THE LAST JEDI IS SCREENING IN LONDON WITH A RIAN JOHNSON INTRO ON 9 OCTOBER 🚨

There are still tickets available for this! It's really gone under the radar, but is probably the event of the year for any London (or even UK) based Reylos - go and snap those tickets up while they're still available!

Star Wars: The Last Jedi + Rian Johnson Intro | Showtimes and Tickets

We’re thrilled to welcome Rian Johnson himself for an extended introduction to the film, screening as part of A Rian Johnson Retrospective at Picturehouse Central. As the Resistance struggles to...

www.picturehouses.com

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adamdrivercentral @adamdrivercentral.bsky.social · 5d

whew this pic in HQ

adam driver at NYFF red carpet for FMSB #adamdriver

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 5d

I think what this back and forth is really revealing is how incredibly subjective this all is - what strikes me as moving and resonant is registering as phoney and unearned to you. There's not a right or wrong to that - it just means we're both having different experiences of the same piece of art.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 5d

It is a similar emotional state in TFA, but it evolves in radically different directions across the subsequent films. Luke's compassion for Vader is based on the primal bond he feels with his father. Rey's affinity for Kylo is developed through shared feelings of isolation and rejection.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 5d

Whether that storytelling choice works for you is going to be subjective, but it's built up throughout TLJ - we get extensive groundwork to Rey having her binary view of things shattered, and her turmoil upon realising Kylo has been more honest with her than Luke. I find the shift entirely earned.

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Rachael "Syril's Beret" @rachael1918.bsky.social · 5d

That gets to another key difference - the motivators for characters like Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are almost purely political. They're following the orders of the Jedi Order or the Senate - the sequel characters are ruled by their emotions and instincts. Personally, I find the latter more interesting.

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