Robert M. Payne
@robertmpayne.bsky.social
Living the Life of Wryly in L.A.
Too bad Dalton didn’t make that third Bond film he was contracted for. (A.I. mock-up)
December 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Too bad Dalton didn’t make that third Bond film he was contracted for. (A.I. mock-up)
Are you ready for the Shakespeare Cinematic Universe?
December 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Are you ready for the Shakespeare Cinematic Universe?
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
A summer’s day will seem an hour but short,
Being wasted in such time-beguiling sport.
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #VenusAndAdonis #time
Being wasted in such time-beguiling sport.
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #VenusAndAdonis #time
December 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A summer’s day will seem an hour but short,
Being wasted in such time-beguiling sport.
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #VenusAndAdonis #time
Being wasted in such time-beguiling sport.
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #VenusAndAdonis #time
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is TIME.
December 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is TIME.
Julee Cruise also filled in for Cindy Wilson when the singer took a leave of absence from the B-52s.
December 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Julee Cruise also filled in for Cindy Wilson when the singer took a leave of absence from the B-52s.
“I'm coming close to the end of this daily movie challenge for you - 10 days of favorite Oscar winners (films that won best picture). Post a GIF from the movie.”
Day 9: The Last Emperor (1987)
#StevesBestPictureChallenge
Day 9: The Last Emperor (1987)
#StevesBestPictureChallenge
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“I'm coming close to the end of this daily movie challenge for you - 10 days of favorite Oscar winners (films that won best picture). Post a GIF from the movie.”
Day 9: The Last Emperor (1987)
#StevesBestPictureChallenge
Day 9: The Last Emperor (1987)
#StevesBestPictureChallenge
November 30 / December 1 #AlastairSim
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
November 30 / December 1 #AlastairSim
Today’s #DoubleFeature: On this last day of Noirvember, two films noirs starring Robert Mitchum...
• Edward Dmytryk’s CROSSFIRE (1947)
• Jacques Tourneur’s OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• Edward Dmytryk’s CROSSFIRE (1947)
• Jacques Tourneur’s OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Today’s #DoubleFeature: On this last day of Noirvember, two films noirs starring Robert Mitchum...
• Edward Dmytryk’s CROSSFIRE (1947)
• Jacques Tourneur’s OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• Edward Dmytryk’s CROSSFIRE (1947)
• Jacques Tourneur’s OUT OF THE PAST (1947)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 30, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is WINTER! ❄️
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is WINTER! ❄️
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films directed by Fritz Lang...
• M (1931)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• M (1931)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 28, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films directed by Fritz Lang...
• M (1931)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• M (1931)
• THE BIG HEAT (1953)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films noirs directed by Samuel Fuller...
• HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)
• THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)
• THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 25, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Today’s #DoubleFeature: two films noirs directed by Samuel Fuller...
• HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)
• THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
• HOUSE OF BAMBOO (1955)
• THE CRIMSON KIMONO (1959)
#FilmSky #film #cinema #movies #Noirvember #FilmNoir
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 AM
That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #HotAndCold
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #HotAndCold
November 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
That is hot ice and wondrous strange snow.
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #HotAndCold
#Shakespeare #ShakespeareSunday #aMidsummerNightsDream #HotAndCold
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” —‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’
I don’t think that’s what they meant.
I don’t think that’s what they meant.
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” —‘The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance’
I don’t think that’s what they meant.
I don’t think that’s what they meant.
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is HOT AND COLD.
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 AM
This week’s #ShakespeareSunday theme is HOT AND COLD.
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
It’s amazing how far we have advanced technologically—and how equally far our politics has regressed.
(Visual: A.I. animation of still from “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film” [c. 1895], made for the Edison studios.)
(Visual: A.I. animation of still from “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film” [c. 1895], made for the Edison studios.)
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
It’s amazing how far we have advanced technologically—and how equally far our politics has regressed.
(Visual: A.I. animation of still from “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film” [c. 1895], made for the Edison studios.)
(Visual: A.I. animation of still from “The Dickson Experimental Sound Film” [c. 1895], made for the Edison studios.)