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Cinema • Tsundoku • Democracy … 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒂𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒅. ~ 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐄𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐬

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𝐨𝐟𝐭𝐡𝐞𝟗𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 @topofthe9ines.bsky.social · 8d

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 5d

22 years ago today, Lost in Translation first whispered its quiet magic into the world. Dive into our essay on how Sofia Coppola crafts a poetic exploration of love, humor, and understanding in Tokyo.

By the way, do yourself a favor and read the script 🖤

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Lola Jovan @lolajovan.com · 8d

Meanwhile in war ravaged Portland, our local florist navigated the dangerous and unruly streets to deliver some beauty! 😁

#blooms #portland #photography #flowers #nokings #stayoutofportland #ourhouse #love

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Dean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 8d

Philip Seymour Hoffman was outstanding as Truman in Bennett Miller's 2005 film Capote. He won the Oscar for Best Actor.
📷 Attila Dory

Hoffman as Capote: he's sitting at a bar, smoking a cigarette & drinking a martini.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 10d

Marcello Mastroianni relaxes on the set of Casanova 70 (1965)

Photo of a man in a double-breasted overcoat resting on a bicycle.
via ridesabike.com

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Marie Ruiz-Vidal @ruizvidal7.bsky.social · 7d

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Kazuyoshi Kawasaki @kawasaki1972.bsky.social · 8d

Marcello Mastroianni | Il Bell' Antonio | Mauro Bolognini | 1960.

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J.A.Tallon @tallon.bsky.social · 7d

Ip Man (with scenes from the Wong Kar-wai Ip Man biopic, "The Grandmaster") - BOTD

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X Ray Eyes @xrayeyes.bsky.social · 8d

Angels love.

Der Himmel über Berlin (Wings of Desire), Wim Wenders (1987)

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 8d

Miles Davis by Dennis Stock, 1958

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Jo Coyne @jopolkadot.bsky.social · 7d

Nastassja Kinski

The Moon in the Gutter
Jean-Jacques Beineix
1983

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Jo Coyne @jopolkadot.bsky.social · 7d

October 🍂

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EdwardMO @emo777.bsky.social · 8d

Walter Matthau #botd and Jack Lemmon made numerous movies together. The closest of friends offscreen, they were constantly at odds in their films. The first of their on-screen pairings was in The Fortune Cookie, a performance that won Matthau the Best Supporting Actor Oscar.

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EdwardMO @emo777.bsky.social · 8d

Philippe Noiret #botd — One of the most prolific actors of his generation, a master of stage and screen, his many films included Agnès Varda's La Pointe Courte, Giuseppe Tornatore's Academy Award-winning Cinema Paradiso, and Michael Radford's critically acclaimed Il Postino.

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Chele @chelenc.bsky.social · 8d

Maleficent (2014)
dir. Robert Stromberg

𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩!

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Batman Begins (2005)

dir: Christopher Nolan

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Melissa @laneutrina.bsky.social · 7d

The Blute-Fin Mill (1886)
by Vincent Van Gogh

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so it goes @tsimasn.bsky.social · 8d

We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.

Ursula K. LeGuin

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Film Updates @thefilmupdates.bsky.social · 12d

Chase Infiniti stuns for The Hollywood Reporter

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ann @annpersand.bsky.social · 8d

Jan Hendrik Verstegen (1922-1993)

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Ira @thejazzsoul.bsky.social · 7d

Miles Davis

"Generique"

Album "Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud"
(Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Photo: Miles Davis & Jeanne Moreau
youtu.be/ieQWjSXdv-Y
#Jazz #MusicSky #JazzSky #Soundtrack 🎧 #Music

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 8d

Photo mistake

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Lee Zimmerman @zim2918.bsky.social · 7d

Morning

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c @3boxesofsighs.bsky.social · 8d

think you're escaping and run into yourself. longest way round is the shortest way home.
james joyce

pink dahlia against a black background

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