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It's Friday where I live, so here's my #lastfourwatched for #letterboxdfriday.

Saw the Mandalorian & Grogu, and thought it was pretty solid. Going to try and go again soon. Also, I loved the Love That Remains. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

I spoke to the @halifaxexaminer.ca this week about my work: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file...

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Spending the night before MCAF trying to get through my massive backlog of movies watched, but not yet logged. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

I'm in Montreal for MCAF - FBDM this weekend. Very touched to have been interviewed by @truenorthcomics.bsky.social about my latest book, Ontario & Back, which is debuting this weekend.

Laura and I will be tabling together at 4 out of 5 of these.

I am releasing a new book, Ontario & Back, next month. This is a book I've been working on since 2019 and I'm really excited for it to enter the world. If you'd like a copy (and to help me cover the printing costs), you can pre-order a copy at patrickallaby.com.

reading Great Expectations and I keep thinking to myself "this is so Dickensian!"

Went to the movies tonight to see Sirat, and they only had French subtitles. Two-thirds of the theatre left. They missed out. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Man thinks because he rules the earth he can do with it as he please / and if things don't change soon he will youtu.be/z-SYFt3iq98?...

I did the poster for this and will also be introducing it tomorrow night.

Nearly gave Dead Man's Wire 4 stars. Room With a View is great, Spinal Tap 2 has like 2 good jokes in it, and walks up to a really darkly funny ending and then avoids it at the last second. Weird. Wanda made me want to make a movie. #letterboxdFriday #lastfourwatched

Rewatched Russell's Women in Love for the first time since 2020. Incredible movie. Great adaptation. One adaptation that's not worth your time is "Wuthering Heights." Even if you consider it on its own, without thinking of the source material, it's incredibly bad. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

really loving Bowie's version of Lust for Life from 1996 lately.

My girlfriend made me watch Seven Brides for Seven Brothers this week. It's her favourite movie of all time (she's made me watch it once before), and I just don't understand the appeal of it. The barn raising is fun, but that's it. Please someone explain it to me. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Had one of the worst movie going experiences of my life tonight. Last week the theatre's projector was broken. This week at The Secret Agent, the image was all blown out and yellow. Red appeared an hour in, and then someone started vacuuming in the hall. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

Watched Tales of Hoffman with some friends this week. It blew me away. There's obviously a reason it doesn't get talked about as the best Powell and Pressburger movie, but it's probably the most audacious and spectacular. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Top 10 Bowie studio albums: 10. Heroes 9. Earthling 8. Scary Monsters 7. Blackstar 6. Hunky Dory 5. Diamond Dogs 4. Lodger 3. Young Americans 2. Station to Station 1. Outside

A couple of weeks ago I saw someone on reddit say “Bob Weir doesn’t have a nye show scheduled, is he ok?“ It says some about him that taking a few months off touring was enough to make people worry about him. RIP.

Incredibly weird, and slightly embarrassing #lastfourwatched for my first #letterboxdfriday of 2026. Love & Mercy is the first music bio pic I've ever enjoyed watching.

4 very different movies this week. But each one was incredible in its own way. Very happy to finally knock Z, Presence, and Winchester '73 off my to-watch list. Herzog's Nosferatu is on the cusp of surpassing Bram Stoker's Dracula as my favourite Vampire movie. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

298 for the year. It's going to be hard to watch 67 films in 20 days, but I will try. Also, Ethan Cohen's solo work is better than most people say, and DJ Ahmet is an incredible debut. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Gag me with a spoon! VALLEY GIRL (1983) screening this Friday at the @owensartgallery.bsky.social. With a legendary new-wave soundtrack, a young Nicolas Cage at his charming best, AND exquisite cinematography by the brilliant Frederick Elmes. FREE ADMISSION Poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social

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Forgot to do this last week. This week's been a good one for watching movies. Saw the 4K release of High and Low and I've been thinking about it ever since. It gets better with each viewing. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

We're screening Akira Kurosawa's classic suspense drama HIGH AND LOW (1963) this Friday, Nov. 21, at 7pm. Admission is free. Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.

On Monday, my weekly movie club watched Juraj Herz's Beauty and the Beast. It was incredibly unhinged. After, I watched Highest 2 Lowest and it was an incredible disappointment. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

I'm not surprised that John Cale released a song with Charli XCX, but I'm a little surprised that it sounds more like Venus in Furs than POPtical Illusion.

just finished my first listen to Through the Open Window. Early 60s Dylan is the period of I am the least interested in, but I still found the release to be pretty great. This period is one of his most bootlegged periods, and still I found myself surprised by some of the performances and sounds.

I will also be on this panel tomorrow night at @strutsgallery.bsky.social

Sometimes you don't even notice the weeks go by. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

Saw Jonathan Richman in Halifax on Sunday. It was one of the best concerts I've ever had. It was such a tight performance, but also felt like he was making up songs on the spot.

Watched Donkey Skin with some friends this week. It's an incredible movie, and I wish they made more like it. I love how it just embraces the absurdity of fairy-tale logic. Didi intensely reminded me of what it was like being a teenager online in the late aughts. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Not included in this #lastfourwatched is Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast, which is the movie that got me into movies. Hadn't watched it in 5 years. Every moment is perfect. #letterboxdfriday

Tonight after Splitsville, someone came out of the theatre and said "was it just me or was that movie shit?" I hadn't had that much fun in a movie theatre in years. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Sympathy is a Knife > All to Well

I feel pretty basic giving One Battle 5 stars, but it was one of the best movie-going experiences I've ever had. Also Materialists has an incredible atonal, Lady From Shanghai, like quality to it. I can see why people hate it, but it's a fascinating movie. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

I've skipped so many good movies because they had bad trailers.

This Friday we kick off our new season of programming with the classic thriller THE THIRD MAN (1949). As always, admission is free. Screening poster by @patrickallaby.bsky.social.

Nickel Boys blew me away. Stunning movie. Overall, Dekalog was fine, with great episodes. Just not really my thing. The Hunger Games movies are mediocre adaptations of a great book series. It should be remade with a much stronger POV. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

It's been a few weeks since I remembered to do this. Got two episodes left of Dekalog. Enjoying it at times, excited to be done with it. Freakier Friday was sloppy but enjoyable. #letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched

Serve somebody (instead of early roman kings?)

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Watched the Muppet Movie projected on the side of a barn at sunset. Very romantic time. Also I am 3 episodes into Dekalog. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

apparently my mom is now coming to see the Outlaw tour with me. This will be weird.

Direct Me is a 10/10 album.

Over on the Joni Mitchell subreddit someone said how much they liked Don Juan's Reckless Daughter and all the comments are about how she shouldn't have changed the cover.