"The role of culture is that it's the form through which we as a society reflect on who we are, where we've been, where we hope to be." Happy 62nd Birthday to brilliant and powerhouse Tony-winning actor and producer Wendell Pierce. #BOTD in 1963

#DavidLynch #quotes

In partnership with @sffilmpreserve.bsky.social, we are thrilled to announce FOCUS ON LOUISE BROOKS, a collection of rare material featuring the star, including her debut in THE STREET OF FORGOTTEN MEN. flickeralley.com/products/foc...

FLORIDA — Woman in scrubs: “I’m a U.S. citizen! Why are you doing this to me??”

Kim Novak and Pyewacket 🎬 Bell, Book and Candle (1958)❄️

"A woman’s body is the battleground we savage, collateral damage in the litigation of collective fear: battered, bloodied, stripped of dignity and individuality. Every religion is founded on the control of it, and most secular bans are, too."— @mangiotto.bsky.social

Feel like we are going to see a continuing trend where the best queer films in any given calendar year are going to be undistributed and primarily independent from the distribution models that are going to exist in the future.

Helen Gardiner in CLEOPATRA (1912), which she produced through her own company, starred in and served as costumer. It was one of the very first American narrative features and, along with FROM THE MANGER TO THE CROSS, one of the first American epics.

***THE SEVERIN 24 HOUR ONLY BOX SET FLASH SALE BEGINS IN TWO HOURS***

this dog’s about to kick my ass in a shaw brothers movie

at the suggestion of @faradayribcage.bsky.social i have put Castration Movie on sale for the black friday weekend! use the code BLACKFRIDAY2025 at digital.louiseweard.com

I was thrilled to be invited onto the SUPPORTING CHARACTERS podcast to talk about numerous topics including Trans film images, Corpses, Fools and Monsters and our appearance on TCM. Tune in tonight for @cadenmgardner.bsky.social 's program! www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingch...

Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.

Our suggestions for the best box sets, Blu-rays, 4Ks, books, and more for the movie geek on your list. crookedmarquee.com/crooked-marq...

A while back I was on @severinfilms.bsky.social BluRay of “Viy”, talking about Russian/Soviet horror & scifi. Here’s a @letterboxd.social list of the films I mentioned, plus more. It’s still very incomplete, so I might expand it, but it’s a sort of starter pack to the subject. boxd.it/QjiKI/detail

I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

Tickets are already selling as fast as a flash of a blade for our January Giallo ‘26 lineup. 1/5 THE BLACK BELLY OF TARANTULA 1/12 THE HOUSE WITH LAUGHING WINDOWS 1/19 NOTHING UNDERNEATH 1/26 IMAGES All shows 7 PM in 35mm at LF3 / @am_cinematheque 🎟️: tinyurl.com/cinematicvoid

Kay Francis for Ladies Man (1931).

A wealth of talent behind the Hitchcock signature: Alma Reville, Joan Harrison, Daphne du Maurier & Patricia Highsmith.

All Black folks on social media have a target on our backs, and we are always framed as the aggressor when we stand up for ourselves. www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

Remembering the incredibly talented Michael Kenneth Williams, Emmy-nominated stage, screen, and television actor on what should have been his 59th birthday. #BOTD on 11/22/1966

My favorite moon landing conspiracy is that it was faked but they hired Stanley Kubrick to direct it and he was so dedicated to make it look real he demanded that they shoot on location.

Here’s how to opt out. “Google seems to be opting you in to these features without your permission. Second, the company doesn't seem to have notified its users about this. As a Gmail user, I don't recall seeing any notifications about this change.”

New episode, about the different cuts and big names involved in the experimental noirish horrorish "one crazy night" film Dementia (1955)... links and notes at psychotronicsisters.wordpress.com/2025/11/12/d... plus our newsletter subscription info

So much fun talking to Kim Luperi and @pre-code.com about their new book from @tcmtv.bsky.social, Pre-Code Essentials! www.watchingclassicmovies.com/2025/11/ther...

Evening viewing recommendation? Watch our NATIVE NONFICTION program! Since the birth of cinema, Indigenous people have been staple subjects of documentary—until a new generation of Native American filmmakers emerged in the 1980s who insisted on becoming its authors too.

FRED OTT'S SNEEZE (1894) in its entirety, the tight and suspenseful saga of Fred and his sneeze

Quintessential character actor Yaphet Kotto was born on this day in 1939. On the occasion of his death in 2021, @zvasquez.bsky.social looked back at two of his onscreen deaths, and what they tell us about his considerable gifts as an actor: crookedmarquee.com/yaphet-kotto...

Me: Perhaps we could bear in mind the words of Lois Weber, one of the great pioneers of the seventh art. She once said, “the feminine influence is needed in film.”

Join us at NW Film Forum on 11/18 with @scarecrowvideo.bsky.social for our November member screening of MIRACLE MILE (1988) & the short film TARZANA (1978)! We'll be joined the writer/director Steve De Jarnatt for a conversation after the screening. Free for members, $10 at the door for non-members.

65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges

So much fun talking to Kim Luperi and @pre-code.com about their new book from @tcmtv.bsky.social, Pre-Code Essentials! www.watchingclassicmovies.com/2025/11/ther...

Grace Kelly 📸: Loomis Dean Born Grace Patricia Kelly in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania #OTD in 1929 . . . Remembering #GraceKelly on her Birthday Anniversary!

"Although, I've played a wide variety of roles, I've never had the chance to act in a story written specially for me. It's a pity as they are the only stories that really let you reveal your personality." —Grace Kelly #BOTD

Born on this day: Grace Kelly youtu.be/PptEu7KOprQ?...

We talked about the weirdness of Dementia/Daughter of Darkness and how Ed MacMahon said "hawrer" @suspiriosa.bsky.social youtu.be/t9fUfYF3C8A?...

if you voted in Seattle you gotta make sure your ballot counted now

“What makes this one unique is the breezy insouciance with which Robert Mitchum faces his fate, the unflappable hepcat coolness of a movie icon being born,” @splicedpersonality.bsky.social writes of “Out of the Past.” crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...

As I'm living for all the OutKast love that has overtaken my timeline . . . I repeat . . . all of this: Not enough attention is given to IDLEWILD (2006). The cast. The costumes. The music. 🎶Fashions well designed (Bowties)🎶 . . . That's all. kluvuthnxbye

Remembering the legendary Norman Lloyd, beloved actor, producer, and director on his 111st birthday. Seen here with Hitchcock on the set of SABOTEUR (1942). #BOTD on 11/8/1914 @tcmtv.bsky.social #TCMParty

Had a fantastic talk with Esther Bley about their amazing Queer Animation database project: www.watchingclassicmovies.com/2025/11/watc...

Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix. Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!

Very interesting, great conversation. Laugh at vs. laugh with in animation was a very smart observation.

Had a fantastic talk with Esther Bley about their amazing Queer Animation database project: www.watchingclassicmovies.com/2025/11/watc...

Fix Your Heart or Die: The Startling Empathy of David Lynch

not me picking a random movie based solely on the the title, the cover, the positive reviews, the recommendations of several dear friends, and the fact that i've been wanting to see it for a while 🫣

Gloria Swanson and her sad ukulele when she realizes she is married to a slovenly onion-muncher in the divorce dramedy DON'T CHANGE YOUR HUSBAND

Congrats to Mira Nair’s son!

Part 2 of our talk about The 4th Man, Dead and Buried, and Videodrome. I think we surprised ourselves with where we went with this one 🤣 #podcastrecs youtu.be/P6De5kN-Y1U?...