Robert M. Payne
@robertmpayne.bsky.social
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Living the Life of Wryly in L.A.
âFilm you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, MARVEL, Disney, or Ghibli. Extra hard mode: no Spielberg, Hitchcock, Scorsese or Kubrick.â
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ContempraInn đč
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Cat đș won the Bird Lottery
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Pan-sexual; We Love Pans
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The Helen of Troy controversy is ridiculous. Itâs not history, itâs fiction. How many real historical figures get whitewashed by Hollywood? Whyâs thatâs ok? Also, in Xena: Warrior Princess, Helen was portrayed by a Black woman, and that was in the 90s! How is inclusive casting a scandal in 2026?
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Bettany Hughes The Ancient Worlds 4 of 7 Helen of Troy HD
YouTube video by Sully Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4T3Itt8mgs
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Animation Obsessive
1 day ago
From: Yoshitaka Amano's 1001 Nights (1998), dir. Mike Smith, Hyperion Studio
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Rob Arnol
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Morning. âïž
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Skye
3 days ago
Mamdani: I cannot help but think of the words of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan. He famously said, âThe nine most terrifying words in the English language are 'I'm from the govt & I'm here to help'" I think nine more terrifying words are actually, "I worked all day and can't feed my family"
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New Beverly Cinema
3 days ago
A Hong Kong 35mm double bill starring Sally Yeh! I LOVE MARIA (1988) screens at 7:30pm followed by Ringo Lamâs ACES GO PLACES IV (1986) at 9:40pm, TONIGHT Monday May 18th. Tickets:
buff.ly/pH71PIi
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Barack Obama
4 days ago
Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.
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Thousands attend protests in Selma and Montgomery for voting rights | Alabama Reflector
Speakers at the All Roads Lead to the South events urge people to mobilize to oppose redistricting efforts by Legislatures in the south.
https://alabamareflector.com/2026/05/16/thousands-attend-protests-in-selma-and-montgomery-for-voting-rights/
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Elon Musk thought he could get a laugh by reposting a fake movie poster with Welsh actor Anthony Hopkins as the black South African leader Nelson Mandela. But Hopkins actually played a fictional African American character passing for white in THE HUMAN STAIN (2003).
#Odyssey
#TheOdyssey
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#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#VenusAndAdonis
#time
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Thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#TwelfthNight
#time
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Man Spinning on Merry-Go-Round
ALT: Man Spinning on Merry-Go-Round
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Monica Descalzi
5 days ago
'Tis now the very witching time of night. H 3.2
#ShakespeareSunday
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Animation Obsessive
5 days ago
A stop-motion masterpiece: Dojoji Temple (1976), dir. Kihachiro Kawamoto, Kawamoto Production
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Happy
#NationalClassicMovieDay
! Go watch one!
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âThis weekend's
#ShakespeareSunday
theme: TIME â°ïžâ
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Personally, I like the idea of a black woman as âthe face that launched a thousand ships.â The beauty of black womenâespecially black women with darker skinâis something that could use more affirming in this society.
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Space
6 days ago
This is my favorite shot from Artemis II so farâabsolutely stunning CREDIT:NASA
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MidCenturyCinema
6 days ago
5/15/69: Eric Rohmer's My Night at Maud's w/Jean-Louis Trintignant, Françoise Fabian Peak Rohmer More:
@railoftomorrow.bsky.social
&
@peutetre.bsky.social
:
criterioncast.com/podcast/crit...
@engelsbergideas.bsky.social
:
engelsbergideas.com/notebook/eri...
Adam Scovell:
www.bfi.org.uk/features/my-...
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My Night with Maud: the winter of relationships
As Eric Rohmerâs conversational classic turns 50, we look back at its frosty take on love.
https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/my-night-with-maud-winter-relationships
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MidCenturyCinema
6 days ago
5/15/96: Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep w/Maggie Cheung, Jean-Pierre Léaud More
@szacharek.bsky.social
:
www.salon.com/1997/06/09/v...
@scotttobias.bsky.social
:
www.avclub.com/the-new-cult...
@brofromanother.bsky.social
&
@bealoayza.bsky.social
re 2022 reimagination:
www.filmcomment.com/the-film-com...
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The Film Comment Podcast: Olivier Assayasâs Irma Vep | Film Comment
Negative space: Adam Nayman and Beatrice Loayza join to discuss Olivier Assayasâs new, series-length reimagining of his classic 1996 feature
https://www.filmcomment.com/the-film-comment-podcast-olivier-assayass-irma-vep/
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Nick Anderson - political cartoonist
7 days ago
Raising the Flag Follow my work and writing on Substack:
nickanderson.substack.com
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#Odyssey
#TheOdyssey
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Jimmy Kimmel
10 days ago
Five talk show hosts walk into the Ed Sullivan TheaterâŠ
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Vincent van Gogh
10 days ago
The Tarascon Diligence - 1888
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14478
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Movies Silently
10 days ago
ANNABELLE'S SERPENTINE DANCE (1895) was part of Edison's first projected film screening. Edison had resisted projecting-- why charge a nickel for a whole show when people were paying that per film via peepshow machine?-- but demand was too great.
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Images from Joan Chenâs 1992 karaoke video disc.
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Happy Motherâs Day!
#FilmSky
#MovieSky
#TVSky
#film
#cinema
#movies
#tv
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I saw your brother, Most provident in peril, bind himself... To a strong mast that lived upon the sea; Where, like Arion on the dolphinâs back, I saw him hold acquaintance with the waves So long as I could see.
#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#TwelfthNight
#UnderTheSea
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When I do tell thee there my hopes lie drownâd, Reply not in how many fathoms deep They lie indrenchâd.
#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#TroilusAndCressida
#UnderTheSea
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Underwater Ocean Cave with Fish
ALT: Underwater Ocean Cave with Fish
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Todayâs
#DoubleFeature
: âą Edwatd D. Wood Jr.âs GLEN OR GLENDA (1953) âą Walter Hillâs THE ASSIGNMENT (2016)
#FilmSky
#film
#cinema
#movies
11 days ago
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The people at
#Cascadle
would really be doing us a solid if they recognized the word âoui.â
cascadle.xyz
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Cascadle
A daily cascading word puzzle. Solve 5 connected words, from 3 to 7 letters.
https://cascadle.xyz/
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Dreamcatcher
13 days ago
For when you need to breathe...
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MidCenturyCinema
13 days ago
5/8/59: Alain Resnais landmark Hiroshima Mon Amour W: Marguerite Duras w/Emmanuelle Riva, Eiji Okada More:
@tnyfrontrow.bsky.social
:
www.newyorker.com/culture/rich...
Duras via
@literaryhub.bsky.social
:
lithub.com/marguerite-d...
@splicedpersonality.bsky.social
:
crookedmarquee.com/classic-corn...
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Classic Corner: Hiroshima mon amour â Crooked Marquee
Alain Resnaisâ 1959 drama, now streaming on the Criterion Channel, asks again-timely questions about dramatizing tragic events.
https://crookedmarquee.com/classic-corner-hiroshima-mon-amour/
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Ahmed Baba
13 days ago
There is no clearer case for the necessity of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 than how quickly southern states moved to eliminate Black-majority districts and dilute Black power after SCOTUS eroded Section 2. SCOTUSâs reasoning was immediately disproven by reality.
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Patricia
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Openly Gay Animals đ
14 days ago
Just a deer relaxing in a dog bed while the storm rolls in - to brighten your scrolling â
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Robert Reich
14 days ago
Alito flew multiple flags tied to Jan 6 insurrectionists. Thomas just gave a speech on how "progressivism" is destroying the country â plus his wife was involved in the Jan 6 plot. And Roberts has pushed "shadow docket" cases where justices make decisions without explaining themselves. Please.
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Jack Hopkins-The Original
15 days ago
The party in the White House always loses seats in the midterms. So this one decided not to play that game. They're changing who votes, which votes count, and where the lines are drawn-in broad daylight. New piece.
www.jackhopkinsnow.com
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MidCenturyCinema
15 days ago
BOTD George Orson Welles!!!! From us: OW's 40s via Oxford Handbook:
midcenturycinema.org/wp-content/u...
Talking Welles with David Thomson, via
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-ve...
Orson, Kubrick & Hitch via
@bostonreview.bsky.social
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www.bostonreview.net/articles/jon...
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MAGA: Liberal judicial nominees canât tell us what a woman is. Everybody else: Conservative judicial nominees canât tell us what the 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution clearly states. Which is more important?
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Donna Rose
16 days ago
200 year old wisteria, Japan, photographer unknown
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Animation Obsessive
17 days ago
The Adventures of Prince Achmed just turned one hundred years old. It's still among the best movies ever made. For the film's birthday, we're sharing Lotte Reiniger's wonderful firsthand account of its creation:
animationobsessive.substack.com/p/a-film-tha...
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stevethdemocrat
18 days ago
"Owning the libs" is not viable policy.
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#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#aMidsummerNightsDream
#KingsAndQueens
(A.I.)
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Sweet queen, sweet queen! Thatâs a sweet queen, iâ faith.
#Shakespeare
#ShakespeareSunday
#TroilusAndCressida
#KingsAndQueens
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Adam Parkhomenko
19 days ago
All of us
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Vincent van Gogh
19 days ago
Two Poplars on a Hill - 1889
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/14701
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Tropicality
20 days ago
Pic of the DayâŠAfterglow đđđđđ
tropicality.com
#sunset
#sunsets
#sundowns
#sunrisesandsunsets
#beach
#sunsetters
#sunsettrip
#sunsetsky
#fridaysunset
#beaches
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