Reposted by greig Neckties of Noir @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social · 9h#oldhollywood #moviesky #filmsky #silents #Damfino “A lovely person. A supreme artist. One of the most beautiful people that was ever photographed." — Orson Welles about Buster Keaton #botd 16819
Reposted by greigSteven Sheil @scsheil.bsky.social · 23hThere's a documentary about the car chase from The Seven-Ups and it shows that the last stunt of the chase - the car slamming full speed into the back of a truck, decapitating the vehicle - was done by an actual driver, which seems like actual madness www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aNL...youtube.comPhilip D'Antoni | The Seven-Ups (1973) | Anatomy of a ChaseYouTube video by Soundtrack Specialist 392
Reposted by greigJoe Adalian @tvmojoe.bsky.social · 22hAlso, pretty clear HBO Max is using AI to translate its show descriptions into UK English, because look what they call John Candy… 251020220
Reposted by greigWesterns & the Old West @davidlambertart.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The Scarecrow (1920), directed by Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), directed by Sam Peckinpah 0246
Reposted by greigTom Reagan’s Witch’s Hat @rufustsuperfly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The older I get, the more I think about this Kurosawa quote: ‘I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.’ 416234
Reposted by greigJason @nickmotown.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Maybe snitches shouldn't go swimming right after eating. 0245
Reposted by greigMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The Missy update everyone wanted to see: 🥹 #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/prUj... 2945286
Reposted by greigMichelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Missy gets the backpack treatment: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/aww/s/R8NQ... 612157296
Reposted by greigAndy @andykp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Build good infrastructure and people will use it. The Voi bikes or variation of them have to be baked into any future transport planning. Keep them affordable and it will only grow even more. 031
Reposted by greigSteven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Who wants to rent an apartment in the same building where Elliott Gould's Philip Marlowe lived in Robert Altman's THE LONG GOODBYE?zillow.com2184 Broadview Ter, Los Angeles, CA 90068 | ZillowThis 600 square feet Apartment home has 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom. It is located at 2184 Broadview Ter, Los Angeles, CA. 0146
Reposted by greigW.M.W @wmweibel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026The "Apes" movies do raise an interesting question - whether two species of similar intelligence could coexist in the same world. What we know of human history seems to suggest the answer is "no". #TCMParty #EscapeFromThePlanetOfTheApes 161
Reposted by greigDefend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 27/09/2026BREAKING: 94 year old Jewish human rights barrister, Margaret Owen arrested under the Terrorism Act outside Andy Burnham’s Labour Party conference. UK taxpayers are funding these arrests while masked men terrorise the streets in coastal towns. Lift The Ban on Palestine Action. 18872123005
Reposted by greigDaniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 27/09/2026Added to the fact Han stuck a kitchen in the Falcon as a wedding present for Leia … these two were a right pair 021
Reposted by greigEddie Robson @eddierobson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Some very fine people on both sides of the galactic war against fascism 37814
Reposted by greigJohn @dabombadil.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Interesting how quickly we’ve moved from ‘illegal immigration’ to simply ‘immigration’ being the issue. 051
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I wonder when they realised they needed to add the explanatory link. 020
Reposted by greigBrian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 26/09/2026man, it can be way too easy to find yourself contributing to an internet pile-on a really good read here about that from someone on the other side 57312
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Andy Robertson towering over that wee linesman. Don't see that much. 000
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Searching all over the place for who has the Scotland game and eventually realised they'd hidden it on BBC1. 000
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026“Told me love was too plebeian Told me you were through with me and…” I still can’t decide if this rhyme is genius or desperation, but she’s better off without him. 020
Reposted by greigDr Ian C Elliott @ianelliott.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Highly recommend this TV series. If you have Amazon Prime make sure to add it to your watchlist. #OTIG 031
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Feel the same way about this as when Rangers were at it. They got the glory, now they should slink off and die somewhere. 131
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026That photo being real seems highly unlikely, so very probably the real thing. 000
Reposted by greigTofuNYG 🏈🏳️🌈🗽🇺🇦 🚫👑🖕🧊 @groguspeak.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I thought this shit was fake but it's somehow real 4193
Reposted by greig🌬Breeze @cool-summer-breeze.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota. 122123295245
Reposted by greigJames Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Obscure YT of the day: Sam Elliot plays John D. McDonald's TRAVIS McGEE in an 1983 pilot! Written by Sterling Silliphant & Alan Sharp (NIGHT MOVES)!_Katherine Ross, Amy Madigan, Vera Miles & Richard Farnsworth costar! Andrew McLaglen (WILD GEESE) directs! youtu.be/b5ei1iA7IJ4?... 0153
Reposted by greigPodcasting is Praxis @praxiscast.bsky.social · 25/09/2026If you've a few pounds to spare, consider donating some to a lovely queer and trans bookshop in Glasgow who've been having their windows smashed and sadly need to install roll shutters to be safe. They're close to the target, so help push it over? www.gofundme.com/f/categoryis...gofundme.comDonate to Help Category Is Books Get Shutters!, organized by Category Is BooksFor the past eight years, Category Is Books has been able to comfortably oper… Category Is Books needs your support for Help Category Is Books Get Shutters! 28464
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just got stung five times by a belligerent wasp who had apparently taken up temporary residence inside my shirt. Not cool. 100
Reposted by greigquitedo @q1t3d0.eurosky.social · 30/08/2026The real name of the Cerne Abbas giant is Tommy Hilfiger 2168
Reposted by greigStephen @godofhammers.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I logged it on Letterboxd yesterday and then came across this surprising and lovely review from someone with a minor personal connection boxd.it/grJPUZboxd.itA ★★★★★ review of 70 Up (2026)This is weirdly one of the most difficult reviews I’ve ever written. Usually I just bang them out, go to sleep and see if they’re illegible in the morning. But something is different here. I have kno... 22710
Reposted by greigSteven Santos @stevensantos.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Those who stood up during this time will be remembered fondly. And those who didn't, well... 073
Reposted by greigMrPaulRobinson @mrpaulrobinson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"That's it, gents, nice natural smiles for the camera." 9225
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I turned 62 yesterday and moved house. Quite a lot for a Tuesday. Life changes and goes on. Some of my favourite Raymond Chandler lines are from The Blue Dahlia: “Just don’t get too complicated, Eddie. When a man gets too complicated, he's unhappy. And when he's unhappy, his luck runs out.” 020
greig @greigforbes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A favourite of Lynn’s… youtu.be/lVrELhxOFnM?...youtu.beNaked Eyes - Always Something There To Remind Me (Official Music Video)YouTube video by Chrysalis Records 000
Reposted by greigWill Harris @willharrisinva.bsky.social · 23/09/2026R.I.P., Pete Byrne of Naked Eyes. We had an extremely nice chat for Bullz-Eye when he was part of the Regeneration Tour with ABC, Belinda Carlisle, and the Human League, and Jenn and I met him backstage. Loved the music he made, very sorry to see him go. web.archive.org/web/20120313... 0176
Reposted by greigMike Small @bellacaledonia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Slowly then All at Once bellacaledonia.org.uk/2026/09/23/s...bellacaledonia.org.ukSlowly then All at OnceOut of the torpor, maybe. Suddenly, all sorts of shifts and fissures are appearing. After weeks of bumbling and mumbling Michael Marra emerged as leader of Labour in Scotland and admitted yesterday… 042
Reposted by greigNeil @enanem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We just watched Agatha Christie's Murder on the Buses. Butler did it. 155
Reposted by greigJ. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Go to ✨ kck.st/4hjaUh3 ✨ to get my new book, featuring Khepri! 83047392
Reposted by greigVerity Holloway @verityholloway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My private school friend had a visit from Ranulph Fiennes. 2473
Reposted by greigVerity Holloway @verityholloway.bsky.social · 23/09/2026We had a prison officer come in to scare us off crime. Tiny Scottish dude. Gave us detailed instructions on how to kill a man with a sock and some batteries and how to make a shank from a toothbrush. For the girls, the message was, avoid prison because "you'll come oot a dyke". 529934
Reposted by greigMatt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I am a writer of the words & sentences (some funny). I’ve done most things: written gags, speeches, scripts, TV ads - if you require such an individual, then I am that person. Website (here) www.mathew-owen.co.uk any RTs (or whatever they’re called on here) gratefully received. Cheers👍👍mathew-owen.co.ukMathew Owen | Speech Writer | ManchesterBespoke wedding speeches from a professional comedy writer. 258107
Reposted by greigBoner Vivant @dougtilley.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Charles Dance was born in 1946, making him 79 years old. His father was born in 1874(!), dying in 1949 when Charles was 3. Charles had a half-sister born in 1898!static.klipy.comApplause Charles DanceALT: Applause Charles Dance 310715
Reposted by greigAlan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Newman was SO happy to be an old man on screen. Great as he was in his youth, he became almost superhumanly relaxed as an actor post-50, which led to an amazing and varied collection of performances in movies like The Verdict, Nobody's Fool, Slap Shot, and Color of Money (which won him his Oscar). 1633235
Reposted by greigCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026literally thousands of jobs in higher education were cut *last year alone* and there's been almost no media coverage and no government action 8698221
Reposted by greigMichael Daly @michaeldaly64.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Man From P.A.R.T.I.C.K. 1285
Reposted by greigchristian @speederaserhead.bsky.social · 18/09/2026RIP Gerrit Graham - who was, among many things, star of one of the lowkey scariest stunts I’ve ever seen in my life 361841420
Reposted by greigMike McGranaghan @aisleseat.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Sad news. He'll always be a legend for PHANTOM OF THE PARASIDE, but in my house, he'll be equally remembered for his hilarious turn in BUD THE C.H.U.D. variety.com/2026/film/ne...variety.comGerrit Graham, Actor in ‘Phantom of the Paradise,’ Screenwriter and Grateful Dead Collaborator, Dies at 77Gerrit Graham, actor in "Phantom of the Paradise" and many other films and TV shows who co-wrote a song for The Grateful Dead, died Tuesday. 043
