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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 40m

Today also marks the release of the Beatles’ single “Love Me Do.” Swinging London started 64 years ago today.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 43m

Sorry, sir, you’ve lost today to CBS News’s on-line headline of Dennis Hastert’s obituary.

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 9h

Mount Gaussier with the Mas de Saint-Paul - 1889 botfrens.com/collections/46/content…

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 3h

I—personally—am still on the fence about whether this is a film noir. Yes, it’s a crime film, but just barely. Hopefully, there a enough cinephiles who enjoy the film and whose first thoughts aren’t what category the movie fits into.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 9h

Today’s #DoubleFeature... • Benjamin Christensen’s HÄXAN (1922) • Otakar Vávra’s WITCHHAMMER (1970) #FilmSky #MovieSky #film #cinema #movies #Halloween #horror #OctoberSky

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Looking forward to your John Bunny jokes.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

1939: Universal Pictures—on a horror tear during the decade (DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN, etc.)—made their own version of Richard III, TOWER OF LONDON, nixing Shakespeare’s poetry & replacing it with horror stars Boris Karloff & Vincent Price. #ShakespeareSunday #FilmSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=WarQ...

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100 YEARS OF HORROR #20: Tower of London (1939)

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This probably isn’t going to mean much to anyone else, but for the longest time, I suspected that Sir Michael Hordern dubbed the voice for the poet Eumolpus in the English-language version of Federico Fellini’s SATYRICON (1969). Last night, a check with Google confirmed that I was correct. #FilmSky

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Try to imagine Donald Trump as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Count on it 👇

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fravery.bsky.social @fravery.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Artist Darya Voknez

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How much do you want to bet that the Supreme Court covers for Miller?

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

She deserves justice 👇

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today’s #DoubleFeature... • Robert Weine’s THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI (1920) • F.W. Murnau’s NOSFERATU (1922) #FilmSky #MovieSky #film #cinema #movies #Halloween #OctoberSky

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#Jori: “Freak the Freak Out” * image enhanced with A.I.

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Langlois Bridge at Arles - 1888 botfrens.com/collections/46/content…

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The Supreme Court will ultimately just say that we don’t have standing.

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MidCenturyCinema @midcenturycinema.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

New From Us on That '70s Movie Pod Antonioni's The Passenger We go the full @manohladargis.bsky.social: "arguably [Antonioni's] greatest film": www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/m... [NB: Nicholson loved it so much, he bought the rights] open.spotify.com/episode/5Hty... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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ΜΑΝΟΣ ΤΡΑΧΙΑΣ™ @trahias.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Philippe Janin (French Artist, born 1959) "Blue Provence", 2019. Oil on Canvas, 14.5 × 31.5 cm Private Collection. #art #painting #artist #BlueSkyArt

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

These are stunning

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This. It has always been this. A sitting American president did this. And because he did this, he should have been convicted and put behind bars. And the fact that we never held him accountable for these crimes will forever stain this country. And we may never recover from it.👇

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I hear that John wanted to sing with Paul on “Oh Darling.” That would have been intriguing.

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New Beverly Cinema @newbeverly.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A pair of arthouse classics from Japan! Akira Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD (1957) & Kenji Mizoguchi's UGETSU (1953) screen October 7th & 8th in 35mm. Tickets: buff.ly/QmtBM6y

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

MAGA: America is once again respected by the rest of the world.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

And I’m sure Fox News would be screaming why this was a fate worse than death.

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🌈Marlena🕊️ @marlena-love.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Sunrise on the bay! 🌞💛🧡🩵💙 #bluesky #love

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The best birthday present imaginable. #DollyDay 💖

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The story that I heard was that his voice didn’t go with his wigged, pixieish character, so it was eventually decided not to have him talk.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Thank goodness that reports of her death were exaggerated.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Celebrating the arrival of autumn with the glorious Liv Ullmann, photographed by Philippe Le Tellier in 1969.

Liv Ullmann looks directly at the camera in this portrait; she's wearing a black turtleneck and a golden brown coat. She is standing next to tree branches with similarly gold-brown leaves.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“I’d kill for longer summers!”

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s #DoubleFeature... • François Truffaut’s THE 400 BLOWS (1959) • Jean-Luc Godard’s BREATHLESS (1960) #FilmSky #MovieSky #film #cinema #movies

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

So far, for what it’s worth, my nominees for Time’s People of the Year would be Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

When I was a kid, my local NET (later PBS) channel played silent movies on Friday nights. I used to look forward to that. I saw a Rin Tin Tin movie that I liked better than I thought I would. They showed a couple Lon Chaneys and a Colleen Moore. I wish I could remember some of the others.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I guess that joke in UNDER THE CHERRY MOON isn’t going to age very well.

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𝙲𝙰𝙿𝙴 𝙲𝙾𝙳 𝙿𝙾𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙰𝙷 @capecodpostaah.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Every once in a while, I like to remind the world (and educate the young) that Boston-born actorJohn Cazale was in only five feature films before he passed away in 1978. All five of those films were nominated for Best Picture.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The Criterion Collection had a sale, and I went hog wild. I bought “Essential Fellini” (15 discs), “The Adventures of Antoine Doinel” (4 discs), “By Brakhage” (3 discs), Godard’s “Vive sa vie,” Louis Malle’s “My Dinner with André,” and Wim Wenders’ “Wings of Desire.” That oughtta do me for a while.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I was rooting for them come Oscar time, but McMurphy ran away with the goods instead.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

How much do you want to bet that the conservatives on the Supreme Court would overturn such a plan—assuming it got past a Republican filibuster.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Some have likened it to taking a *second* voyage on the Titanic, which I think is an apt simile.

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m receiving all these spam messages from Republican organizations. If the GOP is asking dyed-in-the-wool Democrats for money, they must *really* be desperate! 😐

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Robert M. Payne @robertmpayne.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

As a supporter of abortion rights, I need to point out that none of them explicitly say that they won’t overturn Roe/Casey. They can probably use this fact as a crutch.

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