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Tommy Krasker @tommykrasker.bsky.social · 7h

I’d just like to go on record as saying I love Bonita Granville – her body language, especially. I’m sorry she didn’t get the stardom she deserved. Special plug for her performances in Merrily We Live (1938) and Syncopation (1942). #TheNoirCollective #TheGuilty

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Michael Avolio @michaelavolio.bsky.social · 15h

AFI Silver has posted the schedule for this year's Classic Film Weekend! It includes some extreme rarities, 35mm shows, pre-codes, silent films with live accompaniment, cartoons, and intros by Farran Smith Nehme @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social, David Stenn, and more. 19 screenings in all, Nov 12-15:

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AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend | AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

McMILLAN AND WIFE debuted on the NBC MYSTERY WHEEL #OTD in 1971. Rock Hudson (age 45) + adorable Susan Saint James (25) have cute chemistry in this San Francisco-set mystery series w/ Nancy Walker as comic relief. All 40 90-min episodes are on The Roku Channel, but ignore the last season. #TVSky

TV Guide Preview for THE NBC MYSTERY MOVIE w/ COLUMBO and McCLOUD.

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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So Cornell expelled students that protested genocide, but not those seven disgusting r@pists?

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There is something curiously bird-like about this gown, with a layered plumage cascading at the back. It is sumptuously described as being made from raspberry coloured lace, and is beautifully layered, crafted in 1958 by Jean Dessés #philamuseumart #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Back view of a layered strapless red lace dress. It has a fitted bodice and a flat front with an expanse of layered lace at the back like the tail of a bird

Front view of the red lace strapless 1950s evening dress showing the flat front and the layered sculpted back

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 29/09/2026

Birthday boy Stanley Kramer's collected oeuvvvvvrrre is weird and lumpy, but Judgment at Nuremberg is kind of perfect and I love Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (sue me), so that's that. Happy Stanley Kramer's birthday.

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Gaijin Rando @gaijinrando.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Anita Ekberg, 1954 She was BOTD in 1931 Photo by Andre de Dienes

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On this day in 1998, Joni Mitchell released her 16th studio album. It was her last album of completely original material until she released Shine in 2007. The album received one Juno nomination for Best Pop/Adult Album.

Album cover showing a painted portrait Joni MItchell in a straw hat cradling a tabby cat inside a decorative wooden frame, with a pale green left panel that contains the text "Joni Mitchell Taming The Tiger"

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I've looked at clouds from both sides now, from up and down, and they've made their damn point. Ready for some sunlight in this city. #NYC

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Digger, or, The Unexpected Virtue of Not Putting Movies on Oscar Prediction Lists Before You See Them

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Michael Deibert @michaeldeibert.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The luxury Esencia project in Puerto Rico, developed by Three Rules Capital, doesn't even have the necessary permits or a steady water supply for its spree of environmental vandalism but is already seeking buyers for its apartments and properties periodismoinvestigativo.com/2026/09/agua...

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El agua en el área donde se propone Esencia no da para lo que requiere el proyecto de lujo

Cualquiera de las alternativas presentadas por el desarrollador para la extracción de agua para el proyecto amenazaría la seguridad hídrica y los recursos naturales de la zona suroeste, coinciden agen...

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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

From November's @sightsoundmag.bsky.social , some well-deserved praise for @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social and @kimmorgan.bsky.social #MarilynMonroe #MM100 #BFI

Readers' Letters: 'BLONDE JUSTICE' - includes photo captioned 'SUGAR RUSH: Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Cane in Some Like It Hot'

"Having recently curated a Marilyn Monroe retrospective at the Metropo-lis Kino in Hamburg, I was delighted to discover the June issue of Sight and Sound with her on the cover.

I would like to pay particular compliments to Farran Smith Nehme, Hannah McGill and Kim Morgan.

Their contributions gave Monroe the tribute she so urgently deserved: they took her seriously as an actress, rather than reduced her to the accepted narrative - Marilyn Monroe as victim. She was so much more than that. Above all, she was an exceptional artist.

Thank you for an issue that treated Monroe with the seriousness, curiosity and respect that her work merits."

- Jens Wawrczeck, Hamburg

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Hephaestus @thinkingsideways.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As an aside, both Glen Campbell and Roy Clarke were part of the legendary "A-Team" session musicians. These guys played on literally hundreds of early rock and country records as part of the backup band for both famous stars and people who you have never heard of.

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Arthur David Spota @adaspota.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Zombies ~ If It Don't Work Out (Mono Mix, 1965) #NowPlaying #TheZombies #MusicSky Fantastic deep cut from 1965. Enjoy! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmku...

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The Zombies If It Don't Work Out

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I read the whole thread but am having trouble concentrating on anything beyond how much I love Cliff. The look on his face 💕

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Scott Lasley @scottiehutch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Tonight's Double Feature!

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Rabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Ridley Howard, Anouk in January, 2015, (gouache on paper 4"x5")

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Tuberville will easily be the stupidest governor in any of the 50 states but, while I grieve for Alabama Democrats, at least his damage will be more geographically confined than when he was the stupidest person in Congress.

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Possum Every Hour @possumeveryhour.io · 26/09/2026

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

"In the pursuit of a certain idea of verisimilitude, we’ve allowed cinema to become devoid of real, meaningful style." @coreyatad.com on the style of MILDRED PIERCE is so good: www.justatad.xyz/p/weve-lost-...

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We’ve Lost Recipes

A few words about Mildred Pierce and style

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A.C. Miller @acmillerauthor.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Happy heavenly birthday to one of my favorite singers, Julie London. #BOTD

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Old friend of mine used to be a cable TV anchor in the 1990s and she told me Vanessa Williams was, no question no hesitation, the most stunningly beautiful woman she ever met. And, because life is not fair, also a very nice and courteous person. 😆

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Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

‘Embraceable You’: youtu.be/snQiFZRdBZo?...

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Tomás Murray @tomasjmurray.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It’s George’s birthday tomorrow.

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Susan (George) Schorn @susanschorn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If you are available to spend some time holding space at the shooting site memorial in Austin please DM me. Those holding vigil there are being threatened with arrest and need more allies on the ground.

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Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

- I saw Fran Lebowitz speak earlier this year & she talked about how Oprah might have encouraged a lot of people to get into reading but she did so by referring to books as mirrors where you should see yourself reflected RATHER than viewing books as windows into the experiences of others.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Aldo Ray centenary to all who celebrate!

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Happy Aldo Ray's birthday!

[a centenary tribute]

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Old Hollywood @theoldhollywood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Claude Rains between takes on the set of Deception (1946)

Actor Claude Rains — in costume, dressed in a black tuxedo sans jacket — captured facing the camera while perched on a wooden stool, left foot raised, right on the floor, his hands resting on the top of a stair rail, the steps out of view, an orchestra seated behind him, in a full-length black-and-white shot taken from beneath during a break from filming on the set of Deception (1946)

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

So glad you brought up Three Cases of Murder, a 1955 portmanteau film where two have elements of the supernatural. It's also on the Criterion Channel, and very appropriate for spooky season: www.criterionchannel.com/films/w3YZev...

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Three Cases of Murder

Three strange and sinister tales of murder and supernatural mystery, including one starring a commanding Orson Welles, make up this atmospheric omnibus chiller.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My own father loved Cakes and Ale, which I haven't seen anyone mention (here or on my other socials). I have yet to read it so anyone wants to urge it on me, now's a good time!

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Try to live the kind of life that will make war criminals hate you.

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Cal Hudson @paraiso-do-gelado.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Loved this article. It made me want to seek out the films and some of his stories! While searching my own local indie bookstore's site, I came across this: Maugham & the Cinema! You're probably already aware of it, but for anyone else: uwpress.wisc.edu/Books/S/Some...

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Somerset Maugham and the Cinema

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Roland Bates @rolandbates.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Every sensible person loves these films

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Kim Britt Knits 🧶 @kphbritt.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

They are such wonderful films. Chock full of classic British movie stars of the period.

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For the Criterion Current, I wrote about the 1948–1951 trilogy of U.K. anthology movies based on W. Somerset Maugham short stories: QUARTET, TRIO and ENCORE. All three are on the Criterion Channel. I enjoyed them so much I spent all summer reading Maugham stories. www.criterion.com/current/post...

Dirk Bogarde and Honor Blackman in "The Alien Corn" episode of QUARTET (1948)

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Kate Strasdin @katestrasdin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

There is, as ever, immense skill in apparent simplicity. Balenciaga’s 1966 ensemble consists of this buttoned tunic cut in one piece on the bias so that it revolves from shoulder to hip. Lovely, yes please #PalaisGalliera #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

Tunic detail of Balenciaga’s mid 1960s bias cut two piece ensemble in bright pink. It is sleeveless with buttons running diagonally from the v neck to the opposite hip

Full length view of the two piece shift style Balenciaga daywear with sleeveless v neck tunic and straight calf length skirt

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Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Olivia Reingold screaming, crying, throwing up

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Joshua Wilson @magadizer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

You can't make this stuff up

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · 24/09/2026

Still one of my all-time favorites!!

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My friend @josephfahim.bsky.social's sweeping, eloquent review of NAZA covers points I haven't seen made elsewhere. I'm seeing NAZA on Saturday in a sold-out Alice Tully Hall, which also speaks volumes. www.middleeasteye.net/discover/naz...

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NAZA review: Portrait of Israel as a nation stuck in a moral abyss

Testimonies from military and intelligence whistleblowers debunk myths about the reasons behind the Gaza genocide

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Noah Love @noahlove.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The MPAA has rated You Can See Everything R for, uh, what's this now?

You Can See Everything - Rated R for language and some
graphic nudity. #56066

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Will McKinley @willmckinley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL (1952) doesn’t approach the vérité mastery of Phil Karlson’s later Noirs, but it’s inventively structured, well cast, and brilliantly shot. Some directors were made for the low budget indie milieu and Karlson seems to be one. #TheNoirCollective #FilmSky

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Matthew Dessem @matthewdessem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hollywood should go back to its original business model: inscrutable financial decisions made from the New York office, a bunch of miscreants in Los Angeles trying to avoid provoking New York into shutting down the party. (See also: New Line Cinema.)

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

100% definitely a sorceress trapped in a cat’s body. Photo from my collection, no date/info.

Black-and-white photo of short haired, tabby, cat standing up outside, looking toward the camera. It’s expression seems very focused and serious.

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JacquiWine @jacquiwine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

New on the blog today, my thoughts on THE BLANK WALL by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding. An utterly gripping novel in which an ordinary woman finds herself in an extraordinary situation. Filmed by Max Ophüls as THE RECKLESS MOMENT, it's a 5-star knockout read! 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/09/22/t...

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The Blank Wall by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding

Praised by Raymond Chandler as one of the best suspense writers of her era, the American writer Elisabeth Sanxay Holding produced eighteen crime novels and many short stories over the course of her…

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The Tinseltown Twins @tinseltowntwins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Seena Owen and Gloria Swanson in Queen Kelly (1929) 👑

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

Great post about a true masterpiece of noir. Loved also (and anthologized) by @sarahweinman.com. And @kathygee.bsky.social put me on to several others from Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, including The Innocent Mrs. Duff and Lady Killer.

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