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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 12h

Coming Tues. Oct. 27: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (1932) + scary shorts - all on 16mm film. A tense pre-Code thriller as short & hard hitting as a crossbow bolt, beautifully shot on sets for KING KONG. Co-presented w/ @grandillusioncinema.org at SIFF Film Ctr TIX & INFO: sprocketsociety.org/coming-soon/

Original 1932 poster for THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME: taxidermied human heads mounted on wood plaques loom over a frightened Fay Wray and Joel McRae.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Please consider a donation to help the @grandillusioncinema.org fix up and reopen the Varsity Theatre!

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Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.org · 13/09/2026

The @grandillusioncinema.org & @siffnews.bsky.social present a brand new 35mm print of Tsai Ming-Liang’s THE HOLE. September 18 & 20 at the SIFF Film Center. “Impressive a quarter century ago, it seems even more so today.” J. Hoberman, The New York Times grandillusioncinema.org/film/the-hol...

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

We’re warming up the Bat Projector for tonight’s show w/ @grandillusioncinema.org at SIFF Film Center! A special 60th anniversary of BATMAN (1966) w/ Adam West! Plus on 16mm: a serial episode from BATMAN & ROBIN (1949) & a couple 60s Saturday AM Bat cartoons! grandillusioncinema.org/film/batman-...

Original poster for the 1966 movie BATMAN, a tie-in to the campy hit TV show and starring the TV cast.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

BUT COME EXTRA EARLY! Full sized replicas of the BATCOPTER and the BATMOBILE will be nearby! And you’ll have a chance to take selfies with Batman himself! Holy nostalgic bliss! Don’t miss out!

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Sunday 8/23 @ 7:00 PM, we’re part of the @grandillusioncinema.org show at SIFF Film Center, screening an episode of the serial BATMAN & ROBIN (1949) + a cpl ‘60s Sat morning Bat-cartoons on 16mm. The main event: the BATMAN: THE MOVIE (1966) w/ Adam West. Tix @ grandillusioncinema.org/film/batman-...

Batman and Robin peer from behind crates on a shipping dock in the 1949 movie serial, BATMAN & ROBIN

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I’ve never seen that photo in color. Zoiks.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Pet rent is nearly uniquitous now, as I just saw first hand during apt hunting this summer. Esp. w/ newer & larger bldgs. It’s a rapacious scam with no legit basis, and only a law will stop it. If rent is based on how many organisms live in a place what’s next? Baby rent? Roommate & spouse “fees”?

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

We’re showing some early Batman cartoons and a serial episode as part of this show! Plus there’ll be life size replicas of the freakin’ BATCOPTER and BATMOBILE, and Batman “himself” will be there! Holy nostalgic overload! To the Bat Poles — don’t miss it!

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

If I ever direct a feature film, I will definitely wear a hat just like that at all times.

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Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.org · 03/08/2026

In memory of Josh Wakeland and for his birthday, we present 35mm double features of the first two live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies on both August 13 & 16 at the @siffnews.bsky.social Film Center. grandillusioncinema.org/film/teenage...

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My favorite is probably “Magisterial,” which means “8 volumes too long.”

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The Man in the High Castle destroyed every swastika prop after filming, so nothing could end up as a souvenir or extremist symbol.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I use a tablet to view the PDF version in a browser and go into single page mode. Sometimes I still need to zoom in a bit, which is still irksome, but since it’s a touch screen it’s directly tactile and I’m not having to fuss with a mouse.

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The Evidence of the Film (1913) offers a behind-the-scenes look at how movies were edited

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

So exciting! Congratulations to the entire team for the return of 70mm at that storied theater!

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Sean Marshall @seanyyz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Why I’m a fan of the Oxford comma.

TORONTO STAR
BOOK REVIEW
Sylvia Plath, a New York vigilante and Shah of Iran featured in latest historical fiction

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Nice way to distract yourself this morning: the annual roundup of favorites from Il Cinema Ritrovato, chosen by 170 film writers, programmers and cinephiles. Always a good preview of what the rest of us will rediscover in the coming year. notesoncinematograph.blogspot.com/2026/07/ICR2...

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Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026: Favourites & Discoveries Poll

International poll on the best films shown at Il Cinema Ritrovato XL

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

What a great selection. I also love that they’re including two 3-D films. Of those, “Wings of the Hawk” is a really good one (directed by Bidd Boetticher, no less).

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

The real problem is it was intended as a trial run for closing a big chunk of the Ave to traffic permanently. And I’m sorry, but that is a terrible idea.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Artistry matters. (Ironically, it’s also good business.)

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

I’m not sure my 16mm print is terribly unique — or at least not uniquely aged. Its a fairly low-generation dupe from the same MOMA print that pretty much all of the others in the world originated from one way or another. The stock music soundtrack seems unusual; even has some electronic segments.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Holy shit!! This is huge! We co-presented ultra rare 35mm screenings in 2015 at the Grand Illusion Cinema, and never thought this would happen. At the time, WB was still so uptight about THE DEVILS that they wouldn’t even allow BFI to release a blu-ray.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

And if you can’t do the noon Pacific Time thing, you can always watch it later when they archive on their website.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

These FREE zoom presentations by SFFP are always fascinating and illuminating. This one promises to be especially so.

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Silent Movie GIFs @silentmoviegifs.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

My Best Girl (1927) was shot by Charles Rosher, Mary Pickford's favourite cinematographer, who later won an Oscar for his work on Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

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Bright Wall/Dark Room @brightwalldarkroom.com · 08/03/2026

It should be your absolute goal to make sure any film/tv/arts/culture book you purchase from now on is directly from mzs.press, “the arts bookstore of the internet.” Matt is the best of the best, human & writing wise, and when he needs some help, we all gotta help! Plus: it’s a fantastic bookstore!!

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Um…point of order. Why are their photos published in the story when they “asked to be identified only by their first names because they fear retaliation if deported back to Russia”? The FSB knows how to identify people from photos. (So does DHS, for that matter.)

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Farran Smith Nehme 🇱🇧 @selfstyledsiren.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

The great Chester Himes and Griot, his beloved blue point Siamese, named "after the magicians in the courts of West African kings." Himes also said that if he stayed away too long, Griot would wreck his studio and chew up his books. #Caturday

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

When masked federal death squads are roaming US streets with total impunity, the government SHOULD shut down and be held to account.

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Super 8 was my gateway, and part of me will always love it. But isn’t it just a little sad that the Super 8 versions got the ~really~ groovy box art, and not so much the 16mm ones?

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Does projecting it last night for an audience of 80 count?

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Wow! Seriously great selections. Every one of these is a great watch, and the chance to see them on a big screen (where they belong) is rare. Jacques Tourneur’s CANYON PASSAGE is a particularly deep cut, and it’s presence in this series is a sign you should hitch up your wagon and head into town.

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Grand Illusion Cinema @grandillusioncinema.org · 29/11/2025

Thanks to @siffnews.bsky.social, @centralcinema.bsky.social, @nwfilmforum.bsky.social, Here-After, and Dirty Couch Brewing for hosting our popup screenings this year!

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The Sprocket Society @sprocketsociety.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Many of us of a certain age prolly remember director Ivan Dixon as “Kinch” on “Hogan’s Heroes.” Well, there’s a lot more to his career than that. Dig it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Di...

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Ivan Dixon - Wikipedia

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