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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It is indeed. So is Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, which @superamanda.bsky.social & I watched on the Criterion Channel the other night. The story is the basis for her friend Anna Biller’s new film The Face of Horror.

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Movies @peliculas.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

📽️ Viva (2007) Dir: Anna Biller

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The Kylist @kclaw31.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

That moment you realize Kristine Froseth, who has a star turning performance in HER PRIVATE HELL, is in the new Anna Biller joint THE FACE OF HORROR. 🤩

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Bruce Aguilar @yensid98.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Now THIS is how movies should look! Simply stunning! Dripping with fantasy, mystery, drama and emotion. I can not wait to see THE FACE OF HORROR by Anna Biller.

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Deadline @deadline.com · 13/09/2026

A decade after her feature 'The Love Witch', Anna Biller has returned from a whole other era with another technicolor fever dream of female rage.

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'The Face of Horror' Review: Anna Biller's Medieval Ghost Story

A decade after her feature 'The Love Witch', Anna Biller has returned from a whole other era with another technicolor fever dream of female rage.

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IndieWire @indiewire.com · 13/09/2026

At TIFF, 'The Love Witch' director explains why calling 'The Face of Horror' camp misreads its tragedy and why she nearly walked away from the movies.

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Why Do Men Keep Telling Anna Biller She’s ‘Camp’?

At TIFF, 'The Love Witch' director explains why calling 'The Face of Horror' camp misreads its tragedy and why she nearly walked away from the movies.

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Perri Nemiroff @pnemiroff.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

6. THE FACE OF HORROR: Same could be said for Anna Biller. Endlessly wowed by her style and was SO pumped to finally get the chance to chat with her about it.

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I have a lot of comic book art heroes... but Barry Windsor Smith, that guy's my No. 1

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

@patrickzircher.bsky.social I just wrote this about you on Facebook. Guy I’m replying to had commented on Tim Conrad’s “Worms of the Earth” completion (which I was disappointed by in 1976, as it wasn’t Barry, but like a lot now).

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Cast a role, other than the actual casting. Jean-Paul Belmondo & Claudia Cardinale as Valérian and Laureline

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

@patrickzircher.bsky.social, my love @SuperAmanda.bsky.social will be unhappy if anything happens to your magnificently depicted Panthera leo leo.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Beautiful work by @patrickzircher.bsky.social in the 2nd issue of his #SolomonKane miniseries #TheLionErrant from #Titan.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

@superamanda.bsky.social & I need to read this. We love the movie, as does our friend @slipkid24.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

In KEEP WATCHING THE SKIES, the late Bill Warren argued that #SteveMcQueen is NOT playing a teenager in #TheBlob, but a “cool” older guy who’s hung around for years as King of the Drag Strip & town Lothario, not unlike McConaughey in DAZED AND CONFUSED. #TCMparty

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

John Crowley, December 1, 1942 ~ August 8, 2026. Fuck. What’s his story or novella in which the protagonist takes photos using an antique process? If I’m remembering correctly, it’s not SF or fantasy. @haszombiesinit.bsky.social, I want to share it w. my love @SuperAmanda.bsky.social

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Zhu Industries @zhuindustries.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

The utterly fabulous science fiction paper theatre figures from "The Buck Rogers Cut Out Adventure Book." (1933) which was actually a #papertheater, designed to be played with while listening to the radio serial. Probably the earliest sci-fi #paperminis #standees I'm aware of. #retrofuturism

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Plot of #ItTheTerrorFromBeyondSpace seems inspired by two 1939 stories by A. E. Van Vogt, later incorporated into his 1950 novel Voyage of the Space Beagle. Van Vogt lived to sue #Alien & got $50,000 settlement. #TCMparty @SuperAmanda.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I’ve never seen it, but in 1964, Ferrer repeated the role of Cyrano, w. Jean-Pierre Cassel as D’Artagnan. It does not have a great reputation, despite being the last theatrical film directed by Abel Gance. Sylva Koscina & Daliah Lavi are the heroines. @superamanda.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Oh baby, yours is the chassis that makes me sassy, and this post makes me so happy, my beautiful love!

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I was recently listening to my lovely and loved @SuperAmanda.bsky.net read Poe to me in bed. Morella, Ligeia, Berenice, Masque if the Red Death, Murders in the Rue Morgue, etc.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Or Fritz Leiber’s John Webster homage The White Duchess, sold to Unknown Worlds in 1943 but lost when that classic pulp was killed by WW2 paper shortage.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Hendry didn’t return for 2nd season of #TheAvengers. Steed’s new partner was Honor Blackman’s Mrs. Cathy Gale, who in her first episodes, played scenes written for Hendry. She made the show a huge UK hit. #Svengoolie #CaptainKronosVampireHunter

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Final Boss is great swordmaster William Hobbs, who choreographed Romeo & Juliet, Three Musketeers, The Duellists, Barry Lyndon, Excalibur, & much RSC Shakespeare #CaptainKronosVampireHunter #Svengoolie

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Name a lost, uncompleted or never-begun project by a favorite creator you really wish had happened. Barry Windsor Smith’s The Green Man, aka The Real Robin Hood, which he abandoned in 1975 because he was sick of comics. @superamanda.bsky.social @patrickzircher.bsky.social

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Speak ill of the dead when they deserve it. Lindsey Graham was culpable in undermining our democracy-- while reaping the benefits of his position. He did not leave this world having made it a better place. Why anyone ever voted for him mystifies me.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang was first published in 1919. #TheMusicMan is set in 1912. #TCMparty @superamanda.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, these are the 15 whom historians are reasonably sure never enslaved anyone. Of the 1st dozen presidents, only John & John Quincy Adams never did. #TCMparty #1776movie

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I watched A Taste of Honey w @superamanda.bsky.social. It was great. Music for song, not used in film, was written for the play, which had a jazz band on stage. 1st version of the song w vocals was recorded by Billy Dee Williams, who played the Kenyan sailor on Broadway. youtu.be/lpDz14m9_Kk?...

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A Taste of Honey

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Franklin was right about the wild turkey. They are fearless and will kick your ass. Eagles generally only attack those who get near their nests. #1776movie #TCMparty @superamanda.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My beloved @superamanda.bsky.social and I found #BeautifulThing sweet & lovely & moving. Were 2 framed pictures or posters on the wall behind @DaveKarger.bsky.social pixel-censored? #TCMparty

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The UK had an X rating long before the US did. All the early #Hammer horrors got it. #Victim was the first non-horror film to receive it. #TCMparty @superamanda.bsky.social @kellylink.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Winterton also wrote as Andrew Garve. My father was a fan. When I read his paperback of The Long Short Cut, I was disappointed that it was nothing like what the cover promised. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lon... @superamanda.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

In #ForbiddenPlanet the animals were originally meant to be psychic materializations Morbius created w. Krell superscience. So Adams doesn’t blast a real tiger & real critters aren’t blown up. @SuperAmanda.bsky.social #TCMparty

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Novelization byline is pen name for mystery writer Phillip MacDonald. Many classic horror anthos include his “Our Feathered Friends.” #ForbiddenPlanet #TCMParty @SuperAmanda.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Stanley also gave us this amazingly horrific (even though it doesn’t show anything) one-pager from the 1962 Dell Giant TALES FROM THE TOMB.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Coda made Bond more Scots than Fleming had previously mentioned, suggesting belated appreciation for Connery. Also makes it clear he was neither Eton nor Oxbridge grad.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Kidwell has previously co-sponsored multiple bills aimed at banning abortion. In 2021, he made national headlines by being hospitalized for Covid after publicly defying mask mandates. Later that year, he was outed by @byJordanGreen.bsky.social @rawstory.com as an Oath Keeper.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

SPOILERS FOR DARKER NOVEL The group that chose the bow also survived. By insisting on the opposite direction, Scott was responsible for Belle & Linda’s deaths, hence his suicide. Robin gets lost in the dark maze of the ship. When it sinks, he goes down with it. #ThePoseidonAdventure #TCMParty

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Then there’s what happens to Susan, the Pamela Sue Martin character. She survives, but yikes, what was Gallico thinking? Read the Wiki synopsis & you’ll see what I mean. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pos... #ThePoseidonAdventure #TCMParty

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The Poseidon Adventure (novel) - Wikipedia

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Patch Zircher @patrickzircher.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Latest read, To Hell on a Fast Horse (2010) by Mark Lee Gardner; a history of Billy the Kid & Pat Garrett. Accessible, lively, fact-filled (if a bit romantic regarding Billy). Pat Garrett was really the more interesting character (he even met and was appointed an office by Teddy Roosevelt). #BookSky

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Billy’s letters to lawyer, judge and Governor Lew Wallace (yes, the author of BEN HUR) suggest he was smarter and more literate than some have claimed.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

One of the things that impressed me about @stephenrbissette.bsky.social & Totleben on Swampie was the recognizable fauna, as opposed to the generic critters in other comics, like this impossible snake in Man-Thing (not Starlin’s fault, the script required a giant fanged constructor).

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

@superamanda.bsky.social I need to get you his Jungle Book adaptation! Look at his Shere Khan! @patrickzircher.bsky.socialso exquisite, I forgive Kaa as a fantasy snake rather than a rock python. Bissette’s Swamp Thing may be the only Big 2 comic where reptiles are recognizable real species.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Love, they are so spoiled! During Covid, they were disappointed when the place with huge portions of ox tails for $20 moved out of Door Dash range. I could get 2-3 meals for me out of one order & still share with them.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘀 Fry bacon until halfway done. Unroll each cinnamon roll, sprinkle w. brown sugar, place strip of bacon inside, roll back up. Bake at 375°F for 13–17 minutes. Mayhem resented not being allowed to share breakfast. Must cook for @SuperAmanda.bsky.social

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

My article about latest homicide by #Greensboro police. Victim’s family hired attorney who helped prove Fred Hampton was assassinated & litigated only penalty against killers & police in the Greensboro Massacre. www.yesweekly.com/news/family-...

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Family of man shot by police retain civil rights lawyers

The family of Said Ezzine, the Moroccan national killed last year by Greensboro Police Officer Lewis J. Wyatt, has retained attorneys who secured substantial settlements in two previous GPD homicides.

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Ian McDowell @ianmcdowell.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Video released by Greensboro Police included this incorrect statement from new Chief Afzal. “During this time, the officer had given repeated commands for Mr. Ezzine to drop the weapon." This is false. At no time does Officer Wyatt order Said Ezzine to drop anything.

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