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John Cribbs

@thelastmachine.bsky.social
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Dignity. Always dignity.

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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
RIP Marjoe
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Overbye GOATed for the CRUISING joke in this ep. (And nice catch by Matt pointing out the Powers Boothe connection.)
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
This Thursday at Nighthawk Cinema in Prospect Park: KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT DOLLS hosted by Kate Wilkinson & Kevin Maher! A murderer's row of great guests! I'll be there talking about a movie I love. (Not CHINESE ROULETTE, but that's a good one too.) nitehawkcinema.com/prospectpark/movies/kgo-dolls/
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones We got @davidlambertart.bsky.social back to talk about one of the most underrated Western novels, its influence on Sam Peckinpah and Western cinema. Artwork by Tony Stella. m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-66-the-authentic-death-of
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Always amuses me to remember that my Michael Caine-signed GET CARTER dvd is just sitting unceremoniously among my shelves.
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We lost one of our Stars of Tomorrrow, @bobfreelander.bsky.social.
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Very sad to hear of the far-too-early passing of Corey Parker, who I love for both BIG MAN ON CAMPUS and HOW I GOT INTO COLLEGE but marked his legacy in my heart as Mädchen Amick's leading man in I'M DANGEROUS TONIGHT.
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Whatever happens tonight, just want to express my supreme appreciation for the miracle that is #TheLastDriveIn. We were largely Joe Bob-less for 18 years, limited to bootlegs of old shows, his audio commentaries and odd appearance here & there. To get 8 more years of him has been amazing.
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Waking up tomorrow and realizing there won't be any more Frederick Wiseman films is going to be soul-crushing.
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST We talk Larry Cohen with @jfkenney.bsky.social, editor of the director's newly published memoirs and HEADHUNTER, an unreleased Cohen screenplay. Joined by Andrew Overbye of @authorizedpod.bsky.social! m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/ep-161-i-killed-bette-davis-by-larry-cohen
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Just so happens, on this day of Tom Stoppard's departure, sorting through old crap, I found an ancient program from when I co-directed and co-starred in ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD in high school. I still mumble "consistency is all I ask..." to myself every once in a while.
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/five-from-the-fire-episode-11-becky-danna-and-jon-laubinger
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST Five from the Fire John Carpenter Ronny Yu Luchino Visconti Hilary Birmingham Robert Zemeckis If you could save 5 movies from these directors, which would you pick? We tasked @hwoodminotaur.bsky.social and Jon Laubinger of the #DirectorsTakePodcast to make the hard choice!
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Fellow used bookstore explorer @scsheil.bsky.social will appreciate how awesome it is that I found this at a used shop in Poughkeepsie, NY.
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
I'm back on @authorizedpod.bsky.social talking about Phillip Rock's pretty excellent adaptation of Don Siegel's DIRTY HARRY. It's the @hsblechman.bsky.social season, for which all of you punks should feel lucky. open.spotify.com/episode/66ZzK0… artwork by Tony Stella
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST Ali: Fear Eats the Soul We sit down to discuss one of the warmest titles from the colder-than-death filmography of Rainer Werner Fassbinder, a story of how the misery of unaccepted love is made even more miserable when it is accepted. soundcloud.com/user-5646248...
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Johnny name-dropping The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag: A Johnny's story about Jonathan Winters making prank calls: A+
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Outstanding episode. And Bilge pulling out Raoul Walsh playing John Wilkes Booth in BIRTH OF A NATION was high five-worthy. Wondering if Hannah would have accepted Jason Schwartzman.
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST Earp Adjacent Westerns We're joined by @davidlambertart.bsky.social to discuss movies where they don't call him Wyatt & they don't call it Tombstone but he still cleans up the streets! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-153-earp-adjacent-westerrns/id1529803112?i=1000715388863
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I only need one show. #AllHailHypnotoad
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST: Major Dune-dee @davidlambertart.bsky.social on Sam Peckinpah's MAJOR DUNDEE! @moviekessler.bsky.social on David Lynch's DUNE! Two big studio movies shot in Mexico that almost derailed their director's career. We discuss what happened! m.soundcloud.com/user-5646248...
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
THE PINK SMOKE PATREON: Shane audio commentary Is it true that if you say Shane's name three times he magically appears? Saddle up with @quasarsniffer.bsky.social and @davidlambertart.bsky.social for a full length commentary on one of the greatest Westerns ever made! patreon.com/posts/shane-au…
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
I made my way across the desert to return to @authorizedpod.bsky.social for the doin' and the knowin' of Joan D. Vinge's novelization of MAD MAX BEYOND THUNDERDOME. (Spoiler: I do in fact bust a deal and consequently face the wheel.) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mad… Artwork by Tony Stella
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST: Female Trouble We're joined by @wigwurq.bsky.social to discuss the *most* John Waters movie ever made: the fabulously unhinged, proudly deviant, bizarrely wholesome FEMALE TROUBLE. m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820/1974-fifty-years-later-female-trouble
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST: Symptoms The @26mfhpod.bsky.social crew joins us to diagnose this terror tone poem from Catalan director José Ramón Larraz. With Angela Pleasence threatened by psychosexual hallucinations, it marks a new direction for horror cinema in 1974. m.soundcloud.com/user-564624820
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
We've been talking about films from 1974 all year on the Pink Smoke Podcast. THE NICKEL RIDE, with its rampant paranoia and portrayal of aging blue collar crooks "sitting around talking like plumbers," might be the most 1974 movie of all. More here: open.spotify.com/episode/785VkQXtvEsZXSrnorm2Vm
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Drop some phones
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
I'm on jury duty today, so...
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John Cribbs @thelastmachine.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
THE PINK SMOKE PODCAST: The Nickel Ride moviekessler.bsky.social enlists cinéastes Felicia Maroni and pulpcurry.bsky.social to discuss one of the most neglected films of 1974, a paranoid thriller that blends noir desperation with French crime drama melancholy. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/197…
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