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I’ve seen enough; calling it for 2024. Next year’s Song of the Year is, once again, “Got You (Where I Want You)” by The Flys. Thanks to all who participated, better luck next year

25.10.2023 00:42 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Raw Deal: eleven filmmakers peel back the layers of the “women in horror” label • Journal “I don’t want to be a sidebar. I want to be in the main competition.” As spooky season creeps in, Katie Rife talks to eleven filmmakers who break down the joyful and complex nuances of what it m...

@rifewithkatie.bsky.social talked with eleven women and non-binary filmmakers about the state of women in horror and the result is this important and illuminating piece. Please give it a read. 📽️ #filmsky #horrorsky

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02.10.2023 21:51 — 👍 16    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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Let me be clear: there is no aesthetic switch from Sept. 30th to Oct. 1st

02.10.2023 20:04 — 👍 51    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 1
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Fashion Victims: Fashion and Horror Film - Arrow Films With killer heels and dresses to die for, we set our sights on uncovering the many links between the world of fashion and horror films.

New from me at Arrow; I look at the intersection of horror + fashion, with shout-outs to Mario Bava's Blood and Black Lace (1964), Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon (2016), Irvin Kershner's The Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) + Peter Strickland's In Fabric (2018) www.arrowfilms.com/blog/feature...

16.09.2023 00:06 — 👍 28    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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Movie night: we’re just normal men

16.09.2023 01:20 — 👍 9    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It’s the perfect bpm, no judgement here 😎

05.08.2023 04:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Banana-yellow skates + this song = nirvana

05.08.2023 03:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Honorable mention:
“Walking on Broken Glass” - Annie Lennox

05.08.2023 03:37 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

(The movie is 3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR)

03.08.2023 01:44 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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If you have Paramount+, you have the opportunity to behold some of the sickest coats and collars in the game

03.08.2023 01:42 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
A tribute to Paul Reubens by The Alamo saying every single day since 1985, visitors have asked if there's a basement to the Alamo because of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

A tribute to Paul Reubens by The Alamo saying every single day since 1985, visitors have asked if there's a basement to the Alamo because of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.

Oh my god

31.07.2023 22:46 — 👍 1201    🔁 274    💬 13    📌 22

Darn tootin

01.08.2023 00:37 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Keep posting, you’re a personality with carryover 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

01.08.2023 00:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Ray Winstone suntanning in SEXY BEAST

Ray Winstone suntanning in SEXY BEAST

I fully understand that years from now we’ll be four sequels deep into an insufferable Mattel franchise but for now, I’m blissfully enjoying the BARBIE reverberations and all that it implies

01.08.2023 00:01 — 👍 10    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Screenshot from Peep Show depicting a white man with a tired look on his face. Caption: “I didn’t really go to bed. I just listened to some music and did quite a bit of crying.”

Screenshot from Peep Show depicting a white man with a tired look on his face. Caption: “I didn’t really go to bed. I just listened to some music and did quite a bit of crying.”

Running on three and a half hours of intermittent sleep but yeah carpe diem, let’s get this bread, etc.

25.07.2023 14:45 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I think it’s still streaming on Criterion!

22.07.2023 16:22 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A pair of hands packs tobacco in rolling papers.

A pair of hands packs tobacco in rolling papers.

Tobacco flies out of its rolling papers as the air is sucked out of a truck in the wake of a nearby explosion.

Tobacco flies out of its rolling papers as the air is sucked out of a truck in the wake of a nearby explosion.

Yves Montand (as Mario in The Wages of Fear) at the wheel of a truck, concerned.

Yves Montand (as Mario in The Wages of Fear) at the wheel of a truck, concerned.

A distant smoke cloud billows up from an exploded truck full of nitroglycerin.

A distant smoke cloud billows up from an exploded truck full of nitroglycerin.

That ‘splosion in OPPENHEIMER immediately prompted a mental note-to-self: revisit THE WAGES OF FEAR

22.07.2023 15:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The two best baddies of the whole franchise!

22.07.2023 15:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Gabriel and the eye of A.I. Sauron is cool and all in Dead Reckoning, but let’s be honest they could never be him

16.07.2023 02:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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In Search of Darkness Book: Pre-Order Package The Official In Search of Darkness Coffee Table Book Pre-Order Package! *This is a Pre-Order. The book and merchandise are expected to ship in February, 2024. Limited Edition Book Includes: 10 x 12 G...

Hey y’all! Since I’m not sure about how much overlap there is between here & that other place, I just wanted to share that if you dig ‘80s horror, @patrickbromley.bsky.social & I are co-writing the IN SEARCH OF DARKNESS book & you can pre-order it now: https://bit.ly/44rjNNq - Cheers!

03.07.2023 23:02 — 👍 47    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 3

Fade to Black! That’s a favorite of mine🤠🧛‍♂️🎭

13.07.2023 14:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’ve 17 rejections on mine, the spite keeps me going at this point

13.07.2023 03:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The only good one is a dead one bb— thank you for doing your part

13.07.2023 03:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Absolutely love everything he’s ever done but I can’t stand Miles Teller’s face. I don’t know why, I can’t rationalize my repulsion. He looks like every ex-boyfriend I’ve ever had

13.07.2023 03:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I do, but most of the time the *real* story comes out by the second act; then I pivot.

11.07.2023 00:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

👋🏻👋🏻

10.07.2023 21:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m anxious just thinking about it

10.07.2023 21:05 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I’m not locked in here with you, etc.

10.07.2023 21:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Glad to be here!

10.07.2023 20:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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